Story of the three brothers of Dan Edwin Bighorse who wanted their temple work done.
I am grateful for this special experience that my foster mother had and shared with me, which greatly defined my life.
I was living in Bitterspring, Ariz. I had had no contact with my foster parents for an extended period of time.
I had graduated from the LDS Lamanite placement progam, and had started a family, I had a lot of crucial circumstances that occupied my life. So I guess I was not reachable to the three ancestors who wanted my attention. Thus, they visited my foster mom.They told her they wanted their temple work done and that her foster daughter Marie was the one who should help them. They also told her that their brother, my grandfather was close to death; and that he was the only one who could give me the information.
After my foster mom contacted me and lit a fire under me, I went to my grandfather to acquire his life history and to obtain the names of those who wanted their work done. He gave me a lot of other information but to my surprise, he did not tell me the names of the three who visited my foster mom. I was happy to get more names but I knew none of these name were the three who visited my foster mom.
I had questioned him each visit but he did not remember these three brothers. I just assumed that he could not remember.
On our next visit we were sharing a meal with my grandparents and all of the sudden out of the blue, he sat up and said "SHO," and commanded our attention. He proceeded to tell us the name of the three men. During this revelation, we found out that these brothers of my grandfather were from an earlier marriage and a couple of them were 50 years older than my grandfather.
My great-grandfather, Gus Bighorse, was married a few times. My grandfather was the oldest of the siblings in the last marriage of Gus Bighorse and Mae Bah Manygoats Whitehair Bighorse.
I took another 6 years to do their work. I have had many wonderful experiences that convince me that this work of the dead is of extreme importance in this life. We are Saviors to our families on the other side...as we save them, we also save ourselves. Amen
Written and shared by Marie Singer Goldtooth
(narie5844@gmail.com)
with Sister Elaine Olson
Tuba City, Family History Center, Tuba City, Arizona
22 Sep. 2013
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