Family History

This past Sunday I was asked to speak in church about family history. And honestly, my first thought was, 'really? what do I say?... Go... do family history!  yay!'

Luckily I was told to base it off of Elder Cook's most recent conference talk, 'Roots and Branches'. It is a wonderful talk and I would encourage anyone interested in Family History to read it. What a great message it has. It is so important to find our family members!

So, here is a little story from my talk, which emphasizes why we need to do our family history work.

"You know, we can all do family history in some degree or another. My family just had a big reunion in June and while there, my brother told us a story about his 10 year old daughter.  He said that it was a Saturday morning.  At 7 in the morning. He told us he was laying in bed, enjoying his only day to ‘sleep in’.  Well, it didn’t last long.  He heard a soft knock on the door, and in came his oldest.  She had in her hands a paper, and said the simple words, ‘Hi, daddy, I found a family name for you and mom to take to the temple’.   What?!  I was astounded when I heard this. Not only was she awake and dressed at 7 in the morning, which, lets face it, is quite the feat in and of itself. … but she had been awake since 6:30 and what did she choose to do?  Play with her sister?  No… Annoy her brothers? Nope…. Wake up the baby? Uh uh… She choose to quietly get on the computer, and no, not play games, but search for her family. To find a family member who had not had all their temple work completed for them."

Well, I just love my family!