General Conference Predictions--Final Version

I am posting a list of all of my predictions for General Conference next month. Please note that I have trimmed down my list of temples that may be announced soon to the final 15 or 16. Let me know what you think/ Thanks for your readership and interest.

October 2016 General Conference Predictions

Speaking Order (Text in brackets indicated what actually happened.)

Session	Conducting	Speaker
General Women’s	Linda K. Burton	Bonnie H. Cordon
		Carole M. Stephens
		Bonnie L. Oscarson
		President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Saturday Morning	President Henry B. Eyring	President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
		Elder Robert D. Hales
		Elder Craig C. Christensen
		Joy D. Jones
		Elder Yoon Hwan Choi
		Elder Juan A. Uceda
		President Russell M. Nelson
Saturday Afternoon	President Dieter F. Uchtdorf	President Henry B. Eyring (Sustaining of Church Officers)
		Elder Gary E. Stevenson
		Elder Dale G. Renlund
		Elder W. Mark Bassett
		Elder Mark A. Bragg
		Elder Weatherford T. Clayton
		Elder Quentin L. Cook
		Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Saturday Priesthood	President Henry B. Eyring	Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
		Bishop Gerald Causse
		President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
		President Henry B. Eyring
		President Thomas S. Monson
Sunday Morning	President Dieter F. Uchtdorf	President Thomas S. Monson
		Elder David A. Bednar
		Elder Lynn G. Robbins
		Linda S. Reeves
		Elder Dallin H. Oaks
		President Henry B. Eyring
Sunday Afternoon	President Henry B. Eyring	Elder Ronald A. Rasband
		Elder M. Russell Ballard
		Brian K. Ashton
		Elder Valeri V. Cordon
		Elder Joaquin E. Costa
		Elder Massimo De Feo
		Elder Neil L. Andersen

 Changes in General Church Leadership

General Authority Seventies: Elders Daniel L. Johnson and Francisco J. Vinas released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and Elder Kent F. Richards released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy and granted emeritus status. NOTE: Since the First and Second Quorum members are referred to as General Authority Seventies, any releases and emeritus statuses will be mentioned in a group. ADDITIONAL NOTE: Only Elder Richards is 70 currently, but the Church has been known to release and grant emeritus status to brethren that turn 70 within a given year. In this case, that means that those born in 1946 who will be 70 by the end of the year are most likely to be granted emeritus status. There may be more releases, as last October, one general authority seventy was granted emeritus status for a reason not specified, and that particular GA Seventy was under 70 and had been in the Second Quorum for six years. The following additional brethren who have served in the Second Quorum for seven years may therefore also be granted emeritus status: Bradley D. Foster and Gregory A. Schwitzer. If I had to fine-tune this prediction, I would say that only Elders Johnson, Richards and Vinas will be granted emeritus status. RESULT:

Area Seventies: Releases and sustainings. NOTE: It has generally been a rule that most changes in Area Seventies happen during April General Conference, when President Dieter F. Uchtdorf leads out in the sustaining of Church officers. It also has generally been a rule that only a few changes in Area Seventies happen during October General Conference, when President Henry B. Eyring leads out in the sustaining. RESULT:

Temple Predictions:

3+ temples announced in any of the following cities and states:

Managua Nicaragua, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea; Bentonville Arkansas; Freetown Sierra Leone; Kampala Uganda; Nairobi Kenya; Lehi/Layton Utah; Budapest Hungary; Pocatello Idaho; La Paz Bolivia; El Paso Texas; Puebla Mexico; Edinburgh Scotland; Brasilia/Belo Horizonte Brazil; Neuquen Argentina.

RESU;LT: The following (# of temples announced goes here) were announced, much to my great delight: