Provo City Center Temple Dedication

We have been waiting for nearly five years for the dedication of the Provo City Center Temple in downtown Provo, Utah.  Over the years since the Provo Tabernacle burned down we have observed growing back almost from month to month.

The photo Is taken inside the temple after we had completed the tour.  The temple is a large print that were standing in front while a volunteer took a picture and emailed to us.

The temple was dedicated today.   The first session started at nine this morning.  Twelve and three  this afternoon were the two additional dedication sessions.  We were at the first session in plenty of time to have our choice of seats.  There was a video presentation showing temples from around the world.  We watched it for forty-five minutes.  Then the dedication meeting began.  It can be viewed in most of the Stake Houses in Utah. 

It was a very spiritual meeting.  I was most impressed with Elders Lynn G. Robbins and Kent F. Richards of the Seventy     one of the presidents of the First Quorum of Seventies.   One of the many things that he spoke of was the temple recommend.  He said that it is visa card, a past port card, a deed to our heavenly mansion.

We prepared a Dutch oven dinner which was put on a time bake to be finished by noon. It contained potatoes, Carrots, onions, a beef roast, and one can of mushroom soup.  Carol made some Jello containing canned peaches, and I made some tapioca pudding.  All was very good.

Provo City Center Temple

Tuesday, Jim and Carol Masner invited us to go the Provo City Center Temple open house on 15 January.  The Provo tabernacle burned down five years ago and later the Church announced that the tabernacle would be rebuilt and as a temple.  It is finished and the open house began today.  The Masners had four tickets

Last night snow was the forecast for today.  Sure enough, when we got up it was snowing and by 8:30 there was two inches of snow.  I talked to Jim and we decided that we would go and he would take his four wheel drive truck.  They picked us up and we could hardly get on main street. The roads were pretty slippery.  The freeway appeared pretty bad when we reached the north entrance to I-15.  There was some discussion; should we turn around go back to Holden or should we go to Scipio and turn around.  The road north from Scipio looked only wet.  We drove on the Provo with a quick stop at the Deseret  Book Store in Spanish Fork.

We were an hour early to the temple, but went in any way.  There were volunteers all along the way to keep us going in the right directions.  We put on white plastic booties over our shoes to keep the temple clean.    The were four video rooms where we watch a wonderful video explaining the purposes of temples.  We went on the elevator to each level.  The instruction rooms were very beautiful.  The celestial room was on the top level.  There was a constant feeling that this was the house of the Lord.

After the tour of the temple was completed we visited the area that had a bunch of displays.  There they had two large pictures of the temple and they would take pictures of us in front of it. They emailed it to us.

When we were finished with the tore, we went outside and Jim took this picture.  This is Carol and I on the outside of the temple.  I believe that this area will open to all after the temple is dedicated. 

Carol had special feelings there because of the many times that she attended various meetings in her youth.
 
On the way home we ate at the La Casita Mexican Restaurant on main street.  The food was very good.  The owner, who was also the host was very entertaining.  It took us quite awhile to be served.  The place was really crowded.  We then came home.