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Thank you, President Worthing.

And thanks for the beautiful music. And thank you, Katie, for the lovely prayer.

And you... Katie for the lovely prayer.

And you are majestic. Thank you for being here today.

To begin, you need to know the most important thing about me. I believe in God. I

believe in God and his son, Jesus Christ, our Savior.

My remarks are grounded in my faith.

Have you ever read a sentence that immediately spoke to you? This happened to me about

eight years ago when I was called to serve as our stake young women's president.

I felt rather inadequate. serve as our stake young women's president.

I felt rather inadequate in this calling.

You see, I did not grow up as a member,

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I was baptized to member when I was 23 years old,

so I had not participated in the Young Women's Program.

And yet, I was asked to lead the program for our stake.

At that time, a focus of the Young Women Program was on completion of personal progress,

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