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MormonTimes.com: Twin Falls dedication unites Idaho communities

Published: Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 12:42 a.m. MDT
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Standing outside the newly dedicated Twin Falls Idaho Temple with her family, 11-year-old Haley Ackerman tried to summarize her feelings: "It is pretty much unexplainable. I don't have any words for it. It is just awesome."

Haley's parents — Jeffrey and Jolene Ackerman — looked at their daughter: "What do you mean you don't have words?"

After all, the family has spent countless hours during recent months preparing for the new temple, the fourth in Idaho and the 128th worldwide for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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