This morning a group of 12 of us had a wonderful trip to the temple in Columbia. We arrived around 0930 and then divided up into two groups; those who were there under limited use recommends and those who had full recommends. Elder Gowans, attended with those who held the limited use recommends; they did their normal baptisms and confirmations for the dead. Sister Gowans and the others all participated in an endowment session. We had a nice time together. It is so wonderful to offer these good young men and women the opportunity to get away from Post and go to a place where the Spirit of the Lord is found in such rich abundance.

 In this photo, we have Brother Babcock who is on rotation at Eisenhower hospital, the we have Brother Manwaring who is in the Intermediate Service School, then we have Brother Barnett who is also on Rotation at Eisenhower.

 In these two photos we have Sister Westbrook who we have taken to the  temple many times; then we have Brother Kemner and Brother LaRose, both are in the same company, both are looking forward to serving missions after they graduate from AIT. Then we have Sister Lacey Wessels; she is her for the NCO academy. She will be here about 2 months. She is a convert of 1 1/2 years. It is such a blessing to be able to offer these good folks an opportunity to attend the temple.

After returning home, we attended the baptism of Sister Jessica Mathews. It was her husband who was introduced to the church while on assignment in Korea. He sent word to his aunt who was already a member of the church to help his wife locate the missionaries here on Fort Gordon; that was when we were called. Sister Mathews was baptized by her husband Joseph! They have two darling little girls, Autumn and Savannah.

Elder Faleao, Brother Mathews, Sister Mathews, Elder Crist

Savannah, Autumn

 Elder Gowans feels very loved!

 Bishop Burgess

 Elder and Sister Meacham

 After the baptism, Brother DeLong, a member who we have been working, with came to the Church to meet with us and discuss the principles of the Gospel to be able to learn more and increase his understanding. We had a real nice discussion of the purpose of Prophets.