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Friday, December 22, 2017

Updated Estimates for Future Temple-related Events

Hello again, everyone! I wanted to post again today and pass along my updated estimates for future temple-related events, which was necessary to do in view of the news I reported in my last blog post. The estimates follow below. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Revised estimated time-frame for future temple-related events:

2018:
Sunday January 7: Raleigh North Carolina Temple Renovation Closure (confirmed)
Sunday January 28: Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Renovation Closure (confirmed)
Monday February 19: Oakland California temple Renovation Closure (confirmed)
Sunday March 4: Washington DC Temple Renovation Closure (confirmed)
April or May: Full-scale construction anticipated to begin on the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
Sunday May 20: Jordan River Utah Temple Rededication/Mesa Arizona Temple Renovation Closure (both have been confirmed)
Sunday August 12 or 19: Frankfurt Germany Temple Rededication
Sunday October 21 or 28: Concepcion Chile Temple Dedication (160th operating temple)
Sunday November 11 or 18: Barranquilla Colombia Temple Dedication (161st operating temple)
Sunday December 9 or 16: Kinshasa DR Congo Temple Dedication (162nd operating temple)

2019:
Mid-April: Memphis Tennessee Temple Rededication
Mid-to-late April: Rome Italy Temple Dedication (163rd operating temple)
Early-to-mid May: Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple Rededication
Mid-May: Asuncion Paraguay Temple Rededication
Late May-early June: Durban South Africa Temple Dedication (164th operating temple)
Mid-June: Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple Dedication (165th operating temple)
Early-to-mid August: Fortaleza Brazil Temple Dedication (166th operating temple)
Early-to-mid September: Raleigh North Carolina Temple Rededication
Mid-to-late September: October: Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Rededication
Mid-October: Lisbon Portugal Temple Dedication (167th operating temple)
Mid-to-late October: Arequipa Peru Temple Dedication (168th operating temple)
Mid-November: Oakland California Temple Rededication
Mid-December: Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple Dedication (169th operating temple)
NOTE: There is a slight possibility that the dedications of the new temples in Arequipa Peru and Rio de Janeiro Brazil and the rededication of the Oakland California Temple could potentially be delayed until early 2020. As the next 18-21 months pass, the likelihood of that possibility will be easier to determine, and I will pass all of that along as I am able to do so.

2020:
Mid-to-late April: Winnipeg Manitoba Temple Dedication (170th operating temple)
Mid-May: Tokyo Japan Temple Rededication
Early-to-mid September: Mesa Arizona Temple Rededication
Mid-November: Washington DC Temple Rededication

NOTE: I heard that 2018 and 2019 could be big years for temple groundbreakings. If that proves correct, then many other temples could also be dedicated during 2020 and 2021. As the next two years unfold, I will have a better idea of when such events may occur, and they can then be added to the other estimates above.

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