When I returned from my mission, I met a beautiful young woman. She captivated me from the first moment I saw her. My wife had set the goal to get married in the temple. Also, back then, the nearest temple required a trip of over 4,000 miles. Our civil marriage ceremony was both happy and sad, for we were married with an expiration date. The officer pronounced the words "And now I declare you husband and wife," but immediately after, he said, "until death do you part." So with sacrifice, we set out to purchase a one-way ticket to the Mesa Arizona Temple. In the temple, kneeling down at the altar, an authorized servant pronounced the words I longed for, which declared us husband and wife for time and for all eternity.