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Good morning Brigham Young University.

On the heels of such an uplifting and inspiring general conference,

I'm honored to have the opportunity to bear my testimony

of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and the powerful potential it has to transform our everyday interactions as we take his sacred name upon us.

To set the stage, I'd like to begin with two stories.

As a young graduate, I went to work for an accounting firm. I was eager to demonstrate

my worth and I attempted to fulfill each task to which I was assigned with precision and efficiency.

Beyond that, I often volunteered for extra assignments,

and over time I build a reputation

as being an employee that would step up to whatever was asked of her. Then came the request that gave

me pause. An important reporting deadline was approaching and our Fortune 500 client needed a physical inventory audit.

Don't panic.

I'm not going to bore you with the details of what that audit entailed.

But the key points are these.

The audit had to be done in person. It had to be done on a Sunday, and

I was the person they wanted to do it. You see the dilemma. I was fully committed to supporting my team, but I had also made a

commitment to myself and to my God that I would avoid working on the Sabbath,

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