In terms of the latest Church news and developments, two other interesting stories were recently posted on mormonnewsroom.org. The first is an infographic that focuses on the latest temple construction developments. Even though that infographic was only posted yesterday, given how things have progressed recently, it may already be slightly outdated on many informational points. That said, for what it's worth, you can look at the infographic here.
The other interesting development reported was that Sister Ruth Renlund, wife of Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a self-described "recovering lawyer" recently spoke to a group of lawyers. The lessons she learned during her years practing law are illustrative. Click here for more on that.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Latest Church Infographic on Temple Construction Progress/Sister Renlund Addresses Lawyers
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Awesome progress on temples. The church also announced the open house and dedication dates for Tucson AZ, Cedar City UT, and the Meridian ID temples today. With the activity going on at the Arequipa Peru site, it appears that a groundbreaking is eminent. I am also beginning to wonder if it won't have a formal groundbreaking kinda like the Paris France temple. Has there been any other temple without a formal groundbreaking? I hope you are correct about the temple in Zimbabwe and that it could have a groundbreaking this year.
ReplyDeleteHey, Chris! Thanks so much, as always, for the most thoughtful feedback and continuing comments. Rules and regulations have changed at work in such a way that they are no longer allowing any internet use that is not work-related. For that reason, it was only when I got home that I had the chance to hear of the wonderful announcement of these three dedications. I anticipated such announcements very soon. I just didn't think they would announce all three today. It is most wonderful news anyway it's looked at. I will be doing a major blog post shortly to focus on these amazing milestone announcements. Before doing so, though, I do want to venture my best answer to the issues and questions you raised here. I have learned from a source who would know that a groundbreaking announcement for the Arequipa Peru Temple is indeed imminent and is very likely to happen during the first part of this year. In regards to whether or not there will be a formal groundbreaking there, I see no reason or grounds to doubt that there will be. Because I was so surprised about the fact that no formal groundbreaking was announced or scheduled for the Paris France temple, when that did not happen, I did my research. I was advised by someone with no small knowledge on the subject that, due to the unfavorable way the future temple was viewed by some locals, the determination was made to commence construction without the traditional formal groundbreaking. There has been only one other occasion where no formal groundbreaking was held. That was for the temple in Tokyo Japan. And it was for the exact same reason. The desire and intent seemed to be to not draw attention to the commencement of construction. Once construction was actually underway, it appears that any objections that may have existed were resolved for both temples. Insofar as I have been able to ascertain, those conditions do not appear to be prevalent in any way to the temple in Arequipa. With no obstacles of that nature anywhere to be found, it is a pretty safe bet to believe that a groundbreaking will be announced and will take place sometime within the first quarter of this year, if not before then.
ReplyDeleteI have heard whispers also to the effect that there may be an outside chance that the Church potentially could announce and schedule the groundbreaking in Arequipa to take place before the March event in Rio de Janeiro. Given past precedent, I'm not sure how likely that might prove to be. A site announcement and subsequent groundbreaking seems to be only a matter of time for the first Zimbabwean temple. as well. That could happen anytime this year, and is more likely sooner rather than later. We could potentially see any number of other temples have a site announcement (if one has not already been identified and announced) and/or a groundbreaking before anything happens in Zimbabwe. I for one think that is not very likely. But time will tell. The one thing that is most certain about temple-related developments and future milestones is that we can't be 100% certain of anything until official announcements are made. In the meantime, I feel confident in venturing my best predictions and reasoning behind when such events might be scheduled and actually take place, but I am always open to the opinion of others, and I am never happier than when I have been proven to be wrong about any such predictions I make. They are, after all, merely predictions, and are not by any means infallible. But the unpredictable element of it all adds to the excitement of making them. For those who missed it, I had been predicting that the dedication in Tucson would happen in early August. I could never have anticipated that the open house would take place in June and that the dedication proper would follow almost two months later. It is natural that the July recess will happen between the two. I was anticipating a late August or early September dedication for both Meridian and Cedar City, but the one in Meridian will take place in November, while the dedication in Cedar City will be in December. And now I am not as sure as I was even just 48 hours ago that this year will also see a rededication for the Jordan River Utah temple. If it was going to happen this year, it would likely have been announced concurrently with these three dedications. It's not a deal breaker by any means, but there it is, such as it is. That said, I do hope that this blog continues to be a safe place to discuss such things. And I always appreciate feedback. Having responded to your comment in the best way I know how, I now need to blog about these exciting developments. In the post I will do, I will also try my best to include my most educated prediction for who might be asked to preside at each of these events. Stay tuned. Thanks, Chris!
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