2023
马可的新召唤
2023年2月


马可的新召唤

「家谱顾问要什么?」马可问。

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Top panel: Marco being interviewed by the Bishop. Marco is 11 Center Circle: Aunt, Tía Mirna, she is in her 50’s. 2 panel: Marco’s mom helping him do family history work on the computer. 3 panel: Marco walking into the Lima Peru temple with his mom, dad, and older sister. 4 panel: Marco’s sister and dad doing baptism’s for the dead in the peru temple font. 5 panel: a pedigree chart just showing connections between people with his Aunt highlighted in the background.

马可和父母坐在主教的办公室里,他刚升上男青年,现在主教想要和他谈谈。他觉得很紧张。

「马可,我们要给你一项召唤,」迪亚兹主教说,「你愿意担任家谱顾问吗?」

马可扬起眉头,「家谱顾问要什么?」他问。

「非常好的问题,」主教说,「家谱顾问要做好榜样,去做家谱和圣殿事工,还要帮助其他人也去做自己的家谱。」

「好。」马可点点头。他还是觉得有点紧张,可是也有点兴奋。「我还没去过圣殿,但是我做过一些索引编制。」

「没问题,」主教说,「桑奇斯姊妹也有家谱的召唤,她会帮助你学更多的事情。」

几个星期后,马可与桑奇斯姊妹做视讯通话;她人真的很好。她帮马可在FamilySearch.org建立帐号,然后教他怎样找到自己的家谱树。

马可很喜欢认识自己的家人。他喜欢在家谱树上看到祖父母和曾祖父母。桑奇斯姊妹教他如何放上家族成员的相片,他也学到怎样把尚未加到FamilySearch的人加上去。

马可加到FamilySearch的其中一个人是蜜娜阿姨;她去年因为癌症过世,马可很想念她。他想念她愉快的笑容。蜜娜阿姨总是让他感到爱。

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Top panel: Marco being interviewed by the Bishop. Marco is 11 Center Circle: Aunt, Tía Mirna, she is in her 50’s. 2 panel: Marco’s mom helping him do family history work on the computer. 3 panel: Marco walking into the Lima Peru temple with his mom, dad, and older sister. 4 panel: Marco’s sister and dad doing baptism’s for the dead in the peru temple font. 5 panel: a pedigree chart just showing connections between people with his Aunt highlighted in the background.

马可在妈妈的帮助下,输入了蜜娜阿姨的出生和过世日期,还加入了她的相片,甚至把一些关于她的回忆输入网站。

蜜娜阿姨生前没有受洗,但是,马可的姊姊莉泽雅可以在圣殿代替她受洗。所以,马可和他的家人计划了要去圣殿的日期。马可在FamilySearch找出其他在多年前过世的家人,他也可以为他们受洗。

马可现在对家谱有更深的认识之后,很高兴能帮助其他人。他在一个教会活动中分享对家谱的见证,还邀请支会的其他青少年和他的家人一起去圣殿。

马可第一次去圣殿的日子终于来临,他非常兴奋!和家人及其他青少年在一起是多么特别啊。不过,最让马可兴奋的是,莉泽雅可以代替蜜娜阿姨受洗。

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Top panel: Marco being interviewed by the Bishop. Marco is 11 Center Circle: Aunt, Tía Mirna, she is in her 50’s. 2 panel: Marco’s mom helping him do family history work on the computer. 3 panel: Marco walking into the Lima Peru temple with his mom, dad, and older sister. 4 panel: Marco’s sister and dad doing baptism’s for the dead in the peru temple font. 5 panel: a pedigree chart just showing connections between people with his Aunt highlighted in the background.

他们换上白衣服后,马可看着爸爸和莉泽雅走进洗礼池。他看到姊姊代替蜜娜阿姨,由爸爸为她施洗,心里感到很温暖。妈妈也抹去喜悦的泪水。

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Top panel: Marco being interviewed by the Bishop. Marco is 11 Center Circle: Aunt, Tía Mirna, she is in her 50’s. 2 panel: Marco’s mom helping him do family history work on the computer. 3 panel: Marco walking into the Lima Peru temple with his mom, dad, and older sister. 4 panel: Marco’s sister and dad doing baptism’s for the dead in the peru temple font. 5 panel: a pedigree chart just showing connections between people with his Aunt highlighted in the background.

然后轮到马可了。他踏进水中,代替其他家人接受洗礼。

马可微笑着,很高兴自己能藉着做家谱来尝试新的事物。家谱的召唤果然很棒!●

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