This weekend was super awesome for the Kershaws! Jonathan's dad got sealed to his parents yesterday!
So, let me give the back-story. Jonathan's dad (Bill) is a convert. He joined the church when he was 19. His mom (Joan) died when he was in 5th grade, and his dad remarried (to Pat). Much later in life (I think when Jonathan was 12 or so) Bill's dad joined the church and got sealed to Pat. Right before Bill's dad died, he asked Bill to seal him to Joan, but out of respect for Pat, he asked him to wait till she passed away.
Pat passed away this last summer. Right after we found out we were talking to mom and dad K, I asked out of curiosity if he had sealed his parents yet. He said he hadn't yet. Then just throwing things out there, I said that it would be awesome if they could wait to do that till they came to visit us (because that was already in the plans for them to come make a trip to visit James and Sadie (who just had a baby, thus the reason they are coming up,) and us.) Then the conversation/plans evolved. They decided that it would be super special to have the family that could make it, to be a part of this special event.
That happened Saturday, October 24. James, Jonathan and I, along with mom and dad Kershaw (of course) were there in the sealing room (Sadie wanted to be there, but someone had to watch their kids). It was such a unique experience to seal two deceased parents together, then seal a living child to his parents.
It was probably one of the most spiritual experiences I have had with doing sealings.
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