Distinguished Guests Tour Thailand Temple

Over the past three days, more than 600 distinguished guests from Thailand and elsewhere have toured the new Bangkok Thailand Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, along with his wife, Susan, have helped lead these groups through the house of the Lord. Many guests expressed gratitude for the opportunity to learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ. One of the guests, Louise Horgan of the nonprofit The Good Shepherd Sisters of Thailand, has enjoyed a special relationship with the Church of Jesus Christ since at least 2018. Horgan, who is nearly 90, has spent her life providing shelter and educational training for at-risk women. Just last year, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presented Horgan with a donation that helped her organization build a teaching kitchen to provide vocational training for the women in her care. “It was a wonderful experience. An experience that I've nev