Tucson Arizona Temple Dedicated Today Becomes the 157th in operation

Hello, all! Even though the final dedicatory session for the Tucson Arizona Temple is still in progress right now, I wanted to share the information I found about this event. The cultural celebration, which featured youth from within the district of this new temple, was held last night. I was gratified to hear that, as I had hoped, expected, and projected, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf presided at both that cultural celebration last night, and at the dedication of this temple today.

Accompanying President Uchtdorf from among Church leadership were Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the Presidency of the Seventy, and, the following General Authority Seventies of the Church: Elder Larry Y. Wilson (representing the Temple Department in his capacity as executive director), Elder Benjamin De Hoyos who, according to his biography on the Church website, is currently serving as an Assistant Executive Director of the Temple Department, and Elder Kevin R. Duncan, whose current assignment has not been included in that biography (but I am thinking he may either be another Assistant Executive Director of the Temple Department or else has some role in the Family History Department. Either way, his presence there makes sense, as he may be a member of the Temple and Family History Executive Council.

Click here for a summary of the cultural celebration, and here for the Mormon Newsroom report on the dedication. It is exciting to have this temple dedicated. I hope and pray that the Tucson Saints will put this new temple to use and keep it busy. In the meantime, that does it for this blog post. Stay tuned for more in the coming days and weeks as more information becomes available relating to Church or temple news. Any comments continue to be welcome and appreciated.Until my next post, thank you for the privilege of your time. I wish you all the best for a continued safe and happy Sabbath Day.

Cultural Celebration held prior to the dedication of the Tucson Arizona Temple

Hello again, everyone! I am back again with another post. I wanted to note that a cultural celebration was held tonight at 7 PM in honor of and in preparation for tomorrow when the Tucson Arizona Temple will be dedicated. I am still looking for a news story about this event that will indicate which Church leaders have been assigned to attend this weekend's events, and I will pass that information along as soon as I can find out about it. The odd thing is that none of the Church websites or local Tucson news websites that I have found have posted articles about this monumental weekend, which is almost unheard of. I will keep searching tonight and tomorrow until I can find out anything. For now, that does it for this blog post. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until I post again (which will likely be tomorrow, if not before), I wish you all the best.

Minor but significant update reported on the Concepcion Chile Temple

Hello again, everyone! I am back with another post, this one noting the minor but still very significant progress that has been reported today on the Concepcion Chile Temple. While my last report had noted that the cladding on that temple was underway on the east wall, and while it continues there, it is also underway on the tower and the west wall. It was great to read about that development, and I hope that each of you enjoyed reading about it as well. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Until I post again, I wish you all the best.