Learned today of the importance of connecting my children and grandchildren (someday) with my ancestors. Elder Boyd K. Packer states, " No work is more of a protection to us than temple work and the genealogical research that supports it. No work is more spritually refining. No work we do gives us more power." (Ensign, Feb.1995 p. 36)
And to quote Elder Dennis Neuenschwander. " Not one of my children has any recollection of my grandparents. If I want my children and grandchildren to know those who still live in my memory, then I must build the bridge between them. I alone am the link to the generations that stand on either side of me. It is my resposibility to knit their hearts together through love and respect, even though they may never have known each other personally. My grandchildren will have no knowledge of their family's history if I do nothing to preserve it for them. That which I do not in some way record will be lost at my death, and that which I do not pass on to my posterity, they will never have. The work of gathering and sharing eternal family keepsakes is a personal responsibility. It cannot be passed off or given to another" (Ensign May 1999 p 83-84)
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