A Halloween Day groundbreaking officially launched construction of the Taylorsville Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Apostle Gerrit W. Gong, who emerged more than two weeks ago from quarantine after contracting COVID-19 , presided at the small-scale, socially distanced ceremony. “Gathered in these times, in person and via technology, we acknowledge and rejoice with faithful generations, including in historic ‘over Jordan’ communities, who have, here at heart, made this valley home,” the 66-year-old Gong prayed in dedicating the 7.5-acre site at 2603 W. 4700 South, according to a Saturday news release . “We celebrate the continuing legacy and promise of their righteous lives and examples.” Gong, the faith’s first Asian American apostle, attended the groundbreaking with his wife, Susan, who the church has reported also experienced “very mild symptoms” from the coronavirus earlier in October. After the Gongs' diagnosis, other top Latter-day Saint leaders