Temple Open House

This week has been mostly about the temple and I have loved every second of it.

The Raleigh North Carolina temple open house has started!

Tuesday all the sisters from the mission got together for a conference before the temple open house began. When we got there they told us they were going to let us go through the temple and see it. We all started freaking out. We felt like we had all won the lottery haha. They took us to the temple and oh my goodness gracious...right when we walked through the doors it went silent and the spirit was so strong. We walked and saw each room. When we got to the sealing room, we all sat down. When I was sitting there I had an overwhelming feeling of gratitude knowing that families can be together forever when they are sealed in the temple. I'm so grateful that families can be together forever. It was an experience I will never forget especially getting to walk through the temple before the open house with all the sisters in the mission.

Saturday Sister Sharp and I worked at the temple open house. It was insane there was 1,000 people in the first hour, way more than they expected. I think they figured out there was a little more than 8,000 in attendance that day. The line to get inside the temple wrapped all the way around the stake center. It was like a ride at Disneyland. Sister Sharp and I were in the reception room so we got to talk to everyone after they went through the temple. It was so much fun to see others reaction to the temple and see where everyone was traveling from. I was shocked to find out there were people from Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, and other states. It was so amazing to see that they traveled such a long way to come see the temple open house. Two of the people Sister Sharp and I are teaching came to the temple open house and they both were in aw about how beautiful and how much they felt the spirit. Seeing how much they loved it made me so happy. The spirit was so strong. My gratitude for the temple has grown so much. I just love the temple so much.

We started teaching someone new! Sister Sharp and I planned on teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ but when we got there she told us that she had just lost a loved one and she was going to cancel the lesson but now felt like she shouldn't. Sister Sharp looked at me and said plan of salvation. So we taught her about the plan of salvation. My heart was exploding when we were teaching the lesson and telling her that she can see her loved ones again.

Love and miss you all!
Sister Ogden

Raleigh NC Temple

CAR WEEK!!