It's a Beautiful Thing to Have a Family

President Tossen says one of the greatest blessings temple marriage has brought to Ushuaia is that "the day is arriving when the Church will be led by children of the covenant. The gospel will spread here as a result, and the Lord will bless the Church"—just as He is blessing faithful couples who marry in the temple.

"When I was small and our leaders spoke to us of marriage, all the stories were happy ones," says Ruth Silva. She realizes that "happily ever after" takes work, "but I feel that those stories were true. The largest blessing of being married in the temple is the happiness I feel in knowing that we are united as an eternal family."

Her example helped her father enter the waters of baptism in 2008 and then take his family to the temple, where they were sealed a year later.

"The blessing I enjoy the most, in addition to rearing my children in the gospel, is the joy and peace in my heart of knowing that I have complied with the saving ordinance of eternal marriage," adds Lucas Romano. "Being with my wife and children renews that feeling of happiness. Like a rolling snowball, it's constantly growing. Every day I'm more grateful to the Lord that I got married and started a family."

Marina Agustín adds, "It's a beautiful thing to have a family. It can be difficult at times because there's much to learn, but it's beautiful."