Laie Hawaii Temple

The Laie Hawaii Temple is a very special temple, located in a place that really showcases the beauty of the Lord's creations.

The morning when we were able to attend this temple I had gotten up very early to spend some time in Shark's Cove, which is not far from this temple.  As I looked down at the amazing sea life, and up at the beautiful rainbow, I was very grateful for the beauty that our Heavenly Father placed upon this earth.  When I am in nature, I feel many of the same stirrings of the spirit that I feel within temple walls.  It was neat to experience those feelings within nature and then spend some time within this temple just a few hours later.

We visited the temple as well as the visitor's center.  I didn't know that the city of Laie was originally settled by members of the church.  It truly is a mormon town.  I was surprised to learn that.

The grounds of this temple are beautiful, as is the inside.  This is the oldest standing temple outside of the state of Utah.  As such, it has the older style where you get the opportunity to move from the creation room, to the garden room, the world room (or telestial room), the terrestrial room and finally the celestial room.  Each room was beautiful and the spirit could be felt throughout.

Looking up at the temple

A view of the back of the temple

Some bamboo on the grounds

A banyan tree on the grounds

The Christus in the visitor's center

Holiness to the Lord - The House of the Lord

Robyn and I in front of the temple

The view looking out from the temple

The maternity fountain

A mural on the grounds

A flower on the grounds

Robyn with a statue showing the conferring of priesthood

View out the window at the Visitor's Center

flower on the grounds

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