It all started with a suggestion from a youth. During the Houston community's 19 Day Feast, Seena Monjazeb recommended that the community contribute to the Chile Temple Fund. The suggestion was taken to the Local Spiritual Assembly, which approved the idea and responded to Seena with a much bigger task. Seena and Afshin, friends from Friendswood, Texas, were asked to organize a fundraiser to unite the Houston area in raising money for the Temple of Light. Seena and Afshin immediately accepted the challenge and got to work hosting a "Chili for Chile Cook-off" for the community.

A temple of light is to grace the continent of South America.

The Universal House of Justice has appointed Siamak Hariri of Toronto, Canada, as architect of the Bahá’í Temple (also known as a House of Worship) to be built near Santiago in Chile.

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