Jaydee,
Buddha described the three jewels as the Buddha , the dharma, and the sangha. These three jewels are like three legs of a stool, if one is missing, the stool topples over. Your looking for a community is reasonable! The sangha is important to practice, as is the quality of awakeness inside us and the path of awakening. Said differently, when we connect with other people who are mindful, we have the opportunity to see aspects of ourselves that are otherwise unknown. Namaste captures that well, because the Buddha in one speaks to the Buddha in another, and helps to sustain mindfulness, and offers help in overcoming our projections.
If there are no local temples, consider looking for a retreat. Many temples have retreats that are a few days to a few weeks, and it might be better than uprooting your life to follow a dream. Perhaps it will be wise to find a place with an active temple, but it might be best to see if a Buddhist temple is what seems right before deciding it is a “solution” to the problem of practice.
With warmth,
Matt