The other night I was sitting with my special Guatemalan friend when we had a down time at the temple and I told her that I felt that they were special people. I told her this story about David Hamblin sharing this story with me before we left to come down here. She asked if I could send it to her so that she could share it with her husband.
"My brother-in-law is a Patriarch and was approached this past Fall by a young man who had been adopted by a Utah family from Guatemala. The young man told him that he would like to receive his patriarchal blessing. He told the young man to contact his Bishop and get a recommend. Two weeks went by and he didn't hear back from the him.
He was sitting in sacrament meeting during the passing of the sacrament when tis revelation about the young man's ancestors came to him. He could hardly contain the emotions. About a week later, he called the boys mother and asked if he had a recommend yet. She told him that he was working out some issues with the Bishop. He came a couple of weeks later.
The words that came out in the blessing were those that came to him during the sacrament: 'You have a wonderful ancestry. In your ancestry there are people who saw Christ at the temple in the land Bountiful when He visited the Nephites who felt the holes from the nails in His hands and in His wrists.'"
I did send it and tonight I received this touching response from her:
ooooh sister Ellington, you are a espiritual person, and wonderfull friend,
i try to be better every day, (because is very very difficult for me),
but its to hard for me,
you are a greate example for me,
your whole family is good and live in good place, historic place,
thak you for comming to Guatemala,
and for your patience for me
the experience of your brother-in-law will always serve me
kisses
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