Hello again, everyone! There have been a few more reports on President Nelson's first South American leg of his Global Ministry Tour, the ministry of President Oaks and his traveling companions to those impacted by a recent hurricane in the southeastern United States, and other developments. So let's get right into all of those reports.
First of all, extensive coverage of President Nelson's visit to Bolivia has been provided by the Church News and the official Newsroom on the Church's website. An ongoing summary of this tour can be found here, including additional coverage as that is made available. My biggest take-away from this article was the fact that President Nelson had been scheduled to visit Bolivia earlier this year, but the passing of President Monson changed those plans. And the Lord recently instructed him to follow through on those earlier plans as he prepares for the Concepcion Chile Temple Dedication, which will occur this weekend. I will continue to provide reports of that tour as I receive them.
In the meantime, as previously mentioned, President Oaks was joined recently by several other Church leaders in a tour of the areas recently struck by Hurricane Michael in the southeastern United States. The Church News and the official Newsroom also covered those developments. And while Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, joined President Oaks and others in the southeastern United States, Bishop Dean M. Davies, who serves as First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, dedicated a new Deseret Industries in Gilbert Arizona.
It is wonderful indeed to see the leaders of the Church place such a high priority on being out among the people, whether within the United States or outside of it. As always, I continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple developments and will do my level best to keep bringing word of those to you all as I receive it.
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Monday, October 22, 2018
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A just-released article on President Nelson's trip and the stop in Bolivia says that earlier in the day he had visited 'a potential temple site in the Los Olivos area', indicating that they are still looking for one.
ReplyDeleteJames Anderson, thank you for stopping by to comment. The article did say he had visited "a potential temple site", and it is true that nothing official has been announced regarding the site of that temple. But as I reported previously on this blog, what was then the LDS Church Temples website, prior to its' maintenance and rebranding, had noted that preliminary efforts were underway. At that time, it was indicated in March of last year that the contractor would need a year of pre-planning with the site before construction could begin on that temple. And if you look at the Church of Jesus Christ Temples site right now, a news item posted earlier today references that he made a visit to "the site" being considered for that temple. That terminology is more definitive. And given the fact that we don't know when that year of pre-planning began, until the Church categorically confirms that the temple will be built elsewhere, it seems to be a pretty safe bet that the location President Nelson visited will indeed be "the" site for the temple. We cannot always go by what the Church's official English Newsroom says or does not say. The reason I make that statement is because Church members in the Ivory Coast confirmed the information on the groundbreaking date for the Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple, but it was only around a week later that something semi-official was posted on the Ghana edition of the Newsroom site. As far as I know, the November 8 date of the Abidjan groundbreaking has yet to be confirmed by the Newsroom.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, during President Nelson's time in Kenya, a Church spokesman in that area indicated that a site for the Nairobi temple had been selected, and that, although that has not yet been confirmed, that temple was anticipated to be completed in 2021. And President Nelson toured "a site" in Nairobi which, barring anything unexpected, will be "the site."
My point is that, although it is up to the Church to confirm or deny unofficial information about temple locations, local members and those in-the-know about such matters have employed wording which provides unofficial confirmation. So I have every confidence that President Nelson did indeed tour "the site" for the Los Olivos Temple, and I would anticipate a groundbreaking within the next year or so, if all goes well. That said, if it is verified in the future that I am wrong, I will be happy to admit it. I hope this information is helpful to you. I always appreciate your comments, James Anderson. Thanks for taking time to weigh in.