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Dedicated Dec. 9, 2018, the Barranquilla Colombia temple is that nations second temple and the 161st in operation in the world.
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The 161st Latter-day Saint temple is dedicated in Colombia

It was an exciting day for Latter-day Saints in Colombia as President Dallin H. Oaks and Elder Ulisses Soares dedicated the second temple in their country on Dec. 9, 2018.
Student Diana Bolanos, Mechanical Engineering works on a mill in the new engineering building after Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delivered the dedicatory prayer for the new BYU Engineering Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering building at BYU in Provo on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.
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President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks during the First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.
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