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2 hours ago · Updated: Mar 28, 2024 / 03:55 PM PDT. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Four people were injured after a “firework type device” ignited within a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting house in Henderson, according to police. It happened on Wednesday, March 27 at about 8 p.m., in the 800 block of Arrowhead Trail near Boulder Highway and ...
- Retalhuleu, Guatemala
- Iquitos, Peru
- Teresina, Brazil
- Natal, Brazil
- Tuguegarao City, Philippines
- Iloilo, Philippines
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Hamburg, Germany
- Lethbridge, Alberta
- San Jose, California
Silvia Perez and Isabel Torres, Latter-day Saints who live in Guatemala, celebrated the announcement of another temple coming to their country. “I felt overjoyed when I heard the Prophet announcing a new temple in Guatemala,” Torres said. “The temple is a blessing for the country and the people who live there, and it’s a beacon of light.” Mabi Lapa...
Martín Aspajo Arista, a 25-year-old Latter-day Saint in Tarapoto, Peru, lived in Iquitos until he was 15. “Mom and I were like: ‘Oh look, there will be new temples. That’s great!’ But when we heard that one of them is from our city, our reaction was different.” Aspajo never thought a temple would come to Iquitos, but after its announcement, he rejo...
Bruna Verçoza Fernandes, who is from Teresina and moved to Natal with her family a month ago, described the Prophet’s announcement as “a double dose of joy.” “For a long time we’ve waited to hear the temple of our beloved Teresina being announced, and it finally happened,” she said. “We were so excited. I was shaking with so much emotion. I feel so...
Bishop Paraguassu Pereira, from the Cidade Verde Ward, Natal Ponta Negra Stake, described the announcement as “a dream of so many people coming true.” In an email with Church News, he shared: “We shouted joyfully as if our national soccer team had scored at a World Cup!” As in many places worldwide, members of that part of Brazil first had to trave...
When Jared Smith was serving in the city of Tuguegarao in the Philippines Cauayan Mission, he and his companion sometimes walked by a plot of Church-owned land and joked that a temple would be built on it someday. “I do not know if that plot of land is going to be used for the temple, but I am excited to hear that a temple is going to be placed in ...
Rodrigo Navarro served in the Philippines Cebu/Bacolod Mission in the late 1980s. He never imagined there would be so many temples in that country. “These are manifestations of faithful Latter-day Saints in that part of the world,” said Navarro, originally from Legaspi, Philippines, but now residing in Sandy, Utah. “The Savior loves the Filipino br...
Judy and Stuart Lyon, who served a senior mission in Thailand from 2015 to 2017, have many dear friends from Indonesia. Stuart Lyon said, “We are thrilled with the blessings that a temple in Indonesia will bring to those wonderful people and that beautiful country.” In 1985, he became an Army foreign area officer with a focus on Southeast Asia. Dur...
Despite the late hour in Germany, the happy news of a new temple in Hamburg was noised abroad through messages flying back and forth, said Hamburg Germany Stake President Niels Ole Jensen. “This has been a strong hope of many members in the north of Germany,” he wrote in an email to the Church News. “A lot of young men and women as well as families...
Although Sister Caroline Downey grew up on the eastern side of Canada, she was still thrilled to learn that Lethbridge, Alberta — located in one of Canada’s western provinces — is getting a temple. Canada has only nine completed temples, so Sister Downey, a missionary serving on Temple Square, said she is “super excited” any time the country gets a...
Elder Keahi Tu’itavuki, a missionary from Northern California, said the newly announced San Jose California Temple will be built about two hours from where he grew up, making it the closest temple to his home. Elder Tu’itavuki said he was excited and grateful to hear the announcement. The new temple will help members in that area do small and simpl...
Apr 12, 2023 · Tauren Wells announces plans to open new church in Texas. Award-winning Christian artist Tauren Wells and his wife, Lorna, have announced plans to relocate and launch a new church in Georgetown, Texas, next year.
Nov 27, 2022 · In most cases, once the location and site have been identified, the temple is announced by the First Presidency to the public, usually in general conference. With a site determined, the Presiding Bishopric and Special Projects Department propose designs to the First Presidency. Once approved, construction begins on the temple.
Sep 24, 2023 · For the third time in as many general conferences, President Nelson announced eight new temple locations, with the April 5, 2020, announcement returning to the Sunday afternoon closing session. Those eight increased President Nelson’s total of announced temples to 43.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Updated 9:41 PM PDT, February 14, 2024. HOUSTON (AP) — The former mother-in-law of the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch tried for years to alert authorities and others, including church staff, about her ex-daughter-in-law’s mental health struggles, she said Wednesday. But Walli Carranza said nothing came of her actions.