Hello again, everyone! I was just made aware of two more temple groundbreakings which were announced today for the Pocatello Idaho and Yigo Guam Temples. According to the news release, the Pocatello Idaho Temple will have its' groundbreaking on March 16, and the Yigo Guam Temple groundbreaking will follow on May 4, the same day as the previously-announced groundbreaking for the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple.
The Yigo groundbreaking will be presided over by Asia North Area President Yoon Hwan Choi. and while it has yet to be announced who might preside at the Pocatello groundbreaking, I would imagine that President Eyring, Elder Bednar, or Elder Andersen could do so, since each of them have ties to that state. I am not sure which of the current members of the Presidency of the Seventy have ties to Idaho, but another possibility is that any member of the Idaho Area Presidency could preside at this event. That would include Elders Wilford W. Andersen, S. Gifford Nielsen, and Brian K. Taylor.
I have no doubt whatsoever that we will see many more temples have a groundbreaking later this year. I would go into more detail on the construction plans, but wanted to get this posted right away, so that does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. 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.
Friday, February 1, 2019
BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Groundbreakings Announced for Pocatello Idaho and Yigo Guam Temples
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Note the similarities between the Guam temple and the one in Puerto Rico. I thought the PR one would be on the small side and this just confirms that. Guam has only one stake and there are sill distances from some of the other locales that the temple will serve. Guam's population is also small, slightly smaller than ?Salt Lake City itslf but larger than Provo itself.
ReplyDeleteThey are remarkably similar in design. The Yigo and San Juan temples may be the first of a "new generation" of temples that could, by virtue of their smaller size, get easy approvals, a quick groundbreaking within less than a year of their announcement, and could be built within 2 years or less. If so, that would be a way to easily and rapidly increase the number of operating temples. I look forward to seeing what's ahead for the Church's temple-building program. Thanks, as always, for taking time to comment, James Anderson. I always appreciate hearing from you.
ReplyDeleteWe have had two Oct 18 temples announce groundbreakings very quickly.
ReplyDeleteYes, we have. By the time the Yigo and Puerto Rico Temple groundbreakings are held, it will have only been 7 months since those two were announced. Based on that, and based on what I know from research I have done and feedback I have received, there will likely be several other groundbreakings set for later this year.
DeleteI am grateful to know that, since it means that the queue will be somewhat cleared out as other temples take their place on the list of those announced. With that in mind, if more is done to clear that backlog between now and the next General Conference, then I see no scenario in which President Nelson is not going to announce more temples. It will be exciting to see. Thanks, as always, for taking time to comment, Chris!
Quick build temples like the Hinckley era standardised small ones were very quick to approve and build. The Gila Valley Temple was very quick indeed with ground breaking occurring on Feb 14 2009 and the open house commencing on April 23 2010. The design was simple and involved prefabricated concrete panels resulting in a raid build. If you look at some recent temples the Church has pioneered high quality/high detailed prefabricated concrete panels on the Tijuana, Brigham City, Gilbert Arizona and many others. This process of building greatly accelerated construction. It would be interesting to see how often it will be used in the future.
ReplyDeleteBrett, thank you for this additional comment. As we have seen more recently, the Star Valley Wyoming and Port-au-Prince Haiti Temples are other recent examples of smaller temples that were built much more quickly than their larger counterparts. And I have on good authority that is also true for the Urdaneta Philippines Temple, and will be true for the San Juan Puerto Rico, Yigo Guam, and Praia Cape Verde Temples.
DeleteThose temples, which seem to be the first of many Nelson-era smaller ones, will take roughly 2 years to construct (but potentially could see that process accelerated if all goes well) could easily result in an outstandingly effective way to rapidly increase the total number of operating temples within a very brief period of time. And if that is the case, then I look forward to seeing it all unfold this year & in the next 5-7 years. Thanks again, Brett, for taking time to comment.