The Ft. Lauderdale Florida Temple
Wow, these past few months have been pretty incredible, and I have hardly blogged. Of course I was super busy with robotics, and I have already written recaps of that on our team's website here , here , and here . But, something else I have been busy with is the opening of the new Mormon Temple in Ft. Lauderdale. Since February, we have been working hard on several events related to this, but it all started long before that. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints first started appearing in Florida in the late 19th century. At that time the closest Temple was in Salt Lake City, Utah. Temples are separate from regular meetinghouses, and serve as places to be close to God and perform sacred ordinances. I have written more about their function here . In 1927, the closest temple became Mesa, Arizona. Then in 1974, the Washington D.C. temple became our temple. By the time my parents moved here in the late 80s, our closest temple was in Atlanta. In 1994, a temple was bu