For the next several days I will be posting about the World Congress of Families. This year it is being held in Sydney, Australia.  Remember how we helped to raise funds for Angela to attend? She is sending daily reports of the presentations, interviews she is able to have, and more. I am excited to share with you what she is experiencing. There are so many around the world - politicians, religious leaders, community organizers, trained professionals, and others - who are dedicated to defending the family. I will try to post each day's events in order so you are not reading them backwards as you scroll down. I have broken up Angela's summaries into several posts so it isn't overwhelming to see a HUGE post. Remember, if you have any questions you would like her to ask when she gives her interviews, leave them in the comments and I will pass them along to her.

Take a Tour of the Salt Lake Temple

Ever wondered what the inside of the Salt Lake Temple looks like? Here's a glimpse!

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has opened up a new exhibit where you can "virtually" tour the Salt Lake Temple through kiosks that include photos of the actual rooms in the temple accompanied by narration explaining the purposes of each room. The over 7 foot tall, 1/32nd scale model of the temple is on display at the Temple Square South Visitor's Center. Read more about the exhibit here at Deseret News.

A cut-away view of the rooms inside.


The Celestial Room. Mr. Ferrero Rocher and I sat in this room while we waited to be married.


The detail work on this model is simply amazing! Look at the pictures hanging on walls and the mural work. They look exactly like the originals.



The stairs make me dizzy just looking at them. It's truly amazing what the pioneers were able to accomplish when they built this temple. Construction began in 1853 and the temple was finished in 1893, forty years to build!

We can't wait for our next visit to Utah. We are definitely taking the kids to see this.

all photos taken by Laura Seitz, Deseret News

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15 comments:

  1. I can't wait to see it either!

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  2. Wow, that's really cool!! Do you know how long it'll be on display?

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  3. The part that is truly awe inspiring to me is that there were elevator shafts built right in. The pioneers didn't have any idea what the hole in the wall would do, the Lord told them it would need to be there, so they did it.

    What a huge testimony to me to know that the Lord sees us, our children to come, and the generations before and after...and he knows our needs.

    Thanks for the reminder and the heads up about the display.

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  4. We were gawking at this online yesterday. I think we'll head over there tomorrow to take a look. Just makes you appreciate all the more the effort that went into building this temple!

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  5. Very nice post. We will have to make a point of a visit to Temple Square this summer!

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  6. That is amazing! We were married there too, but I love seeing the rooms in relation to one another. I get all spun around when I am there in person!

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  7. We personally know the woman who provided the chandeliers for this project. Judy at Just Minature Scale in Greensburg, PA.

    She is a close family friend and my family owns a few doll houses made by her.

    She is just awesome!

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  8. Raven,

    How neat! I bet the doll houses are heavenly.


    Laurie,

    I believe I read it will be a permanent display.

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  9. Love that you posted this as well! I can't wait to see the display.

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  10. I served my mission on Temple Square and that display would have helped me a lot! Many visitors wonder how is the temple inside. I'm glad they decided to do this. The sisters are going to have a great tool!

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  11. This is amazing! Thanks for sharing :)

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  12. This is so incredible! I've never been in this temple,so this was really cool to see! thank you!

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  13. It is truly amazing to see, even if you have been in the temple multiple times (does anyone else get confused and turned around?). If you get the chance to view it you most definately should.

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  14. Wow! I wish I'd known that was in there! We visited Temple Square while we were in Utah last month for my Grandma's funeral, but we didn't go far into the visitors' center this time. I guess we really missed out!

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  15. Wow, thanks so much for sharing this! As someone who lives outside the United States it is really wonderful to get more of an idea of what our iconic Salt Lake Temple looks like.

    And I agree that the work gone into making the model is fantastic.

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