Laie Hawaii Temple Rededicated

The prophet has been in our little town for days. Seeing some of the same things I see. The same chickens roaming the parking lot at the grocery store, maybe the same surfers surfing on the North Shore. Maybe he even drove by my house (or close anyway) while checking out the campus. He could have even seen Calvin sitting on top of our car in the parking lot, pretending to be riding Appa. It's hard to be sure, but I have never been so aware of the prophet's presence in a place I have been.
Tyler and I got to attend the temple dedication and I couldn't help but think how lucky we are to be here, right now, when the temple is opening again. It has been closed for 2 years while they remodeled everything. Not only just that we got to be here for the temple opening, it's more than that. I just kept feeling during the session that we are so lucky to be here right now, in Hawaii. Going to school, being in the same town as the prophet, seeing the temple open house and dedication, living in paradise, living in a simpler way, in a simpler place.
I couldn't help but think that maybe these will be the best times of our lives.
Maybe the old people are right when they say that (although no on has said that to me in a while).

Here is a cool video about the Re-dedication and the area.