Additional Progress Noted on the Lisbon Portugal Temple

Hello again, everyone! While my previous post had stated I would only be publishing one more post prior to the official end of 2017, new information about progress that has been noted on the Lisbon Portugal Temple has come to my attention, so I wanted to pass the updated information along.

Where I had recently reported that preparations were underway at that temple site for the steeple base and roof slab to be poured, the update notes that the walls of that steeple base have been officially poured, and that work is continuing on the cladding for the adjoining meetinghouse.

As I have noted before (and likely will keep noting as much as I feel a need to do so), it is wonderful to see the progress occurring day-to-day for so many temples under construction or those that are undergoing renovation. It has been a rare privilege indeed for the last couple of years in which I have been able to note and report such updates on this blog. And I very much appreciate the ongoing interest all of you who read these posts have shown for such updates.

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. I will be back in a few hours or so to take a look back at the different elements that were reported in my first temple progress post of this year versus where that report stands on this, the final day of 2017. Until that time, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Second-to-last Temple Post for 2017

Hello again, everyone! On this New Year's Eve when 2017 is ticking closer to its' conclusion, I wanted to devote a new post mainly to discuss progress that has been reported yet again for the renovation of the Memphis Tennessee Temple and one other notable development relating to the Rome Italy Temple.

But before I get into all of that, I did want to note a couple of other things unrelated to those topics. First, a while ago in a post on this blog, I had announced my hopeful intention to have a minimum of 1,000 total posts published before the end of the year. While I came very close to that (primarily in view of the many posts I did about current temples of the Church and those that could be announced in the immediate future), with Church and temple news having substantially slowed since a couple of days before Christmas, I didn't quite make that goal before the end of 2017. But I am looking forward to putting that 1,000th post up on this blog at some point in early-to-mid January. And either way, I am grateful for the attention which has been given to the topics I have covered in the posts I have been able to publish.

Second, to copy a tradition I started last year, I will be (at minimum) doing one other post after this one but before midnight Utah time sees the ringing in of 2018. In that post, I will be passing along two copies of my temple construction progress report, one from the first time I posted that report this year, and, by comparison, what that report looks like by about 11:30 PM Utah time tonight. It has been amazing to see how the small and simple temple updates reported throughout this year have led to monumental changes to that report as it will appear as 2017 concludes. So stay tuned for that later today.

Those two points aside, I did want to move on to talk about the Rome Italy Temple. In my ongoing efforts to find the most accurate information on temple progress worldwide, I have learned that while the construction on the Rome Italy Temple may have wrapped up by the end of next year, its' dedication may be deferred until the early months of 2019. Until we know for sure, I will be maintaining my estimate of December 9 or 16 for the dedication. But I will keep my eyes open for information in this regard and will pass my findings along as I am able to do so.

In the meantime, I wanted to note that the renovation of the Memphis Tennessee Temple has progressed again, with structural framing being completed on the tower base and moving on to the temple's steeple. It is great to see that move along.

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post (which will likely be that comparison of the temple construction progress reports from the beginning of the year to what it will look like as 2017 ends), I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Completion Estimate Altered for Frankfurt Germany Temple; Subsequent Adjustments Made to the Estimates for Other Events in 2018

Hello again, everyone! For a variety of reasons, I just barely completed my initial look at the Church websites for today. In the course of those checks, I was made aware of two things. First, the concrete of the basement addition for the Frankfurt Germany Temple has been waterproofed. Second, whatever the reasoning behind it, the completion estimate for that temple has been altered yet again. As recently as yesterday, that completion was anticipated to occur during mid-to-late 2018. But as of today, that has changed to just late 2018. This means that this temple's rededication will likely only occur during the fourth quarter of next year.

With that in mind, I took another look at the potential sequence that could occur for temple events in 2018. After further study on my part, I have pushed back my estimate for the dedication of the Concepcion Chile Temple to either Sunday September 16 or 23, and my estimate for the rededication of the Frankfurt Temple has been adjusted to Sunday October 14 or 21.

I am also keeping an eye on the progress (or lack thereof) on the construction of the Rome Italy Temple. While I feel reasonably certain that the dedication of that temple could occur on Sunday December 9 or 16, if this temple's progress is delayed for any reason whatsoever, that would push that back into early 2019.

Whatever might occur in terms of temple progress, you can count on me to bring you information in that regard as soon as I am able to after I receive it. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. 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.

Additional Update Noted on Renovation Process for the Memphis Tennessee Temple

Hello again, everyone! In addition to the temple updates I provided earlier today, when I checked again for any progress on any other temples, I discovered that another update had been provided regarding the progress of the Memphis Tennessee renovation. It has been reported that structural framing has been installed for that temple's steeple base.

As I noted in the other post earlier today, it is wonderful to see so much progress reported so regularly for the Church's many temples that are under construction or undergoing renovation. And for my part, I can safely promise that I will, to the best of my ability, continue to pass such updates along as I am able to once I become aware of them.

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. 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.

Temple Status Updates

Hello again, everyone! As the year 2017 draws closer to its conclusion, the year has seen me share my commitment to bring you the latest temple-related news and developments as I have received them. In continuing that tradition (which I am pleased to be able to do), I wanted to note a couple of specific updates of which I have become aware in the last hour or so.

First, we turn our attention to the Arequipa Peru Temple, where interior work is officially underway, and where steeple framework is currently being assembled. Given this update, and that the current status of this temple's construction is similar (if not identical) to the status I reported for other temples earlier this year, I am very much hopefully optimistic that the completion of this temple will indeed occur prior to the end of 2019 rather than the beginning of 2020, and the update on its' status today leaves me more convinced than ever before that its' dedication could happen in mid-November.

But as we have seen quite a bit over the course of 2017, the amount of progress made on any temples under construction can vary to the point where some may jump well ahead of others that such temples had previously been thought to be well behind, and if sufficient progress has not been noted on other temples while the ones currently behind them in their estimated completion have progressed, they are moved down.

If this year has reiterated one thing to me about the process of worldwide temple construction, it would be this important concept: Some factors relating to getting a temple built anywhere in the world are entirely dependent on the agency of governmental leaders and construction team members to get any issues resolved in a timely manner. But pretty much every other factor (including the weather and climate of locations in which such projects are in various stages) is up to the Lord to control. And at times, that has involved Him impressing the importance of such projects on those involved in those processes.

Sorry if I rambled a bit in that last paragraph. Getting back to the discussion of other temple updates, I do have information about one more: At some point between the last time I looked at it yesterday and the first time I did so today, information has come in about the availability of reservations for the Jordan River Utah Temple open house, which will begin being accepted on Monday February 12 @ 10:00 AM MST. Given the fact that this is a Utah temple, and that the open house will last six full weeks, I would anticipate that those reservations will likely be in high demand.

While there are no other new temple developments to report for the moment, these two developments are very significant by any measure, and I am grateful to have been able to pass this information along to you all. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. 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.