#99 - Volunteer at a New Place
Out of all my adventures, this one had an outcome far different from what I had pictured when adding it to my list. In my mind I would spend an afternoon or evening at a soup kitchen or the cannery or some other worthy endeavor helping people around me. Those acts of service will probably still happen but the seed for this adventure item had been planted over a year ago. My roommate Katie was thinking about becoming an ordinance worker in the Salt Lake Temple back in April 2013. She asked our bishop about the process and I just happened to be standing next to her when she did. The bishop took us both to his office where he signed the necessary paperwork for BOTH of us. I hadn't ever thought about working in the temple but was included anyway. Receiving the paperwork got me thinking about the possibility and I actually filled in the necessary information. Filling out the form was as far as I got in the process.
Fast forward a year and four months when I started to think about working in the temple again. I still had the original form. It was all filled out and in my church notebook but probably wouldn't be current enough. My bishop gladly gave me a new updated form. This form was different from the first one. For this form all I had to do was fill in my basic information along with a few questions and then take it to the temple. From there, the temple contacted my bishop and the stake president to get their approval for me to become an ordinance worker. I waited for a long time to hear anything back. Finally on October 28th, I got a call from the temple president's secretary to set up a meeting with me. On Thursday, October 30th I walked into the Salt Lake Temple unsure of what to expect from my meeting with the temple president and that same night walked out of the temple as a set apart ordinance worker. My first day was two days later on Saturday, November 1st. After months of waiting, the actual process was quite a whirlwind adventure.
My hope was to be able to work in the temple on a week night but my teaching schedule didn't allow for that to happen. The only options for me were the 3 shifts on Saturdays. Not being a morning person, the early shift was out. Still being single and wanting a chance at a "normal" social life, the evening shift was out. This left the mid-day shift as my final option and eventual choice. You will now find me in the temple every Saturday from 10:00-4:00.
Certainly not the expected outcome for this adventure item but it's already blessing my life more than I could have ever anticipated.
-Em
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