I was thinking today about the archive being under ground and the 20 million names in this archive alone. It is very humbling to be among the dead, with them in spirit but their body has moved on. They are waiting to be found by their ancestors or the church indexing members. Some have been waiting for hundreds of years and they call but only whisper our names. I feel the archive is a grave of 20 million people waiting to get our attention and for us to keep the promises we made to them when we were baptized. That is the covenant to find them.
These ladies are indexing the for the government of Peru. There are about ten indexers working for the government and the LDS Church has an army of 200,000 indexers. We have a join venture to share indexed names. This work will go on through the millennium. It is the knowing we contributed to bring a soul unto Christ and then provide the sealing ordinances of the temple. What a great work to be a part of in these Latter Days.
Every time I index I think of you preparing records for someone to index. I have to stick with English because I don't have the skills to do any other language. I think it's awesome that you're learning a language while working with family history.
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