Hello again, everyone! This post will cover two temple developments of which I became aware a short while ago. We start first with the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple. As many of you might recall my mentioning here on this blog at least a few times previously, the groundbreaking for that temple was held on October 28 of last year, with full-scale construction efforts getting underway around two weeks following that.
As you may also be aware, because the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple has been planned as a smaller edifice in comparison with others under construction, the process of building that temple was only anticipated to last between 15-18 months. If we add 18 months to mid-November 2017, that takes us to mid-May 2019, so it makes sense that this temple's general completion estimate falls in mid-2019.
The last update I shared for this temple was passed along the Friday before General Conference weekend. At that time, I noted that structural framing had gone up for the temple and its' steeple. Then today, after almost a month has passed without my hearing anything on it, I learned that the interior walls of the temple are now being framed. It was good to learn of that update.
Next, for any of my readers who are wanting to tour the Jordan River Utah Temple, the open house will run for one more week and will conclude at the end of the day this Saturday. At that point, the Temple Department will finalize any preparation for this temple's rededication, which will be held four weeks (exactly 28 days) from today.
As I also previously mentioned, since the Jordan River Utah Temple rededication is the first major event of President Nelson's administration, I have no doubts that he will preside at at least one of the three dedicatory sessions. I am also equally as certain that several other Church leaders will be participating or at least in attendance at the three dedicatory session.
The rededication of this temple will be significant for another reason: it appears to mark the last time the Church will have a cultural celebration the night before a temple's dedication or rededication. In covering the announcements of the scheduled dedications for the Concepcion Chile, Barranquilla Colombia, and Rome Italy Temple, I had noted that, instead of a cultural celebration, a devotional has been scheduled for youth in these temple districts the night before. The Church has not made it clear why this is being done, but there are surely very good reasons behind this change.
And although it is also true that, following the rededication of the Jordan River Temple, there will not be any other dedications until October 28 (when the Concepcion Chile Temple will be dedicated), I am cautiously optimistic that we will find that, by that date, not only will construction have formally begun for the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple, but we may also have seen at least two, and possibly even three or more, temples have a groundbreaking by that time.
Whatever might occur in that regard, you can depend on my monitoring these developments and passing word along to you as I hear of it. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Update Provided for the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple; Open House for Jordan River Utah Temple Concludes This Saturday
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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