The nature of these updates are massive, and, as a result, I will be splitting this update into three parts. I also clearly understand that not everyone may want to read such massive content, so I will not in any way be offended if any of you skip over this post and the next two. With that said, the updates will proceed in these two posts as follows: First, I will be providing updates on the Port-au-Prince Haiti, Durban South Africa (for which a dedication is now all but certain to be postponed until early 2020), Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire, and Pocatello Idaho Temples.
Those will be followed by adjustments I have made to entire sections of my temple construction progress report. First there are updates on temples for which full-scale construction is pending following their groundbreakings, then new information I have on those temples for which a groundbreaking is either scheduled or anticipated. At that point, the first post will end.
In the second post (which will follow within the next few minutes), I will move on to share new information on temples undergoing renovation, while the third and final post will share my reworked list of those announced temples for which more information is needed before I venture a more specific groundbreaking estimate.
It is also worth noting that I I am still in the process of updating my more specific estimates for known temple events, and I hope to post those updates in the near future. Be on the lookout for that at some point this next week if all goes well. In the meantime, the first part of this update follows below. In order to not disturb the flow of that information, I will end here and now as I always do: That does it for this post.
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165. Port-au-Prince
Haiti Temple: Planting trees, shrubs, and flowers;
pouring curbing, walkways; and driveways; interior finish work underway; dedication
scheduled to occur on Sunday September
1, 2019.
168. Durban South Africa
Temple: Installing cornice and pilaster millwork, tiling
walls and floors; marble thresholds installed; work continues on fountain
medallion; completion estimated sometime during late 2019-early
2020.
171. Abidjan Côte
d'Ivoire Temple: Foundation completed; pouring main
floor exterior walls; completion estimated sometime during late
2020-early 2021.
175. Pocatello Idaho Temple: Deeper excavation underway
for temple foundation; preparing for gravel beds and underground utility
installation;
completion estimated sometime during late
2021-early 2022.
Full-scale construction pending:
172. Yigo Guam Temple: Groundbreaking held on Saturday May 4, 2019;
full-scale construction pending; completion estimated sometime during mid-2021.
173. Praia Cabo Verde Temple: Groundbreaking held on Saturday May 4, 2019;
full-scale construction pending; completion estimated sometime during mid-2021.
174. San Juan Puerto Rico Temple: Groundbreaking held on Saturday May 4,
2019; full-scale construction pending; completion estimated sometime during mid-2021.
176. Quito
Ecuador Temple: Groundbreaking
held on Saturday May 11, 2019; full-scale construction pending; completion
estimated sometime during late 2021-early
2022.
179. Bangkok
Thailand Temple: Groundbreaking held on January 26, 2019; full-scale construction pending; completion estimated
sometime during late
2022-early 2023.
Groundbreaking scheduled:
178. Lima Peru
Los Olivos Temple: Demolition of Institute building and meetinghouse nearing
completion; groundbreaking scheduled to be held on Saturday June 8, 2019; completion estimated sometime during mid-to-late 2022.
Groundbreaking
anticipated:
180. Brasilia
Brazil Temple: Planning and approval phase; property fence installed around
temple site; groundbreaking could
occur in mid-2019.
181. Greater
Manila Philippines Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official name
announcement; groundbreaking could occur in mid-2019.
182. Richmond
Virginia Temple: Preliminary plans submitted to local government;
groundbreaking could occur in mid-to-late 2019.
183. Harare
Zimbabwe Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement; President Nelson visited potential site on April 17, 2018;
groundbreaking anticipated in late 2019.
184. Saratoga
Springs Utah Temple: Preliminary plans submitted to
local government on May 7, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019-early 2020.
185. Nairobi
Kenya Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site confirmation;
groundbreaking could occur in late 2019-early 2020.
186. Puebla
Mexico Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site announcement;
groundbreaking could occur in early 2020.
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