My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
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. …
December 15, 2017 I decided for my final temple of the year I would do a randomly selected one. There are, as of today, 160 operating LDS temples throughout the world. I put in the range of 1 to 160 in a random-number generator in …
December 13, 2017 Wrong coat. I should have brought my bigger coat with the hoodie and the long sleeves. It was 21 degrees when I landed in Hartford but that’s okay. I left my home at 5:30 AM, caught the metro down to Reagan National …
December 9, 2017 Two words start off this post: stained glass! There is a lot of it in this temple and it runs from floor to ceiling in some cases. It’s beautiful! Two other words sum up this experience: awesome brother. I flew from Washington, …
December 6, 2017 Let’s start with the airfare: 1) Flight from Washington DC at 7 AM this morning nonstop to Denver–$19. 2) Flight from Denver to Santa Ana Orange Country Airport departing at 12:35 PM–$19. 3) Flight from Santa Ana back to Denver departing at …
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 …