During President Gordon B. Hinkley's years of leadership he thought that no member of the Church has received the ultimate blessings of Heavenly Father until having received temple blessings in the House of the Lord. But there are many areas of the Church that are remote where the membership is small and not likely to grow very much in the near future. Are those who live in these places to be denied forever the blessings of the Temple ordinances? While visiting such an area few months ago, we prayerfully pondered this question. The answer we believe came bright and clear. We would construct small Temples in some of these areas, buildings with all of the facilities to administer all of the ordinances. Following direction from the Lord, in 1997 President Hinckley announced to the Church a program to construct immediately some 30 smaller Temples across the globe. If temple ordinances are an essential part of the restored Gospel and I testify that they are, then we must provide the means by which they can be accomplished. All of our vast family history endeavors direct to the temple work there is no other purpose for it, the Temple ordinances become the crowning blessings the Church has to offer. During the Ministry of President Gordon B. Hinckley the Church increased its number of operating temples to beyond 100. 84 of which were dedicated by him. At the time of his passing President Hinckley had dedicated more temples than all of the other leaders of this dispensation combined.