Grateful to be of service

December Flores Navideñas in Guayaquil

 We are more grateful when we have experienced the opposite of what we have.  For example, we now have sufficient health to do much of what is required in the temple, whereas last year we were more limited, due to our health.

However, our gratitude is not selfish, as in, I am glad to have health.  We are grateful that the Lord has given us an opportunity to serve and qualified us for the work.




"But learn that he who doeth the works of righteousness shall receive his reward, even peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come." Doctrine & Covenants 59:23

President Nash with Emy Gabriela Vera.

"In that spirit I invite the Latter-day Saints to look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership. It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple. It would please the Lord if every adult member would be worthy of-and carry-a current temple recommend. The things that we must do and not do to be worthy of a temple recommend are the very things that ensure we will be happy as individuals and as families.

"Let us be a temple-attending people. Attend the temple as frequently as personal circumstances allow. Keep a picture of a temple in your home that your children may see it. Teach them about the purposes of the house of the Lord. Have them plan from their earliest years to go there and to remain worthy of that blessing" (Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, November 1994, p. 8).