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Temple Talk

May 2022

  • Washington DC Still Going on.
    • Experience going to Open house
      • Monday Night
        • Shuttle from Metro
        • Sunset on temple
        • Sitting down and listening to conversations of others
        • Art
          • Jesus with Blue sash
          • National mall monuments
        • Seventh floor was closed off
        • Lights turning on at 8pm
      • Tuesday Morning
        • Bus from Silver Springs
        • Going up to Assembly Room
          • Stake Temple Day (10am-2pm) ish
          • IYKYK
          • Little explanation – no easel with explanation
          • Talking to sisters about what they say to others about the room
        • Video of the Stevensons and the Renlund touring the temple
          • First time showing the initiatory rooms (not shown in open house)
          • B-roll of old mural in Rotunda (explained previously)
        • Open house continues until at least June 11 – likely to be extended before August Rededication.
      • Open houses
        • Yigo Guam:
          • May 4-14,
          • Dedication on May 22 (David Bednar)
        • Praia Cape Verde
          • May 21 – June 11
          • June 19 Dedication (Neil Anderson)
          • Oxen
          • Sealing room can present the endowment
            • Open up screen
            • Alter with wheels
            • Rearrange the chairs
          • Dedications
            • Rio de Janeiro – #171
              • May 8 – Elder Stevenson
                • All members of the 12 have dedicated or rededicated a temple.
              • Original dedication announced for May 16, 2020
              • Soares began the open house
                • He already dedicated two temples (Fortaleza and Arequipa)
                • Didn’t use to announce who was dedicating the temple. Nelson was announced to dedicate Arequipa. He fell sick that weekend and Soares went instead.
              • Yigo Guam – #172
                • May 22 – Elder Bednar
                • First Temple dedicated that was announced by President Nelson
                  • 99 to Go!
              • Groundbreakings
                • Farmington New Mexico – April 30
                  • 2nd in New Mexico
                  • Next to San Juan College – demolished stake center
                • Elko Nevada – May 7
                  • 3rd In Nevada
                  • Next to I-80, near Ruby View golf course
              • Groundbreakings announced
                • Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo
                  • August 20
                  • 2nd in the DRC (of 3)
                • Rendering released – 16,700 sq feet,
                  • Copper spire? – mining city
                    • Oquirrh Mountain Temple originally had a copper spire in the plans – close to the Kennecott Mine
                • Ephraim Utah
                  • August 27
                  • Rendering Previously released – 39,000 sq feet.
                  • View on 200 North
                  • Site Announcement
                    • Montpelier Idaho
                      • No surprise – early media reporting
                      • Moving the 1900s house to another location
                      • Across from Montpelier Tabernacle
                      • Two story, 27,000 sq feet.