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Thank you for the magnificent music, it's healing to the soul.

And President Worth, and thank you for the invitation to be here and speak to your students today. It is a genuine pleasure and privilege.

It was a treat to hear the prayer of Sister Gentry. I call her Armana Gentry, and look forward to hearing the prayer of

Brother Money, he's elder money to us.

Ermon Gentry and elder money served as our missionaries and the Proua

to keep a mission.

And it's a wonderful pleasure to hear them pray again.

On December 3rd, 2021, only two states in the US

had blizzard warnings.

They were Alaska and Hawaii. Yes, Hawaii had a blizzard

warning. The winter weather system known as a Kona Lowe prompted emergency alerts

throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

There were strong winds with gusts of up to 90 miles per hour recorded atop Mount

Kaya, a 14,000 foot peak where a foot of snow fell make it

technically possible to ski and surf in the same hour on the Big Island. Lower elevations saw winds of over 50 miles per hour and the rains were heavy.

Maui reported rain at a pace of 1 inch per hour.

The Kona Lowe brought near shore waves of up to 30 feet. So

imagine yourself the owner of a boat wore just off the coast of Maui on December 3, a few clouds in the sky, but you know the

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