Hello again, everyone! A short time ago, the Church published the latest updates on phased temple reopenings. Those updates have been detailed in the Newsroom and the Church News, with the temple reopening status tracer showing the latest updates for each temple, sorted by the geographical areas of the Church under which each falls. This post will feature my analysis of the latest updates.
The following adjustments have been noted, and will go into effect next Tuesday (January 19): The Suva Fiji Temple, which has been in phased 3 since February of last year, has been downgraded to phase 1 due to COVID-19 conditions and restrictions (likely as a result of the Omicron variant). Meanwhile, the Cebu City Philippines Temple, which had transitioned to phase 3 in mid-July of last year, has been downgraded to phase 2-B, also likely as a result of COVID-19 restrictions due to Omicron.
As a result of those updates, the current reopening status of all temples shows 9 closed for renovations, all but 1 of which (Medford Oregon) have been granted phase 3 designations (which allows those residing in the 8 districts the option to schedule phase 3 proxy work or living ordinances in priority order at the nearest temples to them which are also open in phase 3); 1 temple paused in its' reopening; 1 in phase 1; 0 in phase 2; 5 in phase 2-B; and the remaining 155 in phase 3.
Our First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have continued to do well in keeping tabs on the status of COVID-19 worldwide and adjusting accordingly as needed. I am grateful for their inspired leadership and joyfully testify that each of these men were meant to be the leaders of this Church in our day. having been foreordained to do so in the premortal realm. For my part, I continue to monitor all Church News and temple updates and will do my best to pass word of those along to you all as I become aware thereof.
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