Philippine ambassador turns on D.C. temple lights

With the press of a button, His Excellency Willy C. Gaa, ambassador to the U.S. from the Republic of the Philippines, and Elder Jay E. Jensen of the Seventy, recently illuminated half a million lights on the grounds of the Washington D.C. Temple and Visitors Center.Elder J.W. Marriott Jr., an Area Seventy, hosted a special lighting event Dec. 2 and 3 for members of the Washington Diplomatic Corps that included ambassadors and LDS members of Congress. They gathered to officially open the Festival of Lights, an annual Christmas tradition in the nation's capital. Ambassador Gaa had the honor this year of helping to turn on the lights.See the full story on ldschurchnews.com.