Thursday, January 23, 2020
UPDATED: Specific Estimates for Known Temple Events in the Near Future
Hello again, everyone! I have takeen some time over the last few hours to update my list of specific estimates for known temple events in the near future. That document speaks for itself. I continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple developments, and will do my level best to bring word of those to you all here as I become aware of them. That does it for now. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are made in accordance with the established guidelines. 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.
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The Church News announced groundbreakings for three temples. And an official name for the greater Manila temple.
ReplyDeleteHey, Chris! Thanks for taking time to comment. The Newsroom and the Church Temples website shared that development sometime before noon, when I found out about those arrangements. Since hearing about it, I have been hard at work on a post covering those developments, which was published here a few minutes ago. I hope that the Church continues to announce such events in sets, as was the case with the 3 today, and that there will be one or two days this year when two or more temples simultaneously have a groundbreaking. We will also almost certainly see an announcement in the near future on the groundbreaking arrangements for the Auckland New Zealand Temple, which, AFAIK, may take place in March, before the end of summer in New Zealand (which wraps up in mid-March). And I hope that these 3 groundbreakings are just the start of another record-breaking year. It's certainly shaping up to be that way so far. Thanks again, Chris, for taking time to comment. I always appreciate hearing from you.
DeleteI'm hoping for the groundbreaking of the temple for Zimbabwe to be announced soon. It is currently the longest waiting temple of announced trmples.
ReplyDeleteI wish I can edit my comments. I often do not see my typos or autocorrect until after I submit my comments.
ReplyDeleteHey, Chris! Thanks for taking time to comment. I didn't notice any typos or autocorrects in your previous two comments, so no need to worry about that. As far as other temples that might have a groundbreaking announced soon, I had thought that the Auckland New Zealand Temple would be one of the first on the Church's docket for a groundbreaking this year. So an announcement on that may be the next to be made.
ReplyDeleteOn the Harare Zimbabwe Temple, Elder Andersen expressed to Zimbabwe's Vive President in November of 2018 that the Church hoped to break ground for that temple in late 2019. Since that didn't happen, it will be interesting to see when it might. With the construction contract having been awarded in mid-2019 for the Nairobi Kenya Temple, that is another to watch. And I have referenced previously the concept designs that were reportedly floating around last year on social media for the Brasilia Brazil Temple. If those are verified as the real thing, it might not be too long before we hear something on that.
Also on my temple groundbreaking announcement watchlist are the temples in Orem Utah (which may have a groundbreaking this summer, if reports I have received are correct), San Pedro Sula Honduras, Coban Guatemala, and Managua Nicaragua. In relation to the latter three, my Central American contact has noted that sites have been procured for them, and that all of them are anticipated to have groundbreakings (in that same order) in the middle months of this year (probably May-September or so). So there will be a lot to look forward to, just in terms of temples for which a groundbreaking might soon be announced. But I also anticipate the announcement of the open house and dedication information for the Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple in the not-too-distant future. And I fully anticipate that other temple announcements will be made as well. It's just a question of what and when. In the meantime, thanks again, Chris, for taking time to comment. I always appreciate hearing from you.
Hello again, everyone! I just now realized that I missed reporting on an apostolic tenure milestone that was recently observed by President Dallin H. Oaks, who serves as both the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as First Counselor to Church President Russell M. Nelson. On Sunday January 19, President Oaks' tenure as Quorum President matched that of Heber J. Grant, which resulted in President Oaks becoming the 19th longest-serving Quorum President in Church history. I apologize for my failure to mention that on the day it happened, and am grateful I could do so today. My thanks once again to you all.
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