Thursday, August 31, 2023

Touring a Sacred Construction Zone

We had some free hours today before Cousin Owen's wedding festivities began . . .


. . . so since Joe had never seen the Salt Lake Temple before,
we decided to take a tour of Temple Square . . .


. . . or at least the portion that isn't being massively renovated right now.
The temple is almost unrecognizable inside its sheath of scaffolding . . .


. . . but the good old Tabernacle still looks the same.
I loved feeling the peace of the Spirit there . . .


. . . and seeing familiar monuments to pioneer faith and perseverance
through the eyes of someone for whom these stories are all new.


This evening, we shared a lovely dinner 
with my aunts, uncles, and lots of cousins . . .


. . . celebrating Cousin Owen's upcoming marriage to his sweetheart Tal!
She seems like a lovely person with a good heart.

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