I think one of the highlights of the Saturday morning session of General Conference was when President Monson announced the new temples. The one that caught my attention was "The Greater Kansas City Area" !!! How exciting is that?
Right before he announced them, I joked and said "Great Bend, Kansas!" Our friend Ben said, "I'd settle for Wichita." Then when President Monson said the Greater Kansas City Area, we all cheered, you'd think we were watching some sporting event. We actually had to rewind to see where the last 2 temples were being built. Thank goodness for DVR!!
So Ben made the comment that is was still 5 hours away, as are the OK City and Winter Quarter's temples, BUT we go to KC more often than Oklahoma or Nebraska! It seems closer in my mind.
Anyway, it's super exciting. Here is a news clip that I found on the net this morning about it.
Announcement: 4 October 2008
Though the specific location was not indicated, President Thomas S. Monson announced that a temple will be constructed in the greater Kansas City area.1 The Church first attempted to build a temple in this area in the 1830s. Early members of the Church dedicated a temple site in Independence, Missouri in 1831 with visions of building a city of Zion. The temple was never constructed, however, as the Saints were driven out of Missouri persuant to an extermination order issued by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs in 1838.
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