Hello again, everyone! It is a busy season indeed for temple-related developments. In addition to the ongoing open houses for the Meridian Idaho and Cedar City Utah Temples, today ground was broken for the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple.
That groundbreaking happened 6.5 hours ago, and Elder Walter F. Gonzalez, who presides over the Church's Caribbean Area, presided over that ceremony. Barring anything unexpected, full-scale construction is anticipated to begin sometime next week. The look of this temple is anticipated to be comparable to the look of the Kinshasa DR Congo Temple.
In terms of a potential completion time-frame, while some have said that could happen before the end of 2019, because there are so many new temples and existing temples that are being or shortly will be renovated and are anticipated to be dedicated or rededicated during 2019, it has seemed more likely that this temple could be dedicated sometime during 2020. The exact time-frame will depend on what happens between now and then,
As also noted, the Asuncion Paraguay Temple should be closing for renovation at the end of the day today. The weird thing is that, while I have looked at it every day, the only closure dates on the Church's official website for this temple are during 2018. As far as the plans go, if I am correct, then the design will be in the style of the renovation plans for the Memphis Tennessee and Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temples.
Additionally, I wanted to note that I have revised the section of my temple construction progress report for announced temples. As I thought about the information in that section, I felt impressed to alter the organization of that section. The potential future groundbreaking estimates seem a little too speculative to me until more information is provided.
We do know that the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple may be the next to have a groundbreaking, if, as previously mentioned, the year of pre-planning that the contractor said was needed began in March of this year. Additionally, since the Brasilia Brazil and Greater Manila Philippines Temples have had a site announced, it has seemed wiser to have those further up on the list, while all other temples have now been grouped by the order in which they were announced.
As always, I will keep my eyes open for any other temple-related developments and will be sure to pass those along as I hear of them. That does it for this post. Any comments are welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time, and until my next post, may the Lord bless you all in all that you do.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Groundbreaking Held for the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple; Changes Made to Announced Temples Section of Report
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I am hoping that we get the urdaneta Philippines Temple and groundbreaking soon. Of the currently announced temples is the longest Temple waiting for a groundbreaking at over 7 years. The next Temple of the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple that was announced in 2011 has been ground broken but construction still hasn't started. Other Temple Salt Lake waited five and a half years from announcement to groundbreaking but part of that was probably cuz most of the saints were trying to get settled and build homes and farms. The Kiev Ukraine and Bogota Colombia temples took close to nine years to break ground. Where Los Angeles CA and Guayaquil Ecuador both took over 14 years. The majority of the currently announced temples were announced in approximately the last 2 1/2 years. I think a majority of temples may take between 2.5 and 3.5 years to break ground. Some exceptions were those small late 1990s era temples. I think probably due to size were easier to get building permits. Plus they were a standardized design.
ReplyDeleteIt has been interesting to see the different lengths of time by which temples are announced, have a groundbreaking, and are subsequently dedicated. With the Salt Lake Temple, I know that there was a time or two when the Saints had to hide the temple construction from the view of soldiers sent to quell an "uprising", which caused the foundation to crack, making it necessary to redo it. Additionally, extra care was taken as it was built, since they wanted to be sure that the basic design was preserved through the 1,000 years of Christ's reign on the earth.
DeleteAs far as existing temples, one of the most remarkable to me is the Star Valley Wyoming Temple, which had a groundbreaking a couple of years after its announcement, and a dedication less than two years after that.
I also know that both the Lima Peru Los Olivos and Urdaneta Philippines Temples are expected to have a site announcement and groundbreaking within the next year or so. We also know that sites have been identified for the Brasilia Brazil Temple, and the second one in Manila, and that a couple of locations have been mentioned as possibilities for the Pocatello Idaho Temple.
There are many factors affecting how and when temples make progress, but they all have one common element: The Lord controls how and when progress is made, with the exception of those delays that are weather-related or related to the progress of construction. It will be wonderful to see events unfold in the next several years, and you can count on my mentioning those here as they happen. As always, thanks for commenting, Chris!