Visitors feel spirit of Vancouver temple open house

Published: Saturday, May 1 2010 12:17 a.m. MDT

A visitor, trying to capture her experience after attending the Vancouver British Columbia Temple open house, simply said: "There are no words to describe this temple."Being in the temple and feeling of the great work that happens there "had a great impact on me," said the visitor.She was one of more than 40,000 people who toured the newly completed temple — the Church's 131st temple and the seventh in Canada — between April 7 and April 24.Located in Langley, the temple will serve about 22,000 Church members from 91 congregations in British Columbia and northern Washington state.Elder Paul D.M. Christensen, an Area Seventy and chairman of the local temple committee, said the open house exceeded expectations."This has been tremendous," he said.See the full story on ldschurchnews.com.


This story is provided by the LDS Church News, an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is produced weekly by the Deseret News.

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