It is difficult to predict how quickly the ordinance work for names shared with the temple will be completed. Factors include the number of ordinances others share and the number of temple attendees. Currently, male endowments take the longest to complete. The other ordinances (baptism, confirmation, and initiatory) for male or female generally do not take as long.
With Ordinances Ready, family members and Church members around the world can more easily find and complete names that have been shared with the temple. With more temples being built around the world, more members are also able to participate in doing ordinance work for the deceased.
You may want to explore all of the options for sharing family names to see what works best for you. Members have good success with strategies like these:
- Share names with a family group. While these names shared count towards your reservation limit, your extended family may get the ordinances done more quickly and receive other blessings by working together on temple and family history work.
- Share names by email.
- Share all of your family names with the temple. Then simply unshare and print the names you plan to do on your next temple trip.
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