The Vancouver Washington Temple, located in the community of Camas, continues to rise amid the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Crews are attaching metal studs to the steeple frame and shaping the window openings. A waterproofing membrane is steadily being applied to the temple’s exterior walls, while the first shipment of granite cladding has arrived from Spain. Inside the temple, the concrete support structure for the baptismal font is now in place.

Following months of research and analysis, a 431-page draft environmental report for the proposed 29,630-square-foot Bakersfield California Temple was published in March. The Planning Commission will review the report along with public feedback as it considers a zoning modification to allow the temple’s 123-foot steeple. Residents of a nearby 55-and-over community have raised concerns about the height of the building and its architectural lighting, which the Church has addressed with findings in the report.

On Thursday, May 14, 2026, during an evening devotional with local Latter-day Saints in Otavalo, Ecuador, Elder Juan Pablo Villar of the South America Northwest Area Presidency announced plans by the First Presidency to construct the Otavalo Ecuador Temple, bringing another house of the Lord to the Andes region. "This is a reason for all of us to rejoice and express gratitude for such a significant blessing — one that will allow more frequent access to the ordinances, covenants and power that can only be found in the house of the Lord," said the First Presidency statement.

Preparations for the future parking areas at the Austin Texas Temple are underway. Heavy equipment is grading and compacting the terrain, shaping the east and west parking lots where curbing, asphalt paving, and striping for parking stalls will soon follow. These site improvements are progressing alongside ongoing exterior finishing of the temple, where installation of the stone cladding continues to advance.