Temple moments: Lost card
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I was assigned to work in the baptistry of the Ogden Utah Temple on Monday, Nov. 26, 2002. We opened the baptistry early in the morning.
The first group was some Aaronic priesthood young men. They did not have an endowed Melchizedek priesthood holder with them to do the baptizing, so I was volunteered for the job.
I entered the font ready to start, but other temple workers could not turn on the video monitor that magnifies the name card with the name to be done.
More help was called for, but they could not get the monitor to turn on. They decided to call the temple engineer.
When the temple engineer arrived, he could not get the monitor to go on either. He tested the power outlet and determined electricity was reaching the monitor. So he removed the monitor to replace it with another one.
When the monitor was removed, to our surprise a blue baptismal card that had slipped under it was revealed.
How it got there, we did not know.
How long it had been there we did not know.
How long it would have remained there had the monitor not failed, we did not know.
Soon, we went to work completing baptisms. The lost card was completed first.
The electrical failure on the monitor might well have been accidental, but all of us present recognized the hand of the Lord in finding that card, so that the saving ordinances of the gospel were not denied to that individual. — Elwood G. Fronk, Adams Ward, South Ogden Utah Stake
