Spiritual Impressions

Just before Christmas, 2010, while serving as Bishop of the BYU 172nd (Married Student) Ward, I received an impression from the Holy Ghost that a young couple in our ward should begin serving in the Provo Temple. I called them in for an interview, and they seemed genuinely excited about the possibility. The husband indicated that he had recently felt promptings that they should spend more time in the Temple. I filled out the necessary paperwork and sent it on to the Stake President for his approval. A few weeks later this couple received a calling at the Temple and began serving.

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I saw this couple earlier this evening at a reunion party we held for former members of the BYU 172nd Ward. The wife was radiant, about five months along in her first pregnancy, and her husband was beaming. It was at the party, beside our former High Councilor's swimming pool, that they shared with me the rest of the story. 

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They had been trying to get pregnant for more than two years. They had even gone the fertility clinic route, but to no avail. When a member of the Temple Presidency set this sister apart to her new calling in the Temple, he gave her not one but two blessings. The first blessing pertained to her general physical health. He then told her that he felt prompted to give her a second blessing specifically regarding her desire to have children. A couple of weeks after being set apart to her new calling, she became pregnant.

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"The sweetest experience in mortality is to know that our Heavenly Father has worked through us." To the Rescue, The Biography of Thomas S. Monson