Hello again, everyone! Several temple updates have recently been reported, so I wanted to pass those along to you all now. Let's jump right into our discussion of those developments. First of all, I wanted to follow up on something I have noted repeatedly in the recent past. The Church is well on track to have 200 operating temples by (but perhaps even before) the 200th anniversary of its' reestablishment, which will, as noted, occur on Saturday April 6, 2030.
With 160 temples operating, only 40 others will need to be dedicated during the 11.42 years between today and that day, which could easily be done if 3.5 temples are dedicated each year between now and then. Since 5 or 6 temples are anticipated to be dedicated within the next year (with one more dedication planned by the end of this year, and two already set for early next year), I have no doubts the Church will have at least that many temples by that date, but certainly more if all goes well.
In the meantime, yesterday marked the beginning of the public open house for the Barranquilla Colombia Temple. The public will be able to tour that temple every day between now and November 24, with the exception of today and the additional Sundays of November 11 and 18. Following the open house, there will be a two-week period of final preparations for the temple, and a youth devotional will be held on Saturday December 8, with the temple dedication following the next day.
We now turn our attention briefly to the Lisbon Portugal Temple, where the work of stone cladding the temple's exterior walls is nearly complete, and where the Holiness to the Lord inscription stone is now in place. And as the renovation process continues for the Mesa Arizona Temple, scaffolding is going up around the temple's exterior, while windows are being removed, and landscaping efforts to regrade the grounds of the temple are also underway.
To conclude this update, new information received today indicates that, with the Church office building having been completely vacated in Bangkok Thailand, the process of demolishing that building is now underway, and once that occurs, the Church will be that much closer to being able to have a groundbreaking for that temple. It will be interesting to see how soon that occurs. As a result of that new information, I estimate that a groundbreaking could occur for that temple within the next 4-8 months, but certainly sooner if all goes well.
And of course, we are now just 4 days away from the November 8 groundbreaking ceremony which has been scheduled for the Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple. So look for a report on that ceremony once it is provided later this week. In the meantime, on a note unrelated to temple progress, Elder Uchtdorf's birthday will occur on Tuesday, with Elder Renlund's birthday exactly one week later. So posts will be provided on those days in honor of those milestones. And any other Church news and temple developments will be passed along as they are reported as well. I am also involved in an ongoing process of getting my predictions for next General Conference put together, and will pass a copy of those along as soon as I finish doing so.
That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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, November 4, 2018
Temple Updates Noted
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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