Merida Mexico Temple
May 8, 2018 It all started last December after I had visited my 23rd temple for the year. I got the idea to make the 24th one a “wild-card” temple. I pulled up a random number generator on my phone and put in the range …
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Burley Idaho Temple
I arrive in Denver around 4 pm and don’t depart for Salt Lake City until 10:40 pm! NAP TIME! Best of all, the airfare one-way from DC to Salt Lake City is only $30! The Denver airport has a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in …
Syracuse Utah Temple
I came to the Syracuse Utah Temple open house a number of months ago and really enjoyed it! This time, I came to do temple work and it was under different circumstances. Earlier in the day we had the funeral services for my 94-year-old mother! …
Bern Switzerland Temple
This is the second time I’ve been to this temple. The first time was in 1979 on my Around the World trip. Earlier in the trip, I had been pickpocketed in Egypt and lost my temple recommend! President Dan Rona of the Jerusalem branch interviewed …
Paris France Temple
Bon jour! I’ve come to Europe to visit three temples: Paris France, Bern Switzerland, and Frankfurt Germany. If I get out of here hitting two out of three, I’ll feel good 👍. Contrary to my normal approach, I brought a friend with me. She’s a …
Rome Italy Temple
So here I am at the El Paso Texas Airport, having just finished going to the Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple yesterday, and I’m already writing about my next temple visit! Hats off to the people at this airport, because they sell Propel waters out of …
Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple
This Friday, I am visiting the Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple. It will be my third temple visited in Mexico (Tijuana & Merida). My good friend Conal Whetten, from the Washington DC 3rd Ward, is a former temple worker whose family lives in El Paso, Texas, …
Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
I’ve just boarded a plane in Toronto operated by Flair Airlines. I’m in 4E and hoping nobody sits in 4F! The flight to Winnipeg is going to be about 2 1/2 hours. I didn’t get my wish! A gentleman sat down in 4F and it …
Toronto Ontario Temple
It’s 5:35 AM and I’m about to board a WestJet flight from Halifax to Toronto. After getting a free bus ride to the airport last night, I slept a few hours in the airport and I’m now ready to head to Toronto! God bless the …
Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
Whenever I think of Halifax, Nova Scotia, I think of two words: Holly Cook. Holly is my cousin and in 1990 she took third place in the World Figure Skating Championships held in Halifax! I don’t know that anybody from the World of Cook has …