The Rexburg Temple

Justin, Brayden, Dylan and I were able to go to the Rexburg Temple Open House on Thursday, January 17th. It was just incredible!!! They have you meet at the church which is about a block down the hill from the temple where you are guided into a room of about 35 people. You watch a short 10-12 minute video about the meaning and the sacredness of why we have temples. Then you walk through the corridor till you get to just outside the temple and there are young women putting booties on your feet. They first start you out at the Baptistery, then guide you to the hallways that go to the ordinance rooms, then the celestial room. There were many flights of stairs to go up and down. The boys explained that it was Heavenly Father's House and that the church was Jesus's House. It was a great experience to take the boys and we are eager to attend a session there shortly. The dedication will be Feb. 3rd. If you realized we were missing a child on the tour...miss Jaci Lyn went to Grandma Hegsted's house and hung out with Grandpa most of the night. Brayden's favorite part was all the stairs that he could look up and down as we went to another floor. Dylan's favorite part was the Baptistery; he wanted to know if you cold swim in it and he thought the oxen were cool underneath the font.

Facts: *The Rexburg Temple took 4 years to build from its announcement till now.
*It has the largest sealing room in the church.
*Is the same size as the Idaho Falls without their cafeteria.