After a year of service to BYU–Hawaii, the 2009-2010 BYUHSA presidency gave their final counsel at a weekly devotional held on March 30, at the Cannon Activities Center.
Executive Vice President Roger Brown (pictured far right), Business Management major from Monmouth, Oregon, due to graduate December 2011, spoke first about the importance of listening to the Spirit:
"Our Father in Heaven desires to speak to us, to teach us, just like any earthly parent, to help us achieve our divine potential. He tries to speak to us in so many ways, but we have to be listening to be able to hear and understand it," said Brown.
The other executive vice president, Emily Judson (pictured center), TESOL major from Lindon, Utah, due to graduate in just over a week, spoke next, sharing how her faith and trust in the Lord allowed her to attend BYU–Hawaii. She noted that without the Lord's help, it would have been impossible.
"Oftentimes, we think that we are only allowed to ask for those things that we absolutely need, that praying for what we want is somehow outside the limits of our Father in Heaven's capability or that he has already given us so much that it would be selfish to ask for more. I can testify that not only is the Lord completely capable but He aches to satisfy the righteous desires of our hearts," said Judson.
The final speaker, BYUHSA President Alma Fonua (pictured left), Business Management major from Magna, Utah, due to graduate in just over week along with Judson, centered his talk on how we can reach our greatest potential by putting God first.
"One thing I learned about being the student body president is that although you can't please everyone on campus, you can please God. Until I realized that it's Him who is most important, I could never please everyone. I needed to keep all the promises I've made with God first, and then He would help me keep promises I've made with everyone else," said Fonua.
--Photo by Monique Saenz