Monday, July 4, 2016
Sapporo Japan Temple Open House
The Newsroom on lds.org reports that the Sapporo Japan temple open house is approaching. The public tours of the temple will run from Friday July 8 to Saturday July 23, excluding the Sundays of July 10 and July 17. The temple will be dedicated on President Thomas S. Monson's 88th birthday, August 21. In view of the temple-related events scheduled to happen soon, and especially since the next event is the rededication of the Freiburg Germany temple, at which I am anticipating that native German President Dieter F. Uchtdorf will preside, I am anticipating that President Henry B. Eyring will preside at this dedication. I can't be 100% sure on that. After all, I predicted that President Dieter F. Uchtdorf would preside at the dedication of the Provo City Center temple, and that was done by Elder Dallin H. Oaks and President Russell M. Nelson. I can't say whether the Church would have President Uchtdorf preside at two temple events in a row or whether they might have President Uchtdorf preside at this one and somehow then send President Eyring to the rededication. What I can say with a fair amount of certainty is that Elder Gary E. Stevenson will more than likely be one or the only one of the apostles to accompany whoever presides because he, as President of the Church geographical area in which the temple is, was the Seventy member presiding at the groundbreaking. That's just a brief temple news update. More news will follow as it becomes available, but I am not anticipating any major announcements relating to dedications or groundbreakings until August, as the apostles are currently on their annual July recess. Thanks for your readership and friendship.
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