Eliza got to do baptisms

Eliza got to go to the Nauvoo temple and do baptisms for the dead with the young women and men. It was her first time. We are bleased to have the temple so close. It has been a part of Eliza's life since she was little, and now for her to get to go do baptisms is just wonderful. Eliza was just a toddler when the temple was rebuilt so she really doesn't remember not having the temple. She doesn't remember the groundbreaking when President Hinckley invited the kids up to dig in the dirt. (It was so sweet.) She doesn't remember the cornerstone being dedicated, she doesn't remember The 6 weeks of open house when Nauvoo was full to the brim with visitors. She was only a preschooler when the primary planted the tree on the corner of the temple grounds. But guess what she remembers?
The angel Moroni being place on the top of the temple.

Those things are all fun to remember but when she went and did baptisms for the dead she was able to do something that effected eternity. In the dedicatory prayer President Hinckley said,"May all who are baptized in behalf of those beyond the veil of death know that they are doing something necessary under Thine eternal plan." God Loves all his children and gives all of them an opportunity to learn of him and accept or denie ordnances. If They have not had an opportunity on this earth they will have an opportunity in the spirit world.

The baptistery is always located on the bottom floor of the temple.Participants are baptized by immersion to symbolize being buried and resurrected with Jesus.The font sits on the back of twelve oxen which represent the twelve tribes of Israel.The baptistery is a replica of the "brasen sea sitting on twelve oxen" in the Temple of Solomon, as described in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah.The temple baptistery is used to perform baptisms by proxy for deceased relatives.
"Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" 1 Corinthians 15:29

I am so grateful for the opportunity Eliza had to participate in the wonderful ordnance of baptism for the dead.

*The first baptisms for the dead in the original uncompleted Nauvoo Temple were performed in November 1841 And the first time Eliza got to do baptisms was Nov 18.

*The original baptismal font, supported by 12 carved limestone oxen, was duplicated as nearly as possible with the addition of a metal lining to prevent deterioration.

David ( in the white jacket) infront of the font linner.

I love the Nauvoo temple. I am grateful for the work that is done in it, and I am grateful that Eliza was able to be a part of it.