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Laying the Cornerstone of the Temple in West Africa
A Photo Essay
By Scot and Maurine Proctor

Part 3

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President Hinckley has dedicated more temples than any other person in this dispensation.  Of the 117 operating temples, President Hinckley has dedicated 82 of them.

Soon after President Hinckley confessed he has not mastered the art of putting the mud in the cornerstone, some of it drops on his shoe.

Everyone leans in to watch as President Hinckley puts in the first dab of mud.

“Mother, Kathy,” the prophet says to his wife, Marjorie Pay Hinckley, and daughter Kathleen H. Barnes, “come and take a turn.”  His advice on the best way to use the trowel:  “Just pretend you are making a cake.”  People always warm to President Hinckley’s charm.

Sister Hinckley still accompanies President Hinckley on many of his far-flung journeys.

Grant Gunnell, president of the Accra Ghana temple, reports that the schedule is full with families eager to be sealed.

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