Hello again, everyone! As previously mentioned in the comment threads of another post on this blog, the groundbreaking for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple occurred as scheduled this morning. Elder Brook P. Hales, a General Authority Seventy who has served/is serving as the Secretary to the First Presidency, presided. Other leaders in attendance were Elder Berne S. Broadbent, an area seventy who resides in nearby South Jordan, and Brother Richard Droubray, who previously served as a stake president and who chaired the groundbreaking committee for the temple. Per the release, video of the groundbreaking ceremony will be made available later today.
And although it was not explicitly stated, I anticipate that the plan remains to utilize an accelrated construction process for that project. Stay tuned for more on that as i learn about it. 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.
Hello again, everyone! The Church News has provided additional coverage on the groundbreaking for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple:
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Among the insights shared was that Elder Brook P. Hales is stii serving as the Secretary to the First Presidency, that he has lived in the Tooele Valley for over 3 decades, that full-scale construction on the temple will begin on Monday (or a day or two after that) and that construction will take 22-24 months to complete. My thanks once again to you all.
My apologies. Apparently, instead of the Church News article for which I meant to provide a link, I provided a duplicate link to the Newsroom article. Here is the Church News report to which I referred in my last comment:
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My thanks once again to you all.
Hello again, everyone! The Church News has provided the following additional reports on this Sabbath day:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-05-16/church-educational-system-byu-provo-idaho-hawaii-pathway-ensign-college-213126
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-05-16/week-in-review-video-president-kimball-nelson-deseret-peak-temple-christensen-utah-area-mcconkie-united-nations-213494
My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has provided the following additional update:
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My thanks once again to you all.
And updates have been provided on the construction status for the Quito Ecuador, Layton Utah, and Bentonville Arkansas Temples:
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https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/layton-utah-temple/
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/bentonville-arkansas-temple/
My thanks once again to you all.
Here is another report from the Church News:
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My thanks once again to you all.
Earlier this afternoon, a new report from the Church Temples site indicates that the general contractor is on-site at the Deseret Peak Utah Temple, and is preparing to begin construction, which confirms what was said about that process during that temple's groundbreaking two days ago. That update can be found at the following web address:
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I should also add that the general completion estimate offered for that temple on that page is currently shown as late 2023-early 2024. But if, as was specified during the groundbreaking ceremony, the temple is constructed in two years or less, it may be completed by mid-2023 at the latest. As always, any estimates offered anywhere on temple construction are subject to change. But in any case, it appears that the Church could have 7 Utah temples dedicated between 2022-2024. My thanks once again to you all.
The Newsroom has reported on relief efforts and aid sent by the Church to hospitals and charitable organizations in India in the wake of the latest COVID-19 surge in that nation:
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My thanks once again to you all.