20 minutes in the Celestial Room of the Gilbert Arizona Mormon Temple w/ hidden camera

On June 29, 2016 I attended the Gilbert Arizona Temple. There were only 9 men and 10 women in attendance. I almost joined the prayer circle this time but then another man jumped in so I stepped back out.

There was a young man in the session [pictured here: https://imgur.com/a/haE2l ] who had just gone through the endowment ceremony for his first time ever and was entering the MTC (Missionary Training Center) on July 13, 2016. You can see him participating in his first prayer circle here: https://youtu.be/S4qxf2XibUE

After the standard hugs and back slapping from his family members I noticed that the first timer and his friend/escort were left alone in the Celestial Room [at about the 17:05 mark in the video] so I walked across the room and struck up a conversation with them. I have edited out their names to protect their identities.

The "escort" (he's wearing a tag pinned to his shirt identifying him as the newbies official escort) was the best friend of the newbie. He was also another soon-to-be missionary who had just received his own endowments the week before. I gave the future missionaries some advice and compared the endowment ceremony to a Jewish bar mitzvah and told them to remember my name as we would probably talk again.

In this video I mention that my uncle is the President of the Manhattan New York Temple. My Uncle Mark Bench really is the Manhattan Temple President and my Aunt Dorothy is the Manhattan Temple matron: https://www.lds.org/church/news/new-2016-temple-presidents-called-for-temples-in-manhattan-dallas-seattle-and-more?lang=eng

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