The architectural lighting system for the Modesto California Temple has been installed, illuminating the exterior walls of the sacred edifice. Grass sod has been laid for the front lawn, and a beautiful variety of trees, shrubs, and plants have filled the flowerbeds. Construction of the temple has been underway for almost two-and-a-half years. It will be the tenth temple dedicated in California; the state's ninth temple will be dedicated in June in Yorba Linda.

Steel framing is being erected for the steeple of the Winchester Virginia Temple, which is rising over the front entrance of the building behind the portico. Framing is in place for the steeple pedestal and the lower tier of the tower. An upper tier will be added, which will eventually support a spire, topped with a finial. The construction project has been underway for six-and-a-half months.

Over the several past weeks, the structural steel frame for the 38-meter (124.6-foot) high Birmingham England Temple has been erected, and framing is getting underway for the ancillary building, which will house patron lodging and office space. A total of 251.578 metric tons of steel will be used for the two buildings. The exterior stone has been selected from a supplier in Portugal, and the colors have been finalized.

The tower that rises over the center of the Anchorage Alaska Temple is currently tented in plastic sheeting, as masons continue to clad the structure with stone panels. The work of cladding the temple's exterior began last spring and is now in the final stages. This new house of the Lord is a replacement for the original temple building, which continues to operate on site. Once the new building is dedicated, the old one will be demolished, and a new meetinghouse will be constructed.