April 2025 General Conference Predictions (Final Version)

Hello again, everyone! 36 hours before the April 2025 General Conference weekend starts, I wanted to post the final version of my predictions for it. Here is the speaker lineup, the potential changes in general Church leadership (which also includes estimates for the 2024 statistical report), and my list of potential new temple locations. The predictions speak for themselves.

For my part, I continue to monitor updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. And I am also keeping an eye out for any other major news up to and during General Conference and I will provide those updates here ASAP after I learn of them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

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Temple Construction Progress During the First Quarter of 2025

Hello again, everyone! As March draws to a close and April begins, I wanted to provide a look back at temple construction progress during this first quarter of 2025. As a reminder, this is where things stood on the first day of this year, while this is where things stand as we close out this first quarter of 2025. Of course, this update will actually be outdated by this upcoming General Conference weekend, within which additional new temples will be announced.

Stay tuned here for updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites, in addition to any major updates coming during General Conference weekend. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below.

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Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: First Presidency Announces the Location of and Releases the Exterior Rendering for the Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple

 Hello again, everyone! Just when I personally had given up hope that a new major temple construction announcement would be made today, an announcement was slipped in under the proverbial wire. The First Presidency has confirmed the location and released a rendering for the Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple. That temple was announced during the April 2023 General Conference. Since the rendering speaks for itself, let's get right into the location and size details:

According to the release: "The temple will be built on a 5.51-acre site located at Km. 182.5 RN-9, Caserío Puca I, Municipio de San Sebastian, Retalhuleu, Guatemala." Interestingly enough, though it looks to be a two-story temple (at least to me), the exact size of the temple was not officially given. The rendering appears to show a temple with the same general exterior look as the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple. I assume the size will be detailed either when the groundbreaking is announced or when the groundbreaking is reported.

With that being the only update today, and it being released at the end of the 2:00 PM hour, this means that, of the Church's current 110 announced temples, 5 of which have groundbreakings, only 53 have not yet had any information officially released. I am grateful for this late-breaking announcement. As always, I continue to watch for updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. 

In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe for the applicable updates. If you would like to support the work done on this blog, donations in any amount are always welcome and appreciated, but never required. 

Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.