Have faith in Jesus Christ. Be baptized and confirmed a member of His Church. Boys must hold the Aaronic Priesthood.
•Keep the commandments and make good choices. Repent when you do something wrong.
•Have an interview with your bishop or branch president. If you are worthy, he will give you a limited-use temple recommend.
•Help do family history work so you can take family names to the temple, if possible.
•Study the scriptures and Church publications (such as the October 2010 Liahona) that will help you understand temple work.