This last week was the LDS General Conference. In every conference, Church leaders like to go over statistics of the Church: numbers of members, numbers of full-time missionaries, lists of new missions opening up and the number of operating temples. I'm sure I'm missing some of the stats. The leaders also like to announce how many temples are currently under construction and whether there are new temples to be built. In the case of this conference, there were 3 new temples announced: Ivory Coast, Thailand and Haiti. In an article on mormonnewsroom.org , in an article entitled "The Process of Building a Temple" they "explain" what it takes to bring one of these buildings to fruition "It's important to note that Mormon temples are built using Church funds set aside for that purpose and that the Church pays for the costs without a mortgage or other financing.... and temple sites are generally located in areas with enough members to warrant constr...