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Latter-day Saint youth gathered in Kingston, Jamaica — in person and via broadcast from around the Caribbean — on Feb. 9 for a devotional with Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“Do you sometimes feel like everyone is looking at you? Does it make you feel vulnerable? I wish everyone would not worry so much. You are sons and daughters of God,” the Church leader said.
Elder Kearon shared memories of attending boarding school in England at age 10. He described feeling miserable and lonely. “I wished I knew then what I know now — that I am a child of God. It would have made such a difference in my life.”
“You are not alone, because you are a child of God,” he said.
Elder Kearon’s message to the youth in Jamaica was part of an eight-day ministry that included visits to Kingston, Jamaica; Georgetown, Guyana; and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
In Jamaica and Guyana, Elder Kearon was accompanied by his wife, Sister Jennifer Kearon, and Elder Vern P. Stanfill, a General Authority Seventy who serves as second counselor in the Church’s Caribbean Area presidency, along with his wife, Sister Alicia Stanfill.
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