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Portland Oregon Temple

Portland Oregon Temple

It’s not always about the temple you’re visiting, in this case to Portland Oregon Temple. Sometimes, it’s about the breakfast. In this case, it came from McDonald’s at the Denver airport. Having left my place at 3:45 a.m. this morning to catch my 7 a.m. 

Oklahoma City Temple

Oklahoma City Temple

Well, I think I just set a record. I drove 551 miles from the Albuquerque temple to the Oklahoma City temple and I just did two initiatory’s in the Oklahoma City Temple. That’s 275 miles per initiatory! But I don’t mind one bit. The two 

Albuquerque New Mexico Temple

Albuquerque New Mexico Temple

It’s 321 miles from the Lubbock Texas Temple to the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple. I finished my work in the Lubbock temple at about noon and my appointment in Albuquerque (to do some sealings was at 7 PM. No problem on the travel! Besides, it 

Lubbock Texas Temple

Lubbock Texas Temple

It started out last Tuesday night in Philadelphia what I was doing a small junk removal job. Somewhere in the middle of that job, my left knee just said, “I don’t think so…” and I lost my support from it. The nice young couple helped 

13 New Temples Announced!

13 New Temples Announced!

In the October general conference, President Nelson announced that 13 new temples would be built “…at or near…” the following locations: Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Tacloban, Philippines; Monrovia, Liberia; Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Culiacan, Mexico; Vitoria, Brazil; La Paz, Bolivia; Santiago West, Chile; 

20 New Temples Announced!

20 New Temples Announced!

At the April 2021 general conference, President Nelson announced the construction of 20 new temples! They will be built in these locations: Oslo, Norway; Brussels, Belgium; Vienna, Austria; Kumasi, Ghana; Beira, Mozambique; Cape Town, South Africa; Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Cali, Columbia; 

Six New Temples Announced!

Six New Temples Announced!

In the October 2020 general conference, President Nelson announced the building of six new temples. They will be located in Tarawa, Kiribati; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Lindon, Utah; Greater Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sao Paulo East, Brazil, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This brings the total number of 

Columbia South Carolina Temple

Columbia South Carolina Temple

It would be my final and seventh temple in the last five days. I drove here from Atlanta this morning. The trick would be to make it before they close. Their last endowment session starts at 2:30 PM. I got there at 3:10 PM. But 

Atlanta Georgia Temple

Atlanta Georgia Temple

There’s a lot of healing that takes place inside a  temple owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including spiritual healing, emotional healing, and even physical healing. Well apparently that healing also applies to the parking lot. For about 1200 miles on 

Birmingham Alabama Temple

Birmingham Alabama Temple

It was about 190 miles from the Nashville Tennessee Temple to the Birmingham Alabama Temple. I arrived at about 2:30 and the first session wasn’t until 6 PM so we had a few hours to take a nap. I cleared out the area behind the