I agree that if ordinances are in progress, we should leave them alone...but what about those ordinances that have been idle for 5+ years? I always envision pink and blue slips in the temple suitcases of dead people... I do think there should be a time limit on these names.....I have quite a few in my own families and I'm not unhappy someone else has submitted them, but I think it's unfair to submit names and let them sit, half completed for years. Not fair to the deceased!! Michele In a message dated 4/13/2009 12:40:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jncrandell@broadweave.net writes: "mining" the IGI and completing ordinances that someone else had researched and submitted. **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000002)

Michele wrote: I do think there should be a time limit on these names.....I have quite a few in my own families and I'm not unhappy someone else has submitted them, but I think it's unfair to submit names and let them sit, half completed for years. Not fair to the deceased!! I agree with your feelings, and yet if this were a crucial problem, I believe the Brethren would set a limit to deal with it. Evidently, it hasn't risen to that level to require a time limit, so the guidelines just recommend an approximate submission size. There are times when larger submissions are appropriate. In my case, I had saved some of the names I had researched because we had a very small window of opportunity to have a cousin baptism session between the time my son was endowed and the day he checked in to the MTC. All of the grandchildren of my parents were together in the temple, with my son baptizing them. It was a wonderful experience for these cousins to share together. Part of my work is also to teach my children and help them understand what this is all about. This was a sacred teaching moment for us. After the baptism session, we didn't have nearly as many endowed members of the family to help with the initiatories and endowments. We began working and totally enjoyed the family time shared with our ancestors. We were looking forward to the sealing session together as well. As it turned out, someone else decided time was up, based on their personal time schedule, and we were not able to finish what we considered the crowning blessing to our efforts. That's ok, we moved on. However, I do think it's important for us to follow the guidelines of the Brethren. When they say there is no limit, it is not up to us to randomly decide what WE think the time limit ought to be. We don't know or understand what is happening on the other end. If/when this becomes a serious issue, I'm sure the inspiration of the Lord will cause a time limit to be put in place. Until then, I still say that we should be obedient to the guidelines and considerate of those who actually created the submission. I don't believe that my ancestors were judging us for the time it took to complete the work. I believe they knew what we were doing and that they were enjoying the temple moments with us. Just my opinion. As for duplicates in NFS, yes, that is the only way to find the work that we had done with this submission. My family began the work, but we deleted the last of the ordinances on that submission because someone else had already completed them. The only way to show that all the work is done is to merge my submission with the other submission. Jill Crandell