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About 125 Temple-area residents spent their evenings at Family Promise of Bell County this week to write words of scripture and words of encouragement on the wooden beams of eight new Promise Homes.

Earthships are designed to withstand the extreme temperatures of a desert, such as that around Taos, where extreme weather runs from sub-zero in winter to sweltering in summer.

Darryl Lewis is one of the temple’s former trustees and a business owner in Littleton. He explained that the temple was built between 1908 and 1909 and cost about $21,000.

He explained that the temple was built between 1908 and 1909 and cost about $21,000. When the building was opened, the Masons threw a big party, which is commemorated on a plaque in front of the ...