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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Slightly altered list of temples that may be announced soon

I have once again taken another look at my temple list and have made some changes. The altered list appears below. Enjoy!

1.      Managua Nicaragua: Proposed in 2012 by Elder Russell M. Nelson; land has already been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it. Please also note that it is the #1 city in terms of church presence that does not have a temple in some phase.
2.      Port Moresby Papua New Guinea: Land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it. Please also note that it is the #2 city in terms of church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
3.      Bentonville Arkansas: Land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it; please also note it is the strongest contender for a temple in the United States. I favor this location because a good friend served his mission there.
4.      2nd Southwest Salt Lake Valley Utah: Proposed in 2005 by Gordon B. Hinckley; more than likely because land has already been purchased for it.
5.      San Juan Puerto Rico: Please note that this is the #3 world city in terms of church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
6.      Tarawa Kiribati: Please note that this is the #5 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
7.      Freetown Sierra Leone: Please note that this is the #6 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa
8.      Kampala Uganda: Please note that this is the #7 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa.
9.      Nairobi Kenya: Publicly proposed by President Gordon B. Hinckley in 1999; please note that this is the #10 world city in terms of Church presence that does not have a temple in any phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa.
10.  Phnom Penh Cambodia: Please note that this is the #9 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t have a temple in any phase; I favor this location because my brother-in-law served a mission there.
11.  Missoula Montana: Publicly proposed in 2016 by Elder David A. Bednar.
12.  Lehi Utah: I favor this location because it is my wife's hometown.
13.  Layton Utah
14.  Budapest Hungary
15.  Pocatello Idaho
16.   Auckland New Zealand
17.  La Paz Bolivia: I favor this location because my favorite bishop and good friend served a mission there.
18.  Rapid City South Dakota: I favor this location because my dad served his mission there. 
19.  Richmond Virginia
20.  Lagos Nigeria (may be needed due to extensive Church growth in Africa)
21.  Tacoma Washington
22.  El Paso Texas
23.   Ulaanbaatar Mongolia: I favor this location because a good friend served his mission there.
24.  Barcelona Spain
25.  Puebla Mexico
26.  Valparaiso Chile
27.   Davao Philippines
28.   Maracaibo Venezuela: Publicly proposed in 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley.
29.  Singapore: Publicly proposed in 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley/
30.  Edinburgh Scotland
31.  Cody Wyoming
32.  Jacksonville/Miami Florida
33.  Brasilia/Belo Horizonte Brazil
34.  Ghana (Kumasi).
35.   Neuquen Argentina

Alternative locations:
1.      Ivory Coast (2nd and possibly 3rd temples; may be needed due to extreme growth in the area)
2.      Kasai or other DR Congo region (Kasai proposed in 2016 by Neil L. Andersen; may be needed due to extreme growth in the area);

Dark horse candidates:
1.      Vilnius Lithuania (proposed in 1993 by M. Russell Ballard)
2.      Ipswich Australia
3.      Farbanks/Juneau Alaska
4.      Kaysville Utah
5.      Sandy Utah
6.      Orem Utah (I favor this location because it's where I'm living now, and when I worked at the Mount Timpanogos Temple for six years, a majority of my colleagues were from Orem, so the LDS presence is strong here.)
7.      Heber Utah
8.      Pago Pago American Samoa: Please note that this is the #9 world city in terms of Church presence that does not have a temple in any phase.
9.      Maputo Mozambique
10.   Oslo Norway
11.   Antananarivo Madagascar
12.  Jakarta Indonesia (I favor this location because a good friend served his mission there)

13.  Nunavut Canada

2 comments:

  1. For FL 3rd temple I thank it be mere by Tallahassee, witch has Kong been hooed for by those of us in that area, with 4 stacks 5 hours a way from the temple with two others being around 4 hours from a temple ,and being off of I10 will make it easy for members to get to the temple, but with Orlando temple being slow through out the week it makes it hard to see a 3rs temple in Florida any time soon.:(

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  2. For FL 3rd temple I thank it be mere by Tallahassee, witch has Kong been hooed for by those of us in that area, with 4 stacks 5 hours a way from the temple with two others being around 4 hours from a temple ,and being off of I10 will make it easy for members to get to the temple, but with Orlando temple being slow through out the week it makes it hard to see a 3rs temple in Florida any time soon.:(

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