Remember, Remember
Yesterday I served in the temple baptistry and had the opportunity to serve as the baptizer for a Chinese sister who was there performing work for her ancestors. She had a large stack of names, and I baptized her 100 times for her Chinese ancestors. She told me that she had thousands of ancestors whose work she needed to do. That reminded me that President Nelson announced a temple in Shanghai, China several years ago. It was in April 2020 when he said this : “In Shanghai, a modest multipurpose meeting place will provide a way for Chinese members to continue to participate in ordinances of the temple—in the People’s Republic of China—for them and their ancestors.” Unfortunately, the temple is still in the “planning and approval phase” and the site location has not been announced. In President Nelson’s written version of the talk, he added this footnote: “For thousands of years, the Chinese people have kept clan histories and genealogies. Traditional Chinese ceremonies show respect for...