Doing Temple Work for a friend

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HI So 2 years ago A Kid from My Graduating Class in High school Died. I Went And Created A Profile on him on Family search. I Use to talk to him about the gospel and i showed him videos From The Church I Instructed Him to Pray. I really wanted him to know that God Loves Him. All im Saying is Is there any Possible Way i Could Do his Work Even though Im Not Related to him. Hi Name Is Michael A, Mcadams his Code is G844-ZBS

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There is an article in the FamilySearch Help Center that will assist you. You may click on thee link below and it will take you to the article.

Can I request proxy temple ordinances for a friend?

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/can-i-request-proxy-temple-ordinances-for-a-friend

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Can I request proxy temple ordinances for a friend?

Article Id: 926

April 20, 2020

The First Presidency stated in a letter on February 29, 2012: "Our preeminent obligation is to seek out and identify our own ancestors. Those whose names are submitted for proxy temple ordinances should be related to the submitter." 

     

You must submit signed permission from a close living relative of your friend. Then, you can request temple ordinances for a friend to whom you are unrelated.

A close living relative is an undivorced spouse (the spouse to whom the individual was married at the time of death), an adult child, a parent, a brother, or a sister. Please see the Church’s General Handbook: Serving in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 28.1.           

Before you start

Make sure that you have signed, written permission from one of your friend's close living relatives. We cannot accept signed, written permission from yourself or your deceased friend, it must be from the closest living relative. Word the written permission this way: I, (name of person giving permission), give (your name) permission to do temple work in a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple, for (name of deceased), who is my (relationship to person giving permission).  (Signature of person giving permission)

If your deceased friend has no close living relatives that can provide written permission, then a request cannot be granted. 

Steps

1. Add your deceased friend to Family Tree. For help doing this, please see the related article below, titled: How do I add an unconnected person to Family Tree?
2. Note your friend's ID number in Family Tree.
3. To request the ordinances, contact FamilySearch. Be prepared to provide this information:
   1. The Family Tree ID of the person for whom you want to do ordinance work.
   2. The full name of the person for who you want to do ordinance work.
   3. Your relationship to the person.

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