My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
I came to Utah to attend my nephew’s play, Phantom of the Opera, at Spanish Fork High School, where he plays the Phantom. I didn’t know that the Deseret Peak Utah Temple was open for business today, until last night. I was fortunate that I …
My experience this morning in the Layton Utah Temple can be summed up in two words: John Pulver. John is a temple worker there. And thank heavens they have name badges! When I saw his name badge, I asked him if he ever attended the …
February 9, 2018 I came to Utah to attend the wedding tomorrow of my nephew. I flew into Las Vegas because of the scheduling of flights. I arrived in Vegas at about 1 AM and slept in the terminal until 5:30. At 6 AM I …
January 31, 2018 My wonderful uncle drove me 11 miles from the Mesa Arizona Temple to the Gilbert Arizona Temple so I could attend it. I ended up doing initiatory work here like I did in the Mesa Temple. I did learn something new also: …
January 17, 2018 My first temple trip of 2018 took me from the East Coast all the way to the West Coast thanks to a $132 round-trip airfare to Los Angeles. My goal was to visit the Los Angeles and Redlands temples in one day. …
November 24, 2017 The Logan Utah Temple was one of the earliest temples dedicated by the Church back in the late 1800’s. It’s beautiful stone and mortar construction is fascinating. It can also be spotted easily as you come into the Logan Valley because of …
November 24, 2017 I was thrilled to drive up to Brigham City from the Ogden Temple. The Brigham City Temple was easy to spot once I got near the valley. With a plan to make it to the Logan Temple later tonight to do an …
November 24, 2017 I don’t usually start a post by talking about a stranger, but this is an exception. Her name is Abigail Long. At least that’s what her name tag said. I saw her when I entered the endowment room at the Ogden Temple …
November 22, 2017 Two words start off the summary of my wonderful experience at the Bountiful Utah Temple this morning: reclining seats. That’s unusual in an endowment room but it was a very nice touch! I invited some of my missionary companions to come and …
October 25, 2017 It’s a wonderful thing to come back to St. George and visit the temple. I lived here for about six years and loved it! Some of the best people on the planet have St. George in their mailing address. I took a …