Clarification on Blog Comments

Hello again, everyone! Since a good majority of the comments on this blog lately have come from me personally, I wanted to provide some clarification. I had one new comment submitted today on the threads of the previous post by Nancy, who also comments periodically on the threads of the Church Growth Blog. Though there wasn't anything wrong with Nancy's comment, she chose to delete it herself a few hours after it was posted.So I wanted to set the record straight regarding comments from you all here: Last year or the year before, any new development was covered in a new post, leaving the comments free for others to share their thoughts. As there have been more minor developments than major news items lately, I have begun providing a stream of those updates in the comments thread of other posts.

So I worry that many of you may have felt discouraged to share your feedback and input in the comments becausee a majority of the comments in each thread come from me. Here's the thing: As I'm sure many of you reading these posts know, there has been quite a lot more to cover in termis of general Church news on this blog. I no longer have time to devote new posts to every update, which is why I have shared the bulk of those in comments lately. But I never intended for any of you reading this blog to feel as a result of my increased comments that your input is no longer valid or necessary. To the contrary, as coverage of major developments continue, more than ever, I need the input of my readers.

I sincerely apologize if that hasn't been clear to you all. I also apologize if my large monopolization of the comments thread has been a deterrent to any of you from weighing in. I want to provide as much coverage of the ongoing developments of the continuing restoration as I can. But I also very much want to hear from you all in response to those reports, as often as any of you might want to weigh in. So if you have any feedback on what I can do to improve the comment threads here so it's not always just me sharing subsequent updates, I'd be happy to take those suggestions under advisement.

As the work accelerates, we need each other. I need to hear from you just as much as I want to ensure I provide the most thorough coverage of the ongoing restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.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.

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. 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.

BREAKING NEWS: April General Conference Will Include a Women's Session

 Hello again, everyone! Breaking news was reported by the Church a short time ago. As confirmed by the Newsroom and the Church News, the April 2022 General Conference will include a Women's Session for all wmen and girls age 11 and older. This means that, before my revision to my General Conference predictions was complete, I will have to redo them again based on this new information. 

It appears there will be flexibility in the scheduling of the Saturday Evening Session. I assume that, in similarity to previous Women's Sessions, they will feature 3 female speakers and the entire First Presidency in reverse seniority order. This also means that no apostles are likely to speak during that session. 

So adjustments will need to be made to that part of my predictions.I also assume, until further evidence suggests otherwise, that the sWomen's Session will be conducted by one of the female General Presidents. I will be evaluating what that means for my predictions as well. This announcement supercedes any previous predictions I have provided.

The First Presidency's announcement today also notes that a limited number of tickets will be made available for each session. I assume the details on how many tickets that will be for each session are forthcoming. Given that part of the announcement, it will be interesting to see if the other sessions return to normal. There is also a possibility that one of the apostolic advisers to the General Officers could be called upon to speak.With that in mind, I will hopefully have revised predictions ready to go sooner rather than later. I will put in some work on those ASAP. Stay tuned for more on this as I figure that out.

In the meantime, 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.

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: Site Confirmed, Exterior Rendering Releaed, and Groundbreaking Announced for the Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple

Hello again, everyone! In aa single announcement today, the First Presidency released the location and rendering for the Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple and set a groundbreaking for it. The location will be Aldea Romana over Cabrera Avenue on a 8.14 acre site. The project will feature an ancillary building of 25,000 square feet, which will feature patron housing and a distribution center,

The temple itself will be a single-story edifice of 19,000 square feet. Elder Joquin E. Costa, the current First Counselor in the Brazil Area Presidency, will break ground for this temple that will serve his home city of Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina on Saturday April 9, 2022. That means it will occur two weeks prior to the recently-announced groundbreaking for the Lindon Utah Temple. So there will be 1 temple groundbreaking in March, followed by 3 temple groundbreakings in April in a 3-week period. 

That also means that, before the one-year anniversary of the Deseret Peak Utah Temple groundbreaking (which will be observed on May 15), four new temples will have had a groundbreaking before the time it tookto do the first one last year. That suggests 2022 will indeed be a big year for groundbreakings. I can't wait to see the announcements that may come next.

In the meantime, 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