I'm in Laie, Hawaii, and this temple built over a hundred years ago has a forgotten feature we almost never see today. And I think this rare feature found in only 8 temples can unlock our understanding of how the endowment helps us ascend back to God. . In the earliest Latter-day Saint Temples, you didn't experience the endowment ceremony on film and you didn't sit in one room the entire time. . The endowment was historically was performed live by ordinance workers and you would progress through