Early today Sisters Hong and Holder called and asked if we could go with them to see a sister who has been investigating the Church for many months – they are the third set of missionaries to work with her. They said she had some questions and concerns that they thought we might be able to help with. We of course were thrilled to do this.

We went into the office and did what was needed there and then decided we would go out and drive by the house that we were going to go tonight. We are still feeling our way around the area and even with the GPS we sometimes get lost.

  

The architecture of the chapel is perfect for the area as the main entrance shows. The man in the far right of the middle picture is the foreman who the Lord provided with a Spanish pass-along card. We looked for something that identified the chapel as being an LDS building and found it on one side. I just noticed that none of the pictures show the bright orange accent that is being used.

After doing that we had some lunch and then decided that since we were close we would visit the Weston/Pembroke Pines chapel that is under repair. When we got there a painting crew was working on the outside of the chapel. They were putting special waterproofing paint on to try and keep the insides drier.

I started talking to the crew chief and as we were getting ready to leave I gave him a pass-along card. He looked at it and said “I bet you can read this.” I thought he meant the small type on the bottom that says www.mormon.org. But he pointed out that the information was in Spanish – his native language. I was really surprised because I usually do not have any Spanish cards in my pocket and I had just chosen the first one in the stack. I realized that the Lord knew I would need one today and somehow got it into my pocket. I will never know if the card touches the man and his family but I do know that he got the one he needed.

  

The picture on the left shows the Northern end of the site where the construction trailers and material storages will be. The one on the right shows the South end where there will be parking. It was not until I got home that I realized I did not take a picture of the Central section where the actual temple will be built. Maybe I will add this later after there is actually something to see.

From there we went to see the Fort Lauderdale mission site and there was some work going on. Brother Barry, who has been assigned to over see the construction came over and talked to us. He will be here until it is dedicated and then he hopes to be assigned another temple. He feels that working on temples is the highpoint of his professional life.

I mentioned to him that he will probably have a lot of local and general authorities stopping by to see how it is doing. He told me that would not happen. The only authorities who are authorized to visit the site are the First Presidency, the Twelve and the Presiding Bishopric.

The site is right next to a major freeway and the building itself will sit on the far West of the site so that it will be seen by thousands of people each day. I imagine it will become a popular place to visit by members and non-LDS alike.