Joining Families Together - Testimony of Brother Kay, a Sealer

We are on vacation in Hawaii and had the great opportunity to go to the Laie, Hawaii temple. We went through an endowment session (1.75 hour session where we're taught about God's plan of salvation for the human family). Afterwards we joined a sealing session (30 min-1 hour session in which families can be joined together officially in the next life). That is quite a statement, that the sealing session involved "certifying" marriages in the next life and also certifying the parent-child relationship in the next life. This has scriptural precedent - Matt 16:

19 And I will ^agive unto thee the ^bkeys of the ^ckingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt^dbind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Peter had the ability to say, "this is valid on earth and heaven". That power exists in the church today and that's what we were participating in on Thursday. At the end of the session, I asked the sealer to give us his thoughts on the work. He said that the work we're doing is as real as anything on the earth. He participates in the work in a weekly basis and gave us his word that the work we're participating in is absolutely valid and affects people in the next world in a significant way. He mentioned that occasionally there are unusual experiences that help showthe work is real.

It's always worth going to the temple. It is a special place. I also know all the things that happen there are real and affect people in the next life. I feel that is true.