The Witness Couple

What started as a series of "coincidences" has turned into a quest for some kind of record. Back in July, Doug and I set a goal to attend the temple twice a month. In our previous 2 years of marriage when we attended Doug would always wishfully comment that he wanted to be the "witness couple" but sadly, we were always consigned to sit in the middle rows. In July, after our new goal was set, Doug was finally rewarded with us being asked to be the witness couple, and continues to be rewarded every time we go. Since then we have been asked to be the witness couple in every session we have attended, even in the St. George Temple when we were out there at Thanksgiving. At that point, we thought our streak had ended, as we showed up minutes before the session and joined in the chapel along with 100 or so other people. But No, picked from the middle rows of the chapel, Doug and I were asked to once again be the witness couple and the streak was kept alive. With it comes a certain celebrity status, a few sessions ago a woman came to me in the changing room at the Columbus Temple and mentioned that she and her husband who live in Pittsburgh, PA come to the temple each month and remembered us as the witness couple in their previous visit as well. Do not worry, we have not let our fame change us, in fact we are more determined to keep the streak alive.



Seriously, we are grateful for our opportunities to go to the temple, it brings us closer together as a couple, and being the witness couple is an extra joy in the temple. We hope all of you will attend regularly and feel the same joy, and one day, you might be famous like us.