My 1 Year T Anniversary!

Took out my Endowments at the Mt Timpanogos Temple!


1st pic: Dad,Mom Sis-in-law Louise,Me, Zion and Kingston and Grandma Salote
2nd pic:Brothers Haini, Rudy,Me n Zion,Mom,family friend Shane,Dad, sis Liz, Grandma w/niece Anzehla and Kingston!


This past Saturday,June 21st marked my 1 year from when I made that life-changing decision to enter the House of the Lord! I had kind of an uneventful Saturday and was trying to catch up on my sleep and what not,so I didn't get to blogging about my Special Day..but I would be remissed if I didn't atleast share with you of how happy and grateful I still am that I made that choice.. even though it was without my Hubby, I believe the both of us still feel like it was the right thing for me to do...
I can't believe how fast the year has passed, but I've been very fortunate in the fact that I live near several Temples that has helped me go often...I remember the day that I went through and the advice that my older brother Haini gave me at the restaurant afterwards,which was that the adversary will be on you more than ever before and the main thing that he will try and do is to stop you from attending the Temple...so with his own experience, he said that when he would actually plan and set a date and literally write in on the calendar, it seemed that something would always happen and cause his temple trip to be interrupted,so he mentally planned when he would go and just went, and so I decided to do the same thing, I don't write it down but keep a mental note in my head that I've chose Temple Tuesdays/and that has worked for me great...than after my day at the temple, I jot down in my journal that I went and the experience that I may had felt that day....I was also honored to have to my beautiful,gracious,humble,loving Grandmother Salote Lasini Fakatou Wolfgramm attend my Endowment and I heard later from an Aunty Tila after my grandmother had passed that I was the last grandchild that she was able to attend and Endowment for, so that is something really special for me,that I was blessed to have her present and be there to share in the JOY that I truly felt that day...my parents were able to fly in from California,and my mom came in a couple days earlier,so she helped me get all the things I needed and purchased my Packet and Dress as a gift from her,so that was really special,I chose my sister Elizabeth who is right next to me in line to be my escort,it was very emotional but I wouldn't have wanted anyone else right by my side...It also happened to be that my father-in-law Ioane Wilson had just flown in a couple weeks before to spend the summer with us so I was blessed to have Eli's dad there present along with his only brother Siu and wife Louise... I can't forget to mention my other siblings that were waiting outside in full support of my special day and they were my beautiful sisters Jennifer and Hinalei and bro Mika and his wife Jaylynn...My adopted brother Eugene was present at my endowment also....Here's a couple of pics that I have of that day,which shows most of everyone there that was able to share this special day with me...I thank my Heavenly Father for entrusting me and allowing me to partake of such wonderful covenants and blessings and I know I have a long way to go and so much more to learn...but I know that the Temple is truly our Lord and Saviour's University here on earth and the only way we can become closer to him and more like him....Now, I can't wait for that day that I can take my whole family (hubby and kids) with me and witness their JOY that I know they will feel!!!!

Ofa Lahi Atu, Katharine