BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: First Presidency Announces Next Major Temple Construction Update

Hello again, everyone! Today, in a stunning announcement, dedications have been announced for the Belo Hiroizonte Brazil, Miraforeks Guatemala City Guatemala, and Managua Nicargua Temples, with groundbreaking announcements set for the Missoula Montana Temple. There is a lot to get into, so let's dive right in!

We start with the Belo Hironte Brazil Temple. A media day will take place on Wednesday, July 10, followed by two days of tours for invited guests. The public open house will follow between Saturday, June 13-Saturday, June 27, excluding the Sundays of June 14 and 21.  The dedication will follow on Sunday, August 16, with the presiding apostle to be named later. The dedicatory session will take place at 10:00 AM, with a rebroadcast at 2:00 Belo rizonte time (7:00 AM and 11:00 AM Utah time) and will be broadcast to all units in the temple district.

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The media day for the Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple will take plce on Monday, August 24, with VIp tours taking place over the next two days. The public open house will follow between Thursday, August 27, and Saturday September 12, excluding the Sundays of August 30 and September 6. Elder Gerrit W. Gong will preside at the temple's dedication on Sunday, October 11, 2026. at 10:00 AM *with a rebroadcast at 2:00 PM, both Central Standard time, as Gauwmala doesn't observe Daylight Saving time)

And the media day for the Maugua Nicaragua Temple will be held on Monday, September 7, with emdia days following on the next two days. The public open house will take place between Thursday, September 10, and Saturday, September 26 (excluding the Sundays,of September 13 and 20). The temple dedication will follow on October 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM, under the presiding direction of Elder Ronald A. Rasband. Managua time is equivalent to utah time, at least currently.

Ground will be broken for the Missoula, Montana Temple on Saturday, June 6, 2026. United States Central Area President Jose A. Teixdira will preside thereover. Annolunced by President Nelson in April 2023, the groundbreaking announcement follows the Monday November 4, 2024, with the exterior rendering relenased on on Monday, December 23, 2024.

Links to my updated docuemtns will be shared ASAP later this afternoon or evening. I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest 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.

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UPDATED: April 2026 General Conference Predictions (Final Edition)

Hello again, everyone! With exactly 36 hours left before the April 2026 General Conference begins, I wanted to post the final edition of my predictions for this weekend. Given the recent confirmation that the upcoming conference will include 4 daytime sessions and a Solemn Assembly to sustain President Oaks, his counselors, and the members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as I recently stated on this very blog, I feel that the sustaining of the general Church leadership will occur in two parts over two sessions.

I am also surmising that selected members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will only conduct two sessions (with the two First Presidency counselors conducting the other two sessions). As far as how it will work with one less session, I am assuming that all speakers who are not in the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will speak for slightly reduced amounts of time. It is possible that theapostles may also have been asked to reduce the length of their respective talks, but that seems unlikely.

With that said, we begin with my projected speaker lineup. I believe that the October 2025 General Conference is a good model to base that lineup on. The only difference is that I am only projecting 13 speakers who are not apostles, as opposed to the 19 we saw in October.  I'm hoping I low-balled that, but we'll have to see. Next up are my predictions for changes in general Church leadership, some of which may or may not actually be acknowledged. 

That second document also has my projected figures for the statistical report, and the figures in question are either based on factual information I was able to ascertain or else estimates reached using a complex algorithm that is hard to explain. Unless I am mistaken, the actual data on the report will be released on the Newsroom at some point during the Saturday Morning Session.

Next, I wanted to note that in view of what President Oaks said in an interview on the day before he dedicated the Burley Idaho Temple, it seems probable that temples will no longer be announced in General Conference. But that being siad, I'm sure there may be an occasional exception to that, which is why I am also including my masterlist of what I have projected to be the most likely locations for a new temple.

No matter if my predictions are right or wrong, I am definitely looking forward to this General Conference weekend. I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest 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 to receive the applicable updates. 

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.

First Quarter 2025 Temple Construction Progress Review

Hello again, everyone! As the first quarter of 2025 draws to a close, I am pleased to provide a look back at temple construction progress during this quarter. This report shows where things stood at the beginning of the year, and this report shows where the temple construction progress stands at the end of this quarter. There have been several pretty significant updates during this quarter. And looking ahead to the second quarter of 2025, there is a lot to which we can look forward.

I am assuming that will continue to include Monday orTuesday announcements most weeks. So to the best of my ability, I will try to continue to share updates on that front here as soon as possible. I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest 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 to receive the applicable updates. 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.