Mormon leader Eyring tours Caribbean devastation from Hurricane Irma

LDS leader Henry B. Eyring visited with government officials in the Caribbean on Friday and toured islands battered by Hurricane Irma a week before.Eyring, first counselor in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ governing First Presidency, told members of the church’s congregation in St. Thomas that God “is close by,” according to a news release from the church.He and other Mormon leaders stopped in San Juan, Puerto Rico, before flying to St. Thomas