The following story was related to Pres. Packard of the Los Angeles Temple by his son who works in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Pres. Packard called the President of the Mesa Temple and confirmed that the story was true.

A sister went to the Mesa, Arizona Temple one afternoon to do an endowment for the dead. After receiving the name of the deceased sister she would do the work for, and proceeding to the endowment room, she felt a strong impression that she should return home immediately. Acting on this impression she went to the officiator of the session prior to its start and explained it to him. The officiator told her that she would only be in the session for an hour and a half and assured her that things would be OK if she waited and completed the session. Seated in the endowment room, still prior to the start of the session, she felt the same impression again and asked the sister follower what she should do. The sister follower reassured her that things would be fine if she would just finish this work for the deceased sister. She then pointed out to this sister, as they looked again at the name and date of death of the person receiving this endowment, that this sister had waited hundreds of years for this work to finally be finished. Reassured, the sister remained through the session and completed the work.

Following the session, the sister hurried home to find an ambulance in front of her home. On rushing through the house and into the backyard, she saw her two year old daughter lying beside the family pool. She was being attended by the paramedics and appeared to be awake, alert and breathing on her own. The mother asked the babysitter, who was standing next to the girl, how her clothing was dry if she had pulled her daughter out of the pool. The sitter stated she had been in the house and noticed the little girl had apparently wandered out to the pool. On rushing out of the house, she saw a lady, dressed in white clothing bringing the little girl out of the water. The mother asked the babysitter if she had taken down the name of the lady. The babysitter said yes and showed her the name. In amazement the mother read the name of the sister who she had just performed the endowment for in the Temple.

1982.