Elder and Sister Meredith: Blooming Where You're Planted

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

President Alvin F. Meredith and his wife, Sister Jennifer Meredith, have lived all over the world so when the call came to move their young family to Rexburg, Idaho, to lead BYU-Idaho, they did what they've always done: They prepared themselves to love a new place and new people. On this week's episode, the Merediths share their thoughts, at the beginning of a new school year, on how to bloom where you're planted.

1:56- From the Bible Belt to Africa and the Middle East
5:36- Being Where Your Feet Are
8:20- The Kind of Person You Want to Marry
12:10- Temple Sunrise Tradition
15:40- Beginning With the End in Mind
21:18- Bloom Where You're Planted
27:45- Life Decisions Not Career Decisions
33:41- 100 Days of Listening
35:49- FHE for Secular Learning
39:20- The Value of Education
45:43- The Gospel is Joyful
50:42- What Does It Mean to Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

"Education is important for everybody but the type of education really needs to be guided by the Spirit."

Transcript

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0:00.0	President Russell M. Nelson has said there is no shortcut to excellence and competence. Education
0:07.2	is the difference between wishing you could help other people and being able to help them, end quote.
0:14.4	Elder Alvin F. Meredith and his wife, Jennifer, never anticipated receiving a call that would take
0:20.6	them to Rexburg, Idaho.
0:21.9	But because of the education, they'd received both formally and informally, they were ready to
0:28.3	serve when the call came. Alvin F. Meredith became the 18th president of BYU, Idaho in August
0:36.1	2023, after being sustained as a general authority 70 in April
0:40.9	2021. He continues to serve in both capacities. Elder and sister Meredith served as leaders of the Utah
0:49.0	Salt Lake City South Mission. The Merediths were married in 1998, and Elder Meredith's professional career
0:55.9	has taken their family to Tennessee, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as he previously worked for
1:02.0	Yusurian, BCG, and GE Capital. They are the parents of six children.
1:12.3	This is All-N, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean
1:17.5	to be all in, the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:19.9	I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am honored to have President and Sister Meredith on the line with me
1:25.6	today.
1:26.8	President, should I call you President or Elder?
1:28.9	That was the question that I realized I forgot to have.
1:31.3	This is, is it Tuesday?
1:33.1	Yeah.
1:34.0	President's the appropriate title on Tuesday.
1:37.7	Okay.
1:38.4	Awesome.
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