The Lindon Temple

For the last several years, we have been looking forward to having a temple really close to us with the Lindon temple just 3 miles away. It was announced in October 2020 and the site was announced a few months later. Every time we visited my brother or my son (who used to live nearby) we could check its progress. It felt like a really long time and it also seemed like it was ready for about a year before they finally announced the open house and dedication. But that day finally came!

The open house started on March 12 and the dedication will be on May 3. We've had the opportunity to help a little bit. I played my violin for one of the VIP open houses (background music in the tent outside) and then on Tuesday morning this week, I counted people as they came in to take tours. We were averaging an impressive 500 people an hour despite it being a time when most people were at work or school. Then yesterday, we took 6 of our grandchildren first thing in the morning and it was really nice. We had to wait in line for about 25 minutes but then it was our turn. The children seemed to enjoy it.

Afterwards we took pictures out in front. I wish we could have gone with all our grandchildren but I'm grateful we could take some of them. I'm looking forward to being a temple worker there.

Bridal dressing room:

Celestial room:

Sealing room:

**I got most of the pictures for this post from the https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/ which has an amazing collection of pictures from all the temples around the world taken by lots of different people. The interior pictures are official pictures published by the church also found on the website. The Lindon temple pictures are at this link: https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/lindon-utah-temple/photographs/

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