July 4, 2011 Gertrude Ilean Hansen Poulson's birthday in 1916

When and where were you endowed? What do you remember about your endowment?

Many missionaries can go through the temple after they receive their mission call and attend several times prior to their mission. In my case however I received my call on one Saturday, went to Provo and bought clothes on the next Saturday and then went to Salt lake City the following Saturday to enter the Mission Home. Since we went on Saturday and then to church on Sunday (during which we were able to go into the special room in the Salt Lake Temple and have the a meeting with several of the general authorities) and so on Monday morning we went through the temple at which time I received my endowments. For the first time through of the two we did that morning I was asked to be one of the witnesses. That was a special experience even though I have no idea who the female missionary was that was the other witness. It was all pretty much a blur for me in my memory and that was the last time I was able to go through the temple since there was no temple in my mission and I was not able to attend again until after my mission.