Amber's Farewell/Family History

Our Sweet Amber (Hermana Thornton) leaves for her mission tomorrow. She is going to Arequipa, Peru. I am so very proud of her. Amber is an amazing young woman. She has a wonderful testimony, she is bright, beautiful, confident, smart, and capable. I am so excited to see her grow and succeed. She will be amazing.

They had a pig picking for her Saturday night and then Sunday she gave her farewell talk which was amazing. We then had leftovers at the Thornton's and said our last goodbyes. What a blessing it is to be her Aunt.

I think I am being bitten by the Family History bug. Yesterday I went to Amber's ward and they talked about Family History in Relief Society. I rolled my eyes and was not excited but thought oh well. Then someone made a comment that disturbed me. They said that there are a few temples now that are requireing you to bring your own names to the temple. That they will not provide names for you. I couldn't believe it. I immediatly got defensive. So many of my ancestors are done, how am I supposed to find names when all of my extended family will also be looking for those names? This is going to limit how much I can go to the temple.

I came home and shared my feelings with Derek. He said, "about 3 months ago I would have felt the same way but then someone showed me a video and within 5 min. I had a name." So today I opened Family Search. I didn't find anything but it made me think. I am going to look into this and see what I can do, and maybe how I can involve my children.

This video inspired me:

https://familysearch.org/blog/en/familyhistorymissionprep/?cid=HP_FR_7-10-2015_dFHD_fFSRCH_xLIDyI-1_

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