While converting the Uintah Stake Tabernacle into the Vernal Utah Temple, builders needed to get a bulldozer inside the building to demolish its interior. But they did not know how they were going to get the tractor inside the fragile walls without damaging the structure. Miraculously, however, an archway was discovered in the building's foundation. It was wide enough to allow the tractor to enter--with just inches to spare.
As construction began in the summer of 1995, many other small coincidences and miracles helped in the creation of this holy house. A search was conducted throughout the area for high-quality period brick to match the brick on the tabernacle walls. This brick would be used to replace damaged bricks and to construct a gateway. Satisfactory brick was found on only one house, owned by a man named Nick J. Meagher. He had planned to raze (demolish, destroy) the home but instead agreed to donate it to the Church. The bricks on the old home had the same markings as those used in the tabernacle, suggesting that they came from the same clay pit and kiln as the tabernacle bricks. More than 1,000 volunteers helped dismantle the home, brick by brick. The job took nearly two months to complete, with members of all ages throughout the temple district donating their time and labor. Small children stacked bricks while adults removed and cleaned them. Even a 90-year-old man in a wheelchair helped. When the project was over, about 16,000 bricks had been salvaged and prepared to become a part of the temple.
Miracles...big and small!!!
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