Nearing the End

So, we are nearing the end of this semester and final projects are being handed in left and right. Today, my blog is due. I have had such a wonderful time focusing on family and digging in deep to the Proclamation. I know that the knowledge and experiences that I have gained from this project will bless my life and the life of my family through and through. 

Today, Pedro and I will be attending our first sealing ceremony in the temple, (other than our own)! My cousin is going to be married today at 2pm in the Newport Beach Temple. What a beautiful way to end this course, by attending a sacred ceremony and watching love sweethearts kneel together to be sealed for time and all eternity to begin their own family. I am very excited, and my heart is so full. I couldn't be more happy for them. This event also turns my heart towards my own husband, and I thank my Father in Heaven for the eternal marriage we have together as well. I also thank Him for giving me such a wonderful man to spend eternity with. 

I know that families are essential to plan of salvation. I know that marriage is ordained by God between a man and a woman. I know that there are needs and responsibilities that need to be met by the parents within a family. I know and understand that The Family, A Proclamation to the World is an inspired document that will bless my life. I love this gospel. I love my Father in Heaven and I love my family. I am so thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, who has made eternal families a possibility here on the earth. I am in love with this church. I would not be in this wonderful position in life without the church bringing me here. I could not be happier, but I know that the Lord has plans and he will help me find even more happiness along the way.

I hope you enjoyed reading through my blog, because I have really enjoyed writing it. I hope that it has helped you strengthen your own testimony of families, and has given you some ideas on how we can defend the traditional family in this crazy world today as well. I want to wish everyone well, and know that I am constantly praying for the safety and watchful care of those wonderful members of our church, no matter where they may be. 

With love, 

Leah