President Keoni Kauwe and his wife, Monica, left behind the life they’d built in Utah when they were asked five years ago to serve as President and First Lady of BYU-Hawaii. Since then, they’ve fallen in love all over again with the island President Kauwe grew up on and on this week’s episode he shares what he’s learned about connecting with college students and what best prepares them for success when they leave home.

3:00- Relating to College Students
8:48- A 16-year-old College Freshman
12:52- The Wisdom in God’s Timeline
18:10- Exercising Priesthood Power as a Married Couple
22:08- The Unique Nature of BYU-Hawaii
24:07- The Polynesian Cultural Center
28:16- Grateful, Humble and Determined
31:00- Sacrifice
34:30- Culture Night
41:20- Willing To Walk Away
47:00- Preparing Kids to Leave Home
54:05- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“When you do what He asks, the blessings are far beyond anything you could possibly imagine and far beyond than you’ve given up.”

Links:
President Kauwe’s BYU-Hawaii devotionals- https://president.byuh.edu/john-s-k-kauwe-iii

Morgan’s BYU-Hawaii Devotional- Trusting God With the Rest of Your Story- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm-jX12Uwfk

BYU Jerusalem story- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2005/10/the-light-in-their-eyes?lang=eng

Over the last few years, in addition to teaching young single adults a temple prep class she calls “Temple Plus,” Melinda Brown has traveled from her home in Utah to Durham, North Carolina to pursue a degree from Duke Divinity School. In the process, she has found her love and appreciation for the temple deepen. On this week’s episode, she shares why she believes the gifts God intends to endow us with within His holy house are intended to bless our lives in the present. She now recognizes that eternity is now.

2:50- Divinity School
11:25- Liturgy and Temple Worship
16:15- The Giver and the Receiver
22:51- Teaching Children About the Temple
31:21- Seeking a Positive Temple Experience
38:19- Temple Garments
43:25- Practice
48:09- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“Every day is a new starting point and we just get to keep trying. It’s all practice.”

Links:
An Endowment of Love- https://bit.ly/3S2OqVu

Eve and Adam- https://bit.ly/4kahyGe

Instagram Live with Mindy Brown- https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ch0wfgLpIGl/?igsh=cXl1MWozdmo4aTNv

Previous All In episode with Mindy Brown- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in/id1439975046?i=1000467433196

YouTube mini-class on the Temple with Mindy- https://youtu.be/dw1CkaFJp_w

Other recent interviews with Mindy about “An Endowment of Love”-
Out of the Best Books: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-the-best-books/id1779601020?i=1000704289819

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-fresh-perspective-on-our-temple-experience/id1643211858?i=1000702502616

The world undoubtedly moves at a faster pace today than it did during any previous period of Church history but historian Rachel Cope is a believer that, in all generations, God often aids our conversion by inviting us (and sometimes forcing us) to slow down. On this week’s episode she shares her own experience as well as examples from Church History that illustrate the fact that the process of conversion is not a race but rather something that requires work and often takes time.

2:18- Publicly Sharing a Private Struggle
7:40- An Interest in Ordinary People
9:57- Focus on Healing the Whole
17:29- The Miracles of Modern-Day Living
23:12- Lucy and Emma
29:56- Polygamy
40:48- Slow Work
49:37- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“Humans turn things into a race, God doesn’t. God wants us to take whatever time we need and if it takes five years, that’s great—if it takes 50 years, that’s great. He’s not worried about the deadlines, He just wants us to be on the journey.”