Prao Rongthong, a junior accounting major from Thailand and student Banyan Hall Dining worker, said Chef Spencer Tan would never forget to say hello to her when he sees her. She said seeing him always makes her feel better whenever she is feeling down or having a bad day.
In her work as a part-time groundskeeper at the Laie Hawaii Temple, Cayden Mai Eliason, a junior marine biology major from South Dakota, said she feels a sense of spiritual fulfillment as she seeks to create a clean, beautiful environment that resembles the Garden of Eden.
President Finau Hafoka said he and his wife, Lucy Hafoka, returned home from their mission in Papua New Guinea and began serving as temple president and matron of the Laie Hawaii Temple this August 2021.