We've joined a frequent-visitor club for the Wyndham hotel chain and decided to use some of our points for our hotel stay on this trip. To our surprise, they have no properties, zero, none, on the entirety of the Florida Keys! That was a bit of a disappointment, I admit. So we booked two nights in a hotel in Florida City, which is about as close as you can get to the tip of the Florida Peninsula before you head out to the keys. Still, it was a four-plus hour drive to get even that far.
There were no small customer service snafus to get that hotel arranged, but after a few hours of phone jumping all over the place, I finally found someone who was able to take care of us and did an awesome job of it. I'm still feeling grateful for that lovely woman! Note: if you work customer service, a "find-a-solution" mindset is SO much more helpful than a "I don't know how to function outside the script" mindset!
On our way down, we decided to go Fort Lauderdale to go to a park for a bit and then to visit the Ft. Lauderdale Temple before heading to our hotel.
At the park, Amy found these Owls nesting! You can see a video about them on our Youtube Channel.
Bonnie and I took turns at the temple, as we usually do. I went with Amy to do baptisms for the dead with her. After we came out, Bonnie took her turn to do sealings. Sealings is a term we use to refer to eternal marriage--because we believe in marriage beyond death do you part, when you marry in the temple, you're sealed together for eternity. Thus the term sealings. We also seal children to parents, creating a bond of family connection encompassing the entire human family. These ordinances, like baptisms, are performed on behalf of those who have died without receiving them in life. For us, it's all part of God's great love for his children.
Us at the Ft Lauderdale Temple
The beautiful temple at night.
I think it is so great that you are able to make time to go to temples along the way.
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