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This devotional address entitled The Hand of God in Your Life was given on April 1st of

2025 by Teresa Bell, then faculty member of the Department of German and Russian at

BYU.

Good morning, BYU. You are a beautiful sight.

I'm so happy to be here with you on April Fool's Day.

I assure you that I will play no April Fool's pranks during our time together,

and this devotional is not a joke.

And this is how I know it's not a joke.

Where President Vorkink called me in December to ask if I'd speak at a devotional, I asked him

if his request was a joke.

He said no.

But then he said, but the date of the devotional is April 1st.

Now that that's out of the way, as a freshman at BYU in the fall of 1985, I lived in

Budge Hall in Hilleman Halls just to the west of here. Two of my sisters and one of my brothers also lived in the fall of 1985, I lived in Budge Hall in Hilleman Halls just to the west of here.

Two of my sisters and one of my brothers also lived in Budge Hall after I did.

Back then, Budge was a girl's dorm. I see you, Budge boys.

My friends and I would arrive early at the Marriott Center for Devotionals each week to get a good seat.

If we arrived early enough, we'd get to sit on the nice seats on the floor.

Now you have to be invited to sit on the floor.

One week, the Prophet President Ezartath Benson spoke, and you can bet we were there early.

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