Today we had the rare occasion to go to the Temple with Pres. & Hna. Almonte. Usually when the Almonte’s take a Zone of missionaries to the Temple we aren’t invited. I guess someone has to stay behind and “Mind the store” as it were. But today was different. There was no Zone going to the Temple. Pres. Almonte only invited the missionaries in the office, which included Hna. Johnson and I. It was a rare privilege to go to the Temple and attend an “Investidura” (Endowment) session with the Almonte’s.
I find it interesting what the word Endowment means. In the D&C Sec. 38 the phrase “endowed with power” is used. In the dictionary one of the definitions for Endowment is a gift; as in giving an endowment to the university, etc. Translated into Spanish the word is “Investidura” and it means exactly the same in Spanish as it does in English. What I find interesting is the root of the Spanish word which is “Vestir” which means “to dress”. In one Spanish dictionary I found the definition of Investidura (it was the last of 4 definitions) it said to “Dress in Holy Robes”. It made me think, yes … that’s exactly what we do in the Temple.
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