Never in the history of mankind have temples been more accessible to God’s children. More Latter-day Saints than ever before have the opportunity of receiving temple ordinances and then returning often. This world-wide blessing unifies Saints with their families, their ancestors, and to the Lord Jesus Christ. In this episode, Church historian Ryan Saltzgiver shares stories from the Global Histories project of pioneering women traveling great distances at incredible sacrifice to gather Saints on both sides of the veil. We also talk with Neelima Surisetty Rayudu, a Church member from India, about her experiences traveling to the Hong Kong and Cebu Philippines temples to be sealed to her parents and then her husband. She recalls her initial reaction to the recently-announced Bengaluru India temple.

Resources:
Global Histories
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/landing/global-histories?lang=eng

Previous Global Histories Episodes:
Ryan Saltzgiver | Women of Faith: Stories from Global Histories
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/collection/latter-day-saint-women-podcasts?lang=eng&track=/media/audio/ryan-saltzgiver-women-of-faith-stories-from-global-histories-e8e3535?lang=eng

Melissa Inouye | Can You Name Five Women?
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/collection/latter-day-saint-women-podcasts?lang=eng&track=/media/audio/latter-day-saint-women-2021-0070-melissa-inouye-can-you-name-five-women-64k-eng.-9681d31?lang=eng

The Nauvoo Temple: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/articles/the-nauvoo-temple-a-joseph-smith-papers-podcast

President Russell M. Nelson; The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation
https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/47nelson?lang=eng
every promise come together in the temple - everything we do in the church comes back to that

New Temples
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2021-general-conference-new-temples

The Story of Clara Cooper from Liberia: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/lessons-of-faith-from-church-history-in-africa?lang=eng)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu6TAi_53Hw

Transcript: https://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/2021-03-0091-91-ryan-saltzgiver-and-neelima-surisetty-rayudu-women-endowed-with-power-eng.pdf