The Rexburg Temple

I had a really awesome, once in a life opportunity last night. I got to clean the Rexburg Temple. A missionary couple that are in charge of the temple are in my ward and they asked for volunteers so of course I jumped at the chance. Our group was in charge of the 3rd floor which is all of the sealing rooms and actually the largest sealing room in any temple, it seats 80! It was so beautiful and after we cleaned (for 4 hours) they took us on a tour. I got to see the mechanical rooms and everything, it was really amazing. There is still a lot of work to do, but it was still breathtaking. The wood is from Africa and is so beautiful and the limestone is from Israel. The murals were not up yet, but they are being done by Del Parsons. It was amazing just how perfect it all had to be, any imperfection at all was marked by a piece of tape so that workers could come through and fix it. Even in the mechanical rooms that will never be seen by anyone I saw tape where things had to be touched up. They told us that the First Presidency and the others in SLC spared no expense in building it because of the love that they have for the people of the area as well as the BYU-I students and walking through it that was very apparent. It was an extraordinary experience!


Just a little FYI the openhouse tickets are available sometime later this month and the openhouse starts Dec. 29th. I am not sure how long it runs, but if you have the opportunity to come and see this temple it would be an experience that you would never forget.