
I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED PRESIDENT HINCKLEY AS THE PROPHET. HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH WHILE I WAS IN THE M.T.C. IN 1995. I REMEMBER IT BEING A SHOCK BECAUSE PRESIDENT HUNTER'S DEATH WAS SO ABRUPT. HIS TALKS DURING CONFERENCE WERE SO SWEET AND TANGIBLE. HE SEEMED SO DOWN TO EARTH AND HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR! BEN & I WENT TO THE DEDICATION OF THE KONA TEMPLE AND THERE WERE ABOUT 100 PEOPLE OUTSIDE GATHERED AROUND THE CORNERSTONE. PRESIDENT HINCKLEY COULD NOT BELIEVE ANYONE SHOWED UP AT ALL! WHEN HE ARRIVED HE LOOKED OUT AT ALL OF US AND ASKED WITH A PENSIVE LOOK ON HIS FACE" WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE? YOU LIVE IN PARADISE AND YOU CAME HERE?- WELL OK?" AND THEN HE PRECEDED WITH THE DEDICATION. -TOO FUNNY