Yesterday was the first day for the temple open house. They are having the "VIP" tours this week. Yesterday's tours included all of the missionaries from the Boise Idaho Mission. The mission president and his wife asked if I would be willing to take a photo of all of them in front of the temple as it would be the only time that all of them were together at the same place and time. I had no comprehension of how large this group would be. In my mind I imagined about 30-40 missionaries. The first group arrived and I was overwhelmed when I had to arrange approximately 70 missionaries. Just as I was feeling ok with everything the mission president's wife approached me and told me that they were still waiting for about 100 more missionaries. I honestly thought she was joking. About 2 minutes later a bus pulled up and sure enough over 100 missionaries joined the group. I have to say that as they all got organized for the photo I could not contain my emotions. Luckily I was wearing my sunglasses, but I just began to sob at the sight I was beholding. 200 missionaries gathered in front of the House of the Lord. What a beautiful sight. I felt such gratitude to these young men and women for the sacrifices they are making and for the marvelous work they are involved in. I received another confirmation in my life that I belong to the only true church upon the earth. I feel such gratitude to a loving Father in Heaven for blessing my life with such amazing experiences such as these. I look forward to the next 6 weeks of the open house and dedication for the Twin Falls Temple and the special experiences I, and many others, will have.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Best Photo Shoot EVER!
Posted by banielson at 11:40 AM
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Thanks for sharing such an amazing picture of all missionaries. I can't wait until we have a chance to see the temple as well. What a neat thing to be able to share this experience with our family and friends. We are truly blessed to have a temple in our city.
Holy cow! You did an amazing job. What an awesome experience. Our ward is currently doing a 40 day fast (one person fasts per day) for missionary work. Tomorrow is my day. This was a good start for my fast to read your blog.
You are sooooo brave! I would have crumbled under that kind of pressure. It looks amazing!! You haven't lost your touch that's for sure. What a special experience!
Our son, Elder Steven Bradley Woods was one of those 200 missionaries. I googled Twin Falls Temple VIP Open House and your blog came up. Thank you so much for capturing this special moment. I am going to try to find him in the picture :)If you could forward me a copy I would be so very greatful to post it on his blog. elderwoods.blogspot.com - jrcw20@gmail.com
Thanks from a tearful mom!!
Janet Woods
Augusta Ranch 1st Ward
Mesa AZ Desert Ridge Stake
Brad's mom just forward this picture to me. This tearful mom of one of those darling missionaries, Elder Bart Dewey...would alos like to thank you for capturing a once in a lifetime photo. What a truly amazing site! I could only imagine what it was like to have witnessed such an event in person. Thank you for being there for us all and for taking a spectacular picture and the beautiful testimony you shared with us on your blog.
oops... i think you forgot that you have a desperate blog stalker who needs a Brent Nielson Jr. Family fix.
What an awesome experience! I can't believe how many people you fit in that picture! You did so good! oh and the girl that took our pictures is Andee..I don't know her last name. But she has a blog andeesphotos.blogspot.com I have her phone number too. If you want it let me know i will e-mail it to you. I hope you guys are doing well! I think about you all of the time! And that is so awesome that one of the missionaries mom's found your blog. I think that is so amazing!
My son, Elder Adam Ferguson is one of the 70 spanish speaking missionaries in that picture. He LOVES his mission there in Idaho. It was awesome to read here in this blog about the lady who took the picture. Every time I read it it makes me cry. I was there one day when Adam took investigators through---but not at the same time! We missed each other by minutes, but that's the way we wanted it to be. (we had been to Idaho for a family reunion) We found out later that we drove by Golden Corral while he was inside eating!!! Could I possibly trouble you to forward a bigger copy of that picture to me for his scrapbook? I hope you haven't had 200 moms give you that request!!! I would surely appreciate that. thank you thank you for taking that picture. esferguson@comcast.net
My friend showed me that if you click on a picture inside a blog it will often go to the larger, original size, and this one did! So please don't worry about sending me a picture. THANK YOU for sharing your beautiful experience!!!!!
stacy
My friend showed me that if you click on a picture inside a blog it will often go to the larger, original size, and this one did! So please don't worry about sending me a picture. THANK YOU for sharing your beautiful experience!!!!!
stacy
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