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Deseret News : Samoan Head of State in Utah to learn about ‘source of love’

Joseph Walker, writing for The Deseret News in Salt Lake City, reports the visit of the Samoa Head of State, who wanted to see the LDS humanitarian facilities that sent aid his small country in the wake of the killing tsunami in 2010.

After his tour, according to The Deseret News, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi said:

"Love is the only bridge that will bring a lasting solution to the world's problems. I want to learn about this source of love that motivates a community to do so much good in the world. I respond to that. I want to be like that, and I want our people to be like that."

Read the entire article at Deseret News

Read Samoan coverage of Tupua's visit at Samoa Observer and Samoa Observer.

 

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