Construction of the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is officially underway , seeing as the church held a groundbreaking ceremony to dedicate the site Thursday, Sept. 25.

“Guide the hands that will shape stone, wood, glass and steel, that the beauty and craftsmanship of this temple may reflect the divine truths that will be taught within its walls,” said Elder Michael A. Dunn, first counselor in the church’s United States Southwest Area presidency, as he offered the site’s dedicatory prayer.

In his prayer, Elder Dunn — who also presided over the Sept. 25 groundbreaking ceremony — asked God to bless the workers who would soon begin the temple’s construction. He then asked for a “parallel blessing of spiritual preparation” to be upon those wh

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