Temple Wedding

We were thrilled to be invited to our Pathway student Ricardo Rodriguez de Jesus sealing this past week.  Ricardo and Etleva met while they were both serving as missionaries in London, England.

She is from Albania and lives in Orem, Utah with her parents and 19 year-old sister.  It was a gorgeous sunny day--a good day to be married and everything was perfect.  The Santo Domingo Temple is amazingly beautiful.

In the temple ceremony, President Flake, the temple president, said, "...isn't it wonderful to think about a church and the Gospel that brings together two people from unique cultures and creates an eternal family."  Only a small group of friends attended so we felt particularly honored to be invited to participate.  It was a beautiful, simple and spiritual ceremony.

Etleva's parents attended and we watched them as they embraced their new son-in-law.  Her father, with tears,  emotionally whispered to Ricardo as they embraced, "The Lord has sent me a son!"   We are so proud of Ricardo.   He is a special young man and it is a joy for us to teach him and help him with his education.