Sunday, June 12, 2011

Temple updates for 6 temples

The San Salvador, El Salvador Temple has official open house dates and a dedication date set for 8/21/2011. This is the first temple in El Salvador, so the saints will no longer have to travel to Costa Rica or Guatemala.

The Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Temple has official open house dates and a dedication date set for 12/11/2011. This is the second temple in Guatemala, after the Guatemala City temple was completed in 1984.

The Kanas City, Kansas temple has the Angel Moroni statue in place. (1st temple in Kansas)
The Phoenix, Arizona temple had it's ground breaking in June. (4th temple in Arizona) 
The Ft. Lauderdale, Florida temple had it's ground breaking in June. (2nd temple in Florida)   
The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania temple has a new location. (1st temple in Pennsylvania )

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/construction/

There are now 160 temples (77 in US, 83 foreign)
134 are open (66 in US, 68 foreign)
  14 are under construction
    2 have dedication dates

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