A mere 25 months after President Russell M. Nelson announced a Latter-day Saint temple in Helena, Montana, it opens this week for a public open house.
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"Jesus Christ is the reason we build temples," President Nelson said at the church's April general conference. "Each is his holy house. Making covenants and receiving essential ordinances in the temple, as well as seeking to draw closer to him there, will bless your life in ways no other kind of worship can.
"I am just astonished and marvel at the miracle that I am seeing of a temple done in two years. I am sure this new design-manufacture-install technology has worked in filling the need of having temples closer to the people in a faster time, in an efficient way," said Elder Arnulfo Valenzuela, first counselor in the North America Central Area Presidency.
The temple is 9,794 square feet and stands 96 feet tall. It cuts a striking profile in a residential neighborhood.The Helena temple's windows, for example, are made of art glass representing local buttercup flowers. They have lovely yellows, earthy browns and a striking blue that is a reference to Native American beadwork.
"I was 19 when I was sealed to my parents," he told the media in the sealing room. "We were converts. I have seven siblings, so we were 10 of us kneeling around the altar for the ceremony."He also explained that he and his wife were married civilly first, as required in Mexico, and then traveled 36 hours to a temple to be sealed together for eternity.
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