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

Part 4

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President Hinckley always invites some little children to participate in the event.  Elder Emmanuel A. Kissi looks on.

“Who me?”  Little boys wonder if the prophet is pointing to them.

It takes a heave-ho to get the primary child over the railing to answer President Hinckley’s call.

The completion of a temple is a joyous event.

Elder Emmanuel A. Kissi is an Area Authority Seventy who joined the Church in England and could have stayed there to form a lucrative medical practice.  Instead he chose to return to Ghana specifically to strengthen the Church.

It took this kind of cooperation to build a temple in Ghana.

President Hinckley asked this little boy to come up and represent the rising generation, keeping the memory of this dedication bright in memory.

President Hinckley said to the boys, “Do you think you can do it?  Sure you can.”

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