"Jesus Watches Over You in Your Outgoing"

Fond farewells to our wonderful friends and examples, Elder and Sister Munk, were sung by the choir at the employee devotional Monday morning. The lyrics may have been unfamiliar, but the Spirit in which they were expressed was sincere and moving. Read the translation below: 

“Yesu Ka Wo Ho” - (Jesus is With You) by Osei Boateng 

Jesus is with you, He goes before you and behind you.

Jesus is with you through your troubles and sufferings. 

The earth may quake, mountains may lift and fall into the sea. 

Fear not! Fear not! He is with you forever! 

If you love your God with all your heart and all your mind, 

And if yu love your neighbor and love your brethren as yourself,

The earth may quake, moutains may lift and fall into the sea. 

Fear not! Fear not! He is with you forever! 

Jesus watches over you in your outgoing and your incoming.

Jesus watches over you, He is with you all the time. 

The earth may quake, moutains may lift and fall into the sea,

Fear not! Fear not! He is with you forever! 

If you take a step of faith with Christ as your hope,

And if you draw closer to God in a life of righteousness, 

The earth may quake, mountains may lift and fall into the sea. 

Fear not! Fear not! He is with you forever! 

Sister Munk expressed the two things she has internalized while serving in the AWA and will be taking home with her: 

1. The power of being a gracious person. Expressions such as “You are welcome” and “Yes, please” have become a part of her vocabulary. 
2. A testimony that God is mindful of all as taught in Alma: 

New my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. (Alma 26:37) 

Elder Munk encouraged us to reach out. He told of a friend, Walt Price, who put forward a hand of friendship and invited him to participate in the folk dancing group at the University of Utah. That welcoming handshake led Elder Munk into meaningful relationships, spiritual and social, that propelled him to serve a mission and changed the course of his life. A simple act of inclusion made a huge difference. “Be a Walt Price!” Elder Munk urged us. 

The AWA will not be the same without the Munks, but they have left with us many gifts that will be with us forever.