Hello again, everyone! Having just provided the first part of my two-post analysis on General Conference, I am back to share some additional analysis I have put together. First up, we have the length of talks given by each of our apostles. A side-by-side comparison of that document to the lengths of talks given during the April 2021 General Conference, you'll notice that the length of time taken by each apostle was shortened by between 2-4 minutes.
In view of that fact, and in view of the fact that President Nelson and his counselors each gave 1 less talk each by contrast to what occurred last October, more time was made available for other general leaders to speak.In April, there was a total of 15 talks given by other leaders (the non-apostolic speakers).
By contrast, 22 General Authorities and General Officers spoke in October, which makes sense in view of the decision to reinstate the Saturday Evening Session so more general leaders could speak Because each member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave one talk each, and the prophet and his cousnelors gave one less talk apiece, the consequent adjustments were noted to the running total of talks given by our apostles.
And in view of the aforementioned talk transcript release by the Church (which included the title of each talk), I was able to also create a mock-up showing what the table of contents for the November 2021 Liahona might look like. I anticiapte the PDF of that magazine will be available within the next week or two, so we'll see how close my predictions come this time around.
I am grateful to have been able to provide this two-part analysis of General Conference, and my documents related thereunto. I continue to monitor all Church news updates and reported temple developments and will bring word of those to you all as I become aware thereof.
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Hello again, everyone! The Church News has shared the following additional updates:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-10-13/15-invitations-october-2021-general-conference-229129
It is also worth noting that I'm still hoping that opening arrangements might soon be announced for the Yigo Guam and Quito Ecuador Temples, with an announcement about the first president and matron for Quito also announced soon.
Whenever the opening arrangements are announced for Yigo, that might be done at around 9:00 AM Yigo time, which is 5:00 PM the previous day in Utah
Additionally, hopefully reopening arrangements could be announced soon for Tokyo Japan and Hamilton New Zealand could also soon be announced.
9:00 AM Tokyo time is 6:00 PM the preceding day in Utah, and 9:00 AM Hamilton time is 2:00 PM the preceding day in Utah.
It's also worth noting that groundbreakings for the Neiafu and Pago Pago Temples were originally announced just less than a year after their renderings were released.
So it seems likely that the Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple groundbreaking might be announced soon as well. 9:00 AM in Port Moresby is 5:00 PM the preceding day in Utah.
And given the fact that some US temples have had groundbreakings announced in the afternoon local time, I'm hopeful we could see groundbreakings announced for the Elko Nevada, Willamette Valley Oregon, Grand Junction Colorado, Farmington New Mexico (with a rendering released at the time the groundbreaking is announced), Burley Idaho, and Yorba Linda California Temples.
So I think there will be a lot of breaking temple developments throughout the rest of this month. My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has shared one additional report:
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My thanks once again to you all.
Here is one more update from the Church News:
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My thanks once again to you all.
Hello again, everyone! As the week draws to a close, the Newsroom and the Church News have each shared one new update:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-10-14/missionary-work-elder-nash-technology-home-mtc-229446
I would just add here that for US temples lately, groundbreaking arrangements have sometimes been announced on the afternoon hours here in Utah. So it's possible US temple groundbreakings could be announced this afternoon. Above and beyond that, the mid-afternoon to early evening hours in Utah are the mid-morning hours in Tokyo Japan, Hamilton New Zealand, Yigo Guam, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea, Port Vila Vanuatu, and Tarawa Kiribati temples, so it's possible today or tomorrow between 2:00-6:00 PM here in Utah will be mid-morning in those locationns, so announcements for at least a few of those temples could have their next construction milestones announced by the end of this week. My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News has shared the following additional report:
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My thanks once again to you all.
The Church News continues to highlight areas of the Church in which a temple has been announced in 2021. The latest edition highlights the 3 Mexican cities (Queretaro and Torreon in April, and Culiacan earlier this month):
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My thanks once again to you all.