Busy Month
With 6 more stakes created outside the US and just one inside the US, in Idaho, as of September 2012, we are approaching two milestones - 3,000 stakes and more stakes outside of the US than inside - both soon will happen.
This represents Oceania, Caribbean, Eastern Europe / Asia, Southern Europe, Africa and Rexburg !
37. Pago Pago Samoa Malaeimi - August 26th, 2012
38. Carrefour Haiti - September 9th, 2012
39. St. Petersburg Russia - September 9th, 2012
40. Croix-des-Missions Haiti - September 16th, 2012
41. Milan Italy East - September 16th, 2012
42. Rexburg ID Married Student 4th - September 23rd, 2012
43. Port Bouet Cote d'Ivoire - September 23rd, 2012
Great website on LDS Chruch Growth
Samoa (Western) now has 18 stakes and a temple
Haiti now has 4 stakes
Russia now has 2 stakes
Italy now has 8 stakes and a temple under construction
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) now has 5 stakes
Idaho now has 127 stakes - And not just because I served my mission there in 1983 and 1984
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Indianapolis Indiana temple Groundbreaking (Sept 2012)
The Indianapolis Indiana Temple groundbreaking and site dedication took place on 29 September 2012 by Donald L. Hallstrom of the Seventy
Temple site is in Carmel, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis. There are eleven stakes in Indiana
The Indianapolis Indiana Temple will be the first temple built in Indiana. This is the 154th announced temple and is expected to be completed in 2015. The temple is expected to be 22,500 sq. ft.
Currently, church members in Indiana travel to either the Chicago Illinois Temple, the Columbus Ohio Temple or the Louisville Kentucky Temple.
There were two other temples that began construction in 2012 - Provo City Tabernacle (May 2012) and Tijuana, Mexico (August 2012)
Indianapolis Indiana Temple facts
And a map...
Temple site is in Carmel, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis. There are eleven stakes in Indiana
The Indianapolis Indiana Temple will be the first temple built in Indiana. This is the 154th announced temple and is expected to be completed in 2015. The temple is expected to be 22,500 sq. ft.
Currently, church members in Indiana travel to either the Chicago Illinois Temple, the Columbus Ohio Temple or the Louisville Kentucky Temple.
There were two other temples that began construction in 2012 - Provo City Tabernacle (May 2012) and Tijuana, Mexico (August 2012)
Indianapolis Indiana Temple facts
And a map...
Brigham City Temple Dedicated Sept 2012
OK I deceided to try and catch back up with my blog, almost one year behind, but I have graduated from Cal St Univ - Fullerton with a Masters in Economics and my son is on a mission in Washington - Tacoma.
The Brigham City Utah Temple was dedicated on 23 September 2012 by Boyd K. Packer. It is the Church's 139th temple. The Brigham City Utah Temple will be the fourteenth temple built in Utah and the first built in Box Elder County. It is south of the Logan temple (1884 - 2nd dedicated after saints arrived in Utah in 1847) and north of the Ogden temple (1972 - 14th dedicated). There are 68 dedicated temples in the US and 71 outside. There were 162 announced as of Sept 2012.
Brigham City Utah Temple facts
It is beautiful, our family visited it in July 2013
and the LDS.org map
The Brigham City Utah Temple was dedicated on 23 September 2012 by Boyd K. Packer. It is the Church's 139th temple. The Brigham City Utah Temple will be the fourteenth temple built in Utah and the first built in Box Elder County. It is south of the Logan temple (1884 - 2nd dedicated after saints arrived in Utah in 1847) and north of the Ogden temple (1972 - 14th dedicated). There are 68 dedicated temples in the US and 71 outside. There were 162 announced as of Sept 2012.
Brigham City Utah Temple facts
It is beautiful, our family visited it in July 2013
and the LDS.org map
Friday, February 1, 2013
My son Tommy just got called to the Washington Tacoma Mission. He enters the LDS Missionary Training Center in Provo on May 15th. We are all excited. We just found the blog that the Mission President's wife maintains. thebeautifulwa-tac.blogspot.com They just received their first group of Elders and Sisters since the October General Conference announcement change and sure enough this month brought 7 elders and 18 sisters. I don't think we had 18 sisters in our mission in Idaho Boise in 1983, 1984.
Sorry I have not posted in months. Lots of exciting things have happened, like the church has over 3,000 stakes, 1,503 in the US and 1,503 outside the US. 3 new temples announced, etc. etc. I have been busy finishing my master's degree and will get back to this Blog in May when I graduate if not sooner.
Keep the Faith !
Of course I will post after the April Conference Statistical Report
Still Bummed Mitt Romney did not win.
Sorry I have not posted in months. Lots of exciting things have happened, like the church has over 3,000 stakes, 1,503 in the US and 1,503 outside the US. 3 new temples announced, etc. etc. I have been busy finishing my master's degree and will get back to this Blog in May when I graduate if not sooner.
Keep the Faith !
Of course I will post after the April Conference Statistical Report
Still Bummed Mitt Romney did not win.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
3 new stakes in August (Samoa, Mexico, & Provo)
A new stake was created in Samoa called Upolu Samoa Malie. This is the second new stake in Samoa in 2012. They now have 18 stakes. The last stake created in Samoa was in 1996. Tonga also has 18 stakes, Tahiti 7 and America Samoa and Fiji have 4 each.
A new Young Single Adult stake (YSA) was created in Provo. There are 560 stakes in Utah, but this is only the 2nd stake created this year in Utah.
A new stake was also created in Mexico called Puebla México Nealticán North. Nealticán is a small town west of the city of Puebla that has one of the highest percentage of Latter-day Saints in Mexico. With only 11,500 inhabitants, Nealticán has nine wards or one ward per approximately 1,300 people. This is the 3rd new stake in Mexico in 2012.
There are now 225 stakes and 36 districts in Mexico.
Brazil has 244 stakes.
There are now 2,980 LDS Stakes worldwide, at this rate in 2012, the 3,000 stake would be created on Christmas day, 2012.
1,502 stakes are in the US (50.4%) and 1,478 are outside the US. 22 of the 34 new stakes this year are foreign (65%)
http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/ - great site.
34. Upolu Samoa Malie - August 5th, 2012
35. Provo Utah YSA 19th - August 12th, 2012
36. Puebla México Nealticán North - August 12th
Maps
Enjoy !
Saturday, July 14, 2012
2 new stakes - Nigeria & Japan
Two new stakes were created on June 24th.
This is the third new stake in Nigeria in 2012 and there are now 21 stakes there. But this is the first stake in Central region of the country of Nigeria, in it's capital city. There is a temples in Aba, Nigeria dedicated in 2005. There are only 3 temples in all of Africa with two more under construction.
This is the first new stake in Japan since 2003, almost ten years, in fact 4 stakes were consolidated in Japan in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2008, so this is good news that things are stabilizing. Japan's population is shrinking and the church has only been growing at a rate of 6.6% increase over the first decade (2000-2010.) This compares to USA decade LDS growth of 44%. Japan used to have 31 stakes, but now is back to 29. CNN reported that the Japanese government released a report that "Japan's population will shrink by a staggering 30% by 2060, according to a new estimate by the country's government."
32. Abuja Nigeria - June 24th, 2012
33. Tokyo Japan South - June 24th, 2012
There has been an increase of 31 stakes in 2012, 20 of which have been outside the US. There are now 1,501 stakes in the US and 1,476 stakes outside the US. We are still on track to hit 3,000 stakes worldwide this year.
Maps:
This is the third new stake in Nigeria in 2012 and there are now 21 stakes there. But this is the first stake in Central region of the country of Nigeria, in it's capital city. There is a temples in Aba, Nigeria dedicated in 2005. There are only 3 temples in all of Africa with two more under construction.
This is the first new stake in Japan since 2003, almost ten years, in fact 4 stakes were consolidated in Japan in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2008, so this is good news that things are stabilizing. Japan's population is shrinking and the church has only been growing at a rate of 6.6% increase over the first decade (2000-2010.) This compares to USA decade LDS growth of 44%. Japan used to have 31 stakes, but now is back to 29. CNN reported that the Japanese government released a report that "Japan's population will shrink by a staggering 30% by 2060, according to a new estimate by the country's government."
Nevertheless, there are two temples 1) Tokyo and 2) Fukuoka in south and one under construction 3) Sappora in the north part of Japan.
33. Tokyo Japan South - June 24th, 2012
There has been an increase of 31 stakes in 2012, 20 of which have been outside the US. There are now 1,501 stakes in the US and 1,476 stakes outside the US. We are still on track to hit 3,000 stakes worldwide this year.
Maps:
Tijuana México Temple groundbreaking announced for 8/18/2012
Groundbreaking Ceremony Announced
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Tijuana México Temple will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. The services will also be broadcast by satellite to all stake centers in the temple district.
This will be Mexico's 13th temple. 11 of the smaller temples were built and dedicated from 1999-2002.
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/tijuana/
Here are two maps, one showing how close the temple will be to San Diego - Members currently have to cross the border to attend the San Diego Temple (actually north in La Jolla, CA) and a second showing all the temples in Mexico.
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