President Nelson Teaches Temple Importance in Thailand

“The future for the Church is bright here in Asia,” said President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as he met with members in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 20, 2018, the sixth stop on his eight-city global ministry tour. The Latter-day Saint prophet is in Asia following visits to Europe and Africa. President Nelson's mention of the future was in part a reference to a visit he made this week to the site of a recently announced temple to be built in Bangkok. For the second day in a row, his remarks during his visit to Asia emphasized Church growth and temple blessings. “My goodness, if there's anything that's been impressed on my mind [it] is to see what great transformation has come in the more than 50 years that I've been in and out of Asia,” said President Nelson, who first visited Thailand as a medical doctor in 1966. “My desires for the people of Thailand [are] the same as my desires for people of Taiwan or any other city [or] country. We invite all of God's children … to come unto the Savior and enjoy the blessings and benefits of their temple and have everlasting life [and] joy,” he said.