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Temples in the Past Year

I live 478 miles from the nearest temple.  That is nearly the same distance between my home in American Fork, UT and Flagstaff, AZ.  My nearest temple is the Taipei, Taiwan temple.  Other 'nearby' temples are Korea, 562 miles away; Okinawa, Japan, 610 miles; and Hong Kong temple, 746 miles away (Hong Kong is our designated temple).  All of them require a flight (although we *could* take the train to Hong Kong, but it is an 8-hour train ride).  Getting to a temple is expensive and takes planning way ahead.  Yet, miraculously, in 2024, we have been to the following temples:

Tokyo
Hong Kong
Vancouver, BC
Mt. Timpanogos
Saratoga Springs
Taylorsville
Orem
St. George
Red Cliffs
Newport Beach
Layton
Seoul, Korea
Bangkok Thailand

Temple attendance is of highest priority to me.  I'm beyond thankful for these miraculous opportunities. I will share one unique experience.  While preparing to do initiatories in the Seoul temple, I let FamilySearch generate names for me.  The ones that came up were shared by someone in the Shanghai District, but they were Japanese names.  While in the temple, the ordinances were spoken in Korean, I was reading the English text, doing Japanese names for someone in a district in China.  It was a majestic and unique opportunity in gathering Israel.  

In addition to the temples above that we entered and did work in, we were able to also visit:
Lindon
Salt Lake City
Smithfield
Cedar City
We are beyond blessed to have temples dotting the earth.  I love President Nelson's statement, "I pray that we won't miss the majesty of this moment."  (of announcing more temples)  I'm so thankful that I can attend the Houses of the Lord.

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