Hello again, everyone! This post will serve 3 purposes: First, a personal update; second, a discussion of recently-reported Church news; and finally, to share a few temple updates which have crossed my radar. So let's get right into all of that. On the personal front, my procedure has been scheduled for 2:00 PM MDT, and I anticipate the whole process will take between 2-3 hours. I will then be released to start a 1-2 day at-home recuperation, and have been instructed to not do anything strenuous for 2 weeks or so after that. I look forward to getting that procedure taken care of.
With that said, in non-personal news, the Church News shared the following articles recently: two Latter-day Saint siblings are now rising opera stars, Elder Stevenson's address to graduates at the commcement for LDS Business College, Elder Holland's commencement address to the graduates from BYU-Idaho, a BYU professor's top ten finish in the recent Boston Marathon, and the reaction of Sister Sharon Eubank, director of LDS Charities and First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, to the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, which had personal impact on her.
Meanwhile, recent news reported on the Church's official website include: the First Presidency's official Easter message; the newest General Authority and General Officers chart, complete with the 119 General Authorities of the Church and all 15 general auxiliary presidency members, including the newly-sustained Sunday School General Presidency; a large print edition of the "Come Follow Me" manual; and an article about how differrent editions and printing schedules for "The Liahona" help to bless the worldwide Church.
And while I may or may not have reported many of the newest stories from the Church's official Newsroom, the one which I know I have not passed along is the latest edition of "Latter-day Saints Around the World". The latest edition features articles from Australia (from which there were 2), Jamaica, Guatemala, the Pacific, Canada, and India. It was good to read the summaries of all of these articles.
We now conclude with some temple updates. With the Fortaleza Brazil Temple open house now just 9 or 10 days away as of the publishing of this post, covered walkways and tents are being assembled for it. The open house will go from April 27-May 18. Meanwhile, there has been another outstanding update on the Durban South Africa Temple, where the tiling of floors and walls and the sanding and painting of walls is making progress, in addition to which doors and frames are being fitted, and progress has been made on the cladding of both the grand staircase and entrance retaining walls. Also workers are preparing to add pavement to the west side of that temple's parking lot.
On temples which have a groundbreaking scheduled, I have found information indicating that the demolition of the Yigo chapel is officially underway for the temple in Guam, and that heavy equipment is helping to clear the site for the Quito Ecuador Temple. And finally, in regards to temples undergoing renovation, the open house tours for the Memphis Tenessee Temple will end on the day after the scheduled annoucement detailing plans for the Salt Lake Temple renovation.
At the Washington DC Temple, while exterior wall grout and stained-glass window repair continues, work is underway inside on the elevators within the temple. And at the Mesa Arizona Temple, forms have been set for the north reflecting pool, while landscaping structures are being installed, and progress has been made in the planting of trees on the grounds of that temple. And as the Pacific Area prepares for visits from President and Sister Nelson and Elder and Sister Gong next month, the Hamilton New Zealand Temple has seen scaffolding erected in preparation for the refurbishment of the exterior.
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Thursday, April 18, 2019
Personal Update/Additional Church News and Temple Developments Reported
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Hello again, everyone! Wanted to post a comment to let you all know that my urologist is running ahead of schedule, so we have moved my procedure up to 1:30 PM instead of 2:00 PM, which hopefully means I will be home sooner than anticipated, which was an unexpected but pleasant surprise. In the meantime, I wanted to mention as well that an update on the Pocatello Idaho Temple has been brought to my attention. At that temple site, the excavation area is being dewatered, and dirt continues to be hauled from the property. In the meantime, the Newsroom reports that President Nelson penned a letter of sympathy and condolence to Pope Francis in response to the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, and the Europe Area Presidency has reached out to the Catholic Archbishop of Paris to offer condolence and sympathy as well. You can read more on that development at the web address below:
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My thanks once again to you all for your ongoing interest and support. I will be back later today with any major Church news or reported temple developments that cross my radar following my procedure. Until then, I wish each one of you all the best.
Good luck today. I hope it goes well. On another note I am looking forward to hear about the temple renovation plans tomorrow.
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ReplyDeleteHope your recovery goes well.
ReplyDeleteHello, Chris, Brett, Scott, and Eric. Thank you so much for your well wishes. Not long after I published the post above, we received another call from the surgical center, asking us if we could head over right away. So we did. I was in and out of the surgical center within around 2.5 hours after my arrival. All went very well and smoothly. I am under strict orders to take it easy over this weekend in order to allow myself to recover, and to wait around 2 weeks before doing anything physically strenuous. The staff treated me very well, and I have appreciated the chance to recuperate here at home during the remainder of the day.
ReplyDeleteI am hoping to do a new post to cover some additional Church news and temple updates either later tonight or at some point tomorrow afternoon, but in the meantime, I wanted to note a report from the Deseret News, which indicates that the Salt Lake Temple renovation plans will be formally detailed in a news conference of the Church. That news conference has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 MDT tomorrow morning, and KSL, which is owned by one of the Church's media companies, will carry that press conference live.
I am not sure what all that will involve. Any member of the First Presidency or the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles could make the announcement during that time, but it seems more likely than not that the announcement will either be personally made by President Nelson, as the prophet of the Church, Elder David A. Bednar, who heads up the Temple and Family History Executive Council, or the chairman of the Church Public Affairs Committee (that may be either Elder D. Todd Christofferson or Elder Ronald A. Rasband). It is also possible that Elder Larry Y. Wilson, as Executive Director of the Temple Department, has been asked to make that announcement. We will find out in around 10.5 hours, and i will have full coverage of that announcement as resources about it are made available. In the meantime, my thanks again to you all for your expressed well-wishes. The hardest part was waiting for the date of the procedure to roll around, and the next hardest part was having it done. The recovery process has gone well so far, and, barring anything unexpected, I don't anticipate any difficulties, disruptions, or complications in that process. Thanks again.
Forgot to post the web address of the article to which I referred in my comment above:
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Again, I am so excited for this announcement, and look forward to hearing more details on the renovation, and to passing those along to you all as they are released. My thanks once again to you all.