Saturday, March 15, 2008

A Early Saturday Morning in Laie

My wife and I had a busy Saturday planned, and since we had missed our usual Tuesday at the Laie temple, we wanted to make sure that a temple session was part of our day today.

While we had gone to the temple on Saturdays before, we had never gone to the first session, which starts at 5:30 a.m. To get to Laie from our home in Kaneohe on time, we set our alarm for 4 a.m. and left home for the 24-mile drive to Laie at just past 4:30.

The drive along the windward coast of Oahu from Kaneohe to Laie is always a wonderful one, but it was especially nice this morning as the new day was just beginning to dawn. Few cars and few people were out this early.

As we made the left turn off of Kamehameha Highway onto Naniloa Loop, what a comforting sight it was to see the temple glowing there resplendently on the hill where it sits. What was even more comforting was to arrive at the parking lot of the temple to see it filled with many cars of temple workers and patrons. Plenty of faithful Saints here on Oahu.

A wonderful session it was, and the start of a wonderful day in the Lord's vineyard.

Photo credit: Ryan Passey

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