The Temple

“It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple.”

“Let us be a temple-attending people. Attend the temple as frequently as personal circumstances allow. Keep a picture of a temple in your home that your children may see it. Teach them about the purposes of the House of the Lord. Have them plan from their earliest years to go there and to remain worthy of that blessing.”

“And now, my beloved brothers and sisters, through the power and authority of the priesthood vested in me and by virtue of the calling which I now hold, I invoke my blessings upon you. I bless you in your efforts to live a more Christlike life. I bless you with an increased desire to be worthy of a temple recommend and to attend the temple as frequently as circumstances allow. I bless you to receive the peace of our Heavenly Father in your homes and to be guided in teaching your families to follow the Master.”
~Howard W. Hunter, Prophet of God



"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today gave more details about the locations of the five new temples announced by President Thomas S. Monson at the Church’s general conference in Salt Lake City on Saturday,

For the temple serving the greater Kansas City area, the site will be in Clay County, Missouri, on residential land within the Kansas City limits that is already being developed by the Church. The development is known as Shoal Creek."

This comes to you straight from the church news website!! I can hardly express my feelings of gratitude and excitement. It will be so wonderful to have a temple within 30-40 minutes of us. There was excitement and cheering when the prophet made the announcement, then speculation as to the location...now its planning for how often we can go, date night, girls days, maybe even being a temple worker....? It is so AMAZINGLY EXCITING!! I am filled with love and gratitude for the Lord, his Prophet, and for the blessings that he so freely gives us.