Loren and Jennifers Sealing

Mom and Dad

Loren and Jennifer were sealed for Time and all Eternity on September 6th 2008 and then immediately sealed to their 4 children. It was a great day.

From our point of view her is how things went. Corinne and Preston and Danni and I got up at about 4 am and started getting ready for the trip. Prestona and Danni and stella stayed the night at our house so they would not have to get up at 3am. So the wheels were turning using Prestons car by 5am so we could get there by 9am which is when the temple wanted us to arrive.

Preston drive the first half and we changed positions at a truck stop just short of snowville and about then we got a call from Ruthie who was about 15 minutes behind us. I think Ruthie was a bit worried about cutting it close but in truth, as you know, if you make it to the temple even 10 minutes before a sealing you can still make it. We spoke back and forth over about 3 calls for the last hour just checking up on each other.

We arrived at the temple, going straigth to the temple, at about 910am. We were all dressed and simply went in. The Steevers has escorts helping them and those escorts found us. I went with Loren as he got dressed and we headed to the elevators when Loren was prepared and there met Corinne and Ruthie and Jennifer. I dont know how you could have had 3 more beautiful women all together. They were all just lovely.

We all got in the Elevator and Loren and Jen got off at the 2nd floor to go through the Vail together while I and Loren and a friend of Lorens who was also a witness, I believe his last name was Harris, went to the 3rd floor to sight the Wedding Certificate as witnesses. The sealer came and spoke to the two of us for a moment asking several questions about how Loren and Jennifer had gotten to this point over the past 20 years. He as a very nice man by the name of Brother Simmons.

Then Brother Harris and Brother Simmons and I went to a large and beautiful sealing room. There we were again met up with everyone including Danni and Preston and Jessica all of course looking as bright as a new penny. And there were 27 other people in attendance from the Steevers ward. It was a very good looking group and it was obvious that the Steevers are well loved in this ward. Additionally several people asked which girls were the WILLSON girls because they clearly were your friends and wanted to see your daughters. I remembered the names of Bishop Siler and his Wife as well as Hall Potter and his wife who all said to tell you his and send their love and support. Hals email by the way is Hal.Potter@usu.edu. He is interested in knowing your blog site if you willing to send it to him.

We settled in and waited for the Steevers to arrive and when they did they sat down and Brother Simmon closed the doors to the outside world and started speaking to all of us as well as them. He spoke a bit of the path that has brought them her and how that path was important only because it did bring them to the temple to have them sealed. He spoke about the covenants they had already made and went over all of them highlighting the 4 new covenants they each made in the temple. He spoke of the entire pland of salvation and how important families were. He encouraged them to return to the temple often and the do not only endowment work but to also visit and return to do work for sealings and inititories. He was a wonderful speaker and the spirit was very strong. He spoke very plainly and slowly but with a reverence and understanding the was great.

Then he invited Loren and Jen to the alter and I though he did a wonderful job and the two were sealed together. Both Loren and Jen seem so much brighter or cleaner of clearer or something. Its hard to describe, but they both love each other and it was evident to see. And they were both clearly very happy and moved by the sealing.

Then Loren and Jen stood up and Bro Simmon went and opened the doors to the sealing room and in walked Brandon, Amanda, Dustin, Michael, all dressed in white and all just glowing with fresh smiles and bright faces. They all walked in and each hugged each parent and it was very touching to see how much love they all have for each other and they were all moved as were all of us.

Then Brother Simmon again spoke but this time to the kids and told them what was going to take place and the importance of it. He spoke again of families and their eternal nature and he invited them all to again one day in the future to return to the temple. And then the whole family knelt together and were sealed for Time and all Eternity. Sealed I realized not just to each other but to all of. All of us in the family and all of us in that room. One family with one loving father. Loren and Jen being sealed together was great but this was awesome. It as very beautiful and very emotional. Then Brother Simmon had them stand and look in the mirror and said that looking the direction they were now looking could represent all of the time that had gone on before they had been sealed together as a family and how all of that had lead them here. Then he had them turn and look again at the other mirror and said that it could represent all of the future that was ahead of them as a family.

Following his remarks everyone was able to go and greet the family and we all moved outside and the Steevers were allowed outside for 15 minutes in white for pictures. Which if you look you will find posted here already. I dont see the video posted yet. It was on Lorens camera and I think we were having some connectivity challenges but I will have him mail it to me and I will get it posted here. As we were leaving the temple, Ruthies care would not start and we had to jump it then we went to Steevers.

Following pictures we all (Family and a few friends) went to the Steevers and they had cookies and chips and wraps and sandwiches and drinks for everyone and we all stayed for about an hour and half and then got ready to leave. But when Ruthie tried to leave her car would not start. So Preston borrowed Lorens meter and checked the battery and it was gone. Dead. So Loren took the battery out of Brandons car and gave it to Ruthie and during that time it turns out that the death of the battery was planned by God so that during the waiting time while were were messing with the battery, Billy could dirve by and see all of us and stop. So we all got to see Billy. It was great to see him, hes a great guy and everyone was so happy to see him. He as good fun. So everyone got to spend some time with Billy.

Then the car was fixed and we were all on the road again and basically everyone simply went home. It was another banner day for sure and I know that all of your daughters had both of you in their hears because all of them said so. In the temple Ruthie cried and cried and said that she felt she was there acting as Moms eyes so that she could see. And Corinne who is always a model of composure broke down and said it was very hard for her to see this done realizing how much you would want to be there knowing that if she had waited 20 years for her daughter to be sealed she would want to be there.

We love you all,
Cordell
Love Cordell