Five new temples: Brasilia, Nairobi, Pocatello, Philippines, Saratoga Springs.
Prayerfully study and ponder the book of Mormon each day.
I would like to announce five new temples which will be built in the following locations: Brasília, Brazil; greater Manila, Philippines, area; Nairobi, Kenya; Pocatello, Idaho, USA; and Saratoga Springs, Utah, USA.
Saratoga Springs was exciting for me because I had predicted that the northwestern part of Utah County would someday get a temple. Someone in the Conference Center was excited enough about that one to be briefly heard rejoicing when it was announced.
We live in a time of great trouble and wickedness. What will protect us from the sin and evil so prevalent in the world today? I maintain that a strong testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His gospel will help see us through to safety. If you are not reading the Book of Mormon each day, please do so. If you will read it prayerfully and with a sincere desire to know the truth, the Holy Ghost will manifest its truth to you. If it is true—and I solemnly testify that it is—then Joseph Smith was a prophet who saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
If you do not have a firm testimony of these things, do that which is necessary to obtain one. It is essential for you to have your own testimony in these difficult times, for the testimonies of others will carry you only so far. However, once obtained, a testimony needs to be kept vital and alive through continued obedience to the commandments of God and through daily prayer and scripture study.
I have personally observe many examples of people with at-one-time-solid testimonies who have fallen away – obviously they did not continue to adequately nourish those testimonies.
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