Prime Minister and Attorney General tour the newly renovated Suva Fiji temple

Story taken from the Fiji Village website -

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and several other key Government officials in front of the newly renovated LDS temple

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, along with several government ministers and the Acting Police Commissioner toured the newly renovated Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints today. The Suva Fiji Temple is the only LDS temple in Fiji and was closed in October 2014 for renovations. It serves more than 35,000 LDS members in Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.

he Celestial Room in the Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Suva.

LDS Manager for Materials Management Sulueti Kama said the renovations cost the church millions of dollars. 

Service Centre Manager Adolph Johansson says the church is grateful for the visit.

“The temple for us represents the family and the purpose of the temple is to bind the families together not only for time but for all eternity and that is the true purpose of the temple.”

New Service Centre Manager Adolp Johansson says the church is grateful for the visit.
“The temple for us represents the family and the purpose of the temple is to bind the families together not only for time but for all eternity and that is the true purpose of the temple.”
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At the end of the visit, the Prime Minister showed his appreciation and gratitude to the LDS Church for allowing them to show him why the LDS considers temples sacred. Bainimarama was also presented a copy of his family genealogy by the LDS family history centre. 

The temple will be open for public visits from 25th January to 6th February.