This week we have another amazing guest! My friend Laurie Jayne loves the Mesa Arizona Temple and shares some great stories and history with us!

The first donation toward a Latter-day Saint temple in Arizona came almost 33 years before its announcement. On Jan. 24, 1887, Helena Roseberry — a widow from Pima, Arizona — gave $5 to Elder Moses Thatcher of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for a house of the Lord in her home state. That money was held dear in Salt Lake City until a temple was announced for Arizona on Oct. 3, 1919.