Week 71

This Christmas season has really snuck up on me.  I am two weeks behind in posting photos of the construction of the temple.  Luckily, I have been taking the photos, I just haven't found time to post them until now.

This first photo was taken at the viewing area on Main Street.  Isn't it great!  Someone wrote in the fresh snow, "I love to see the temple".  The words, of course, are from a children's primary song that talks about going to the temple some day to make covenants with our Heavenly Father.

 The rest of the photos show the continuing work on the outside of the temple, stone work, landscaping, parking areas, and retaining walls.

 

This footage was shot last week.  It shows the vapor rising from the Southwest corner of the temple - proof that the furnace is operating and the temple is heated.  I suspect the work inside is progressing well.

Latter Day Prophets

Today I am having a quiz on the Latter Day Prophets.  Maybe some of you will do well with this quiz, since you might already know the answers.

Here is the question:  Of all the Latter Day Prophets that have passed away, all but three of them are buried in Salt Lake City.  Can you name them?  (Scroll to the bottom for answers.)

Answers: Joseph Smith Jr., Ezra Taft Benson and Lorenzo Snow.  Now, do you know where they are interred?

Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois (see a photo of the headstone here)

Ezra Taft Benson in Whitney, Idaho

Lorenzo Snow in Brigham City, Utah 

I took these photos at the Brigham City Cemetery in September

Someone kindly left a flower

This is a headstone near Lorenzo Snow's  I thought it was very quaint and touching.

This is a brief summary of the life of Lorenzo Snow.

Mount Timpanogos Temple

In winter, when the days are short, it gets harder to take photos while the sun is out.  That's the reason for these night photos of the Mount Timpanogos Temple.  I stopped by and snapped these after I had plenty of turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie with lots of whipped cream with my family  and extended family in Lehi.

The symbols of "light on a hill" and a "beacon to the world" certainly apply to the temples, especially at night.

Christmas on Temple Square in Salt Lake City

As Christmas time approaches, we like to visit Temple Square in Salt Lake to see the Nativities and the beautiful lights and the wonderful spirit of all the other worshipers, remembering the birth of our Savoir Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.  He lives and his atonement, resurrection, teachings and church transcend all those many years. May you and your families find joy in Him this Christmas season!