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This forum address entitled How to Follow Your Heavenly GPS

was given on January 13th of 2026 by Wendy W. Reese,

wife of then BYU President C. Shane Reese.

It is so great to be back on campus with all of you.

I hope you enjoyed your holiday, free of stress, studying, tests, making your bed and cooking.

Hopefully, now that you're back, your moms are enjoying a peaceful recovery.

Whether you spent the holidays near or far, I trust you found your way back to campus without too much trouble.

I'm hoping nobody took a wrong turn in Albuquerque, because, well, I once did, and it was no fun.

Let me explain.

When our children were young, we lived in New Mexico, while Shane worked at

Los Alamos National Laboratory. My daughters were little, and I had my hands full at home.

So one day, Shane suggested that we meet by his work for a picnic lunch and a little fun.

Before he left for work that day, Shane made sure to remind me of the directions and the name of the street where we would find him.

I'll pause in this story to remind you that it wasn't all that long ago. Cell phones were just

phones, and we didn't carry Google Maps in our pockets

everywhere we went. On top of that, Shane was not allowed to have a phone with him in the lab

for security reasons, so I wouldn't be able to call him even if I needed to. Well, the time came

for us to leave. I got my two little ones packed in the car, and we set off.

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