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Let's talk about temples for a minute. Do any of you have a limited-use temple recommend? How many of you have been to the temple, been in the temple? OK, excellent. Every single one. Is that everybody? Yeah. What did you do there? Yeah, Jackson. Baptisms. Baptisms, great.

How did you feel like when you did that for somebody else? I felt worthy, and I felt very joyous inside to be doing that for someone else so that they could enter the celestial kingdom. Great. Isn't it interesting that one of the ways you get joy in life is helping other people? If you're feeling down in the dumps someday--and we all have those down days--go and find somebody to do something for them. And you'll find that your feeling downward will turn to a feeling of upward.

With being baptized for the dead, did you feel like the person who was on the other side was aware that you were doing that ordinance for them? Did you have an experience? Can you tell us about that, anyone? Yes. Well, when I go into the temple, I just feel like really happy and spiritual. And I feel like a lot of the things I'm feeling, probably the person I'm doing the baptisms for is also feeling. They're probably really grateful.

We believe that. Now, what about finding your own family names of your ancestors? Have you had any experience with finding them? Ailena? I know that my mom and my dad, they are really into genealogy. Oh good. And so like I've learned how to do some of that. And I know one time, they found this relative that was like a pioneer who were like righteous, but they weren't able to be baptized. And so I remember the day my parents found that name, and then they told me the whole story about how much they progressed. And I remember we went to the temple recently after, and we were able to do the work for that relative. And I was able to be baptized for her. And so the feeling of the spirit and that her journey was worth it, and that her finding the gospel and being able to like progress led her to be able to be with my Heavenly Father, and that she was really happy, that she was able to get that work done. That's so great. That's wonderful. Can I tell them an experience that you and I had? We sent a woman's name to be baptized, and a young woman was going to be baptized for her. And as soon as the young woman went into the waters, you know how the man puts the name up the recorder? Oh, the recorder, yes. So Annie MacIntyre's came up on the screen. And as soon as the young woman saw the name, she said, "I know that woman. She came to me last night in my dream and said, 'You're going to be baptized for me tomorrow.'" So that's how--remember you, when you went to pick up her card, then everyone was a little excited and said, you wouldn't believe the experience. So, there was an experience. I don't know if that happens all the time, but there was an experience where that woman absolutely knew so much, when her baptism was going to be and actually who it was going to be, and came to that young woman, just your age, in a dream. That's a true story. Yeah, we had that experience. Yeah.

Nelsons Talk about Temples and Share Personal Experience

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President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Nelson ask youth assembled in the visitors’ center in Palmyra about their feelings toward and experiences with the temple and then share their personal experience.
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