Utah County temple-building

We were inspired and excited by the Payson Temple ground-breaking service on the morning of Saturday, October 8th. The personal references to family connections and the history of the Church in these south Utah county communities by Elder Oaks and other speakers were very interesting to us. I felt some of the same connection through the Evans, Averetts and others in our family who had lived here for many years. As requested, we attended at our Stakehouse, sent to us as a satellite broadcast. We were glad for Megan who represented the Laurels in her ward by ushering at the actual location, helping to dry the water off the chairs and seating people, but were glad for our nice dry, warm view of the proceedings.

We decided that we wanted more participation in this event, to give our excitement and commitment more expression. So, so early in the afternoon, we put a shovel in our car and headed for Payson. We were all alone at the temple site, except for a couple of workmen finishing the clean-up. We turned over a couple of shovel-fulls of dirt. Then carloads of families started to arrive, with the same idea, to let their kids experience the ground-breaking for themselves. We had the only shovel, so stayed for a few minutes watching families take pictures of their kids turning over the dirt, using our shovel. Finally someone else arrived with the foresight to bring a shovel of their own, so we were able to leave.

We have been trying to come up with a name for the temple that will be constructed in the restored Provo Tabernacle–Tabernacle Temple, Provo Heritage Temple, MTC temple, Cougar Temple, Provo Peak Temple, Provo Temple South, Provo Temple #2, Rock Canyon Temple, Slate Canyon Temple, Squaw Peak Temple, Provo River Temple, Rise Up Temple, We’re Invested Temple. None of these brainstorms seems quite right. I guess we’ll keep working on it unitl we find a name that fits.

I hope and suspect that our excitement for these temple will equal that of the Kansas City Temple Chasers expressed through their blog. Have you seen this? Its at http://kcldstemple.blogspot.com. Latter-day saints sure love their temples, both existing and especially prospective ones. We keep waiting for the announcement of new Bentonville temple.
[Picture: Looking WNW across the temple site toward West Mt.]