Twin Falls Idaho Temple

The Twin Falls Temple is a beautiful temple nestled in a small community.  Across the street from the temple are pastures filled with horses and cows.  It's a great area and a fun little city.

The interior of the temple is absolutely beautiful.  The Telestial room has an amazing mural of nearby Shoshone Falls.  It is breathtaking.  I love it because it gives honor to the surrounding area as well as to the magnificence of God's creation.  I obviously can't include a picture of the mural, but I decided to include a picture of the actual falls themselves which we were able to visit today as well.

The Temple Patron Fund

Last week in General Conference President Monson announced 6 new temples in Provo, Utah; Star Valley, Wyoming, Durban, South Africa; Barranquilla, Colombia; Kinshasa, Congo and Paris, France.

I was super excited about the Provo Tabernacle being rebuilt as a temple.  How exciting to have a temple only 3 miles away from an existing temple.  Temples really are beginning to dot the earth.  I was also extremely excited about the Star Valley Wyoming temple.  I served a portion of my mission in Casper, Wyoming.  I have always dreamed of the day that Wyoming would get a temple.  This new temple will still be several hours away from Casper, so I still dream of the day that Casper gets its own temple.  But I still leapt for joy when President Monson mentioned Wyoming.

Another thing that made me super excited was the announcement of the Temple Patron Fund.  What an amazing program.  To think that we could donate to help others to have the blessing of the temple is so exciting.  My wife and I discussed it and decided we definitely want to contribute to that amazing fund.

In case you missed it, I grabbed this part of President Monson's talk and put it on youtube.  Here it is below: