President Russell M. Nelson turns the primary soil on the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ephraim Utah Temple in Ephraim on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. With President Nelson are his spouse, Sister Wendy Nelson, third from left, Gov. Spencer Cox, left, and his spouse Abby Cox, second from left. Second from proper is Elder Walter F. González, Common Authority Seventy, and his spouse, Zulma González, proper. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
EPHRAIM, Utah — As President Russell M. Nelson concluded the prayer dedicating the positioning of the long run Ephraim Utah Temple on Saturday, Aug. 27, rain started to fall.
The rain continued because the chief of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others turned the soil.
Jude Value — who has deep Sanpete Valley household roots and is President Nelson’s first cousin as soon as eliminated — watched the rain and instantly claimed to know the supply. As President Nelson left the groundbreaking ceremony, she yelled out to him: “These are the tears of pleasure of our ancestors,” she mentioned.
Moments later, the heavens opened, and the sprinkles of rain grew to become a downpour.
President Nelson’s participation within the groundbreaking ceremony was a shock to these gathered for the ceremony. In distinction to the pomp and circumstances that often would greet a shock visitor of his stature, nevertheless, the prophet’s arrival was met with reverence, sacred silence and plenty of tears.