Our bishop announced today in Sacrament Meeting that the Church has officially announced two new temples to be built in Arizona. One will be in the Gilbert area, and one in the Gila Valley area, near Thatcher. I guess there had been some rumors floating around about it, but it is official! I am really excited, because this means that we might get to actually go once in a while! I know that the Mesa Temple is only maybe 30 minutes away, but it is really crowded, especially on weekends, which is when we are most available to go. There are just so many members here in the valley that another temple will be such a welcome sight!
We also got an unofficial "heads-up" from a counselor in the bishopric, that our ward will be split in October when the new building (just up the road from our current building!) is finished. We are still getting new families every week despite the drop in the real estate market. We currently have almost 700 people. So, we'll see how big our ward is after the split in October! I personally miss having a smaller ward like we did in Walnut Creek. There just seems like there is more to do and it's less easy to fall through the cracks. Either way, we'll probably need to split again soon!
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I'm so glad there are going to be two new temples! We heard about Gilbert, and I said to Eric, "why don't they put one in southern AZ? Those poor people have to travel so far to get to Mesa...." now EVERYBODY wins!!! I'm with you on the Mesa temple, but we discovered the best time to attend - Saturday afternoon between 4-5 p.m. The last session we went to was only half full!
They have needed a new Temple in the Phoenix area. I wonder where exactly it will be. Gilbert is pretty spread out. Don't count on your ward staying small after the split,...we feel like ours never split in the first place now that our numbers are right back up to where they were...it's the retarded way they set up the boundaries. The other ward is not growing anymore and our ward has limitless possiblilty for new homes, ect.
We heard that too! I'm so excited, now we'll only have a 2 hour drive rather than a 3 hour drive. I'm excited for you guys as well. Not that waiting is a bad thing but when you have kids at home, it's nice to get back to them. I don't know when the last time any wards down here where spilt. We are in a military community and the turn over is pretty high.
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