Dave and I have been called to be the Stake Coordinators for the Celebration for the dedication of the Draper and Oquirrh Mountain temples. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of work.
Since there are 2 temples being dedicated so close together in the Salt Lake Valley the prophet has asked that the youth have a cultural celebration. The Draper Temple program will be May 29th and the Oquirrh Mountain Celebration (ours) will be May 30th. This is the first time a celebration for a new temple has been held in the Conference Center and the first celebration that has been held since the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple.
We have been meeting with the youth in our stake and having fun with them learning a dance to perform on stage at the conference center and learning the songs that the choir will be performing. It has been so much fun playing with the youth in our stake. They are wonderful and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to get to know the kids outside of our ward. With all of our kids moved out of the house I don't have the opportunity to get to know the youth through school choirs any more.
We spent all weekend trying to gather signed permission slips for about 150 youth plus the adults that are going to be helping out. Now that was interesting! Why is it so hard to get people to sign a sheet of paper? I am so grateful for everyone that helped us get this done! We had the ward YM and YW leaders helping, the Stake leaders helping and moms and dads running lists around. We have great people in our stake and I'm so glad for the opportunity to get to know them a bit better before we leave the stake.
Now I get to put together the final calendar for our rehearsals at the conference center. Can you imagine 7,000 youth performing in either the 15 choir or the dance numbers and trying to get those youth on and off the stage in an orderly, quiet and safe manner. This is going to be interesting!
We found out this week that this will be broadcast all across North America at stake centers that want to view it. The Lord has been blessing me that I'm able to get through my fibro flare ups when I need to and that I haven't have a flare up that has kept me from any practices or meetings I've needed to be at. I'm planning on falling apart after the celebration is over.
I'm grateful for this calling because I love getting to know the kids. I love having some of the youth come give me hugs at stake conference or just saying hi to us when they see us at their wards. It's even fun working with my sweetheart and see how we are different but we usually compliment each other. I guess I'm not too old to learn new things!
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