Emmi Touring Rome

 I'm glad that Emmi has had a chance to explore some of the world that she might never ever get a chance to see.  Being on the Truman aircraft carrier for weeks at a time is hard and depressing so getting off the ship is so needed every now and again.  One of her top priorities was to get to the Rome Temple and be able to go in the Celestial Room and feel the love and Spirit of her Father in Heaven.  She has been praying for answers and felt that getting to the temple would really help.  She had to go early in the morning as non of the people she is touring with are LDS and would have no desire to travel the distance to the temple and wait outside for her while she did some initiatory work and then spend time in the Celestial Room.  She had to take a cab to the temple and back, which cost her $150.00 but she said it was so worth it.  

The famous picture of the Apostles and President Nelson.

I am so happy, for Emmi, that through her determination, she made it to the Rome Temple, did some temple work and was able to spend time inside.  I couldn't help but remember a talk by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin called "Sunday Will Come".  I thought of Emmi and how she has had so many struggles, anxiety and questions since she has been on the ship.  I pray that her time at the temple helped calm her anxieties about her future and gave her the answers she was seeking.

"Each of us will have our own Fridays - those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces.  We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again.  We will all have our Fridays.  But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death - Sunday will come.  In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.  No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come.  In this life or the next, Sunday will come.  I testify to you that the Resurrection is not a fable.  We have the personal testimonies of those who saw Him.  Thousands in the Old and New Worlds witnessed the risen Savior.  They felt the wounds in His hands, feet, and side.  They shed tears of unrestrained joy as they embraced Him."