Worldwide Church Broadcast Last Night - AMAZING!!!

Sound checking etc

We're you as THRILLED as I was to learn from the Worldwide Church Broadcast last night - entitled "The Work of Salvation"?

I was extremely blessed to be able to participate in the 2,500+ member choir - along with other church members in this area, and more than 1,300 missionaries currently in the MTC.  It was a monumental occasion and, oh, so very "awe" some.

Choir members

We learned that it was being broadcast worldwide - including being translated/broadcast into 57 languages in the lower level of the Marriott Center on the BYU Campus.  Included in the congregation were 173 new Mission President's and their wives - preparing to leave their homes and families, to go to unfamiliar places around the world, to preside over different areas and hundreds of missionaries each, and to serve and love and teach of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We arrived several hours before the broadcast - to get seated and, then, to rehearse and do sound checks.  I was seated on the very far side of sopranos.  Missionaries are furthest away in this photo.  They were seated first, then, altos, and, finally, sopranos.

Sanctity of Womanhood

We live in a day where all vices are sought to destroy the Sanctity of Womanhood and undermine our God-given roles.  We can not be like the world.  We have further light and knowledge, and, led by Prophets of God have been instructed in the truths of womanhood and motherhood.  The closer we embrace the teachings of the Lord - the happier we'll be.  If we buy into the frenzy of the world we'll reap it's fruits/downfall.

I'm so grateful for the blessings of understanding that has come to me because men and women of God have been willing to share.  We, too, must open our mouths and share the principles of the Gospel.

Today I found this great message from Elder Scott.  I felt it worthy to share here:

"So many of our sisters are disheartened, even discouraged, and disillusioned. Others are in serious trouble because of the choices they make. Satan has unleashed a seductive campaign to undermine the sanctity of womanhood, to deceive the daughters of God and divert them from their divine destiny. He well knows women are the compassionate, self-sacrificing, loving power that binds together the human family. He would focus their interests solely on their physical attributes and rob them of their exalting roles as wives and mothers. He has convinced many of the lie that they are third-class citizens in the kingdom of God. That falsehood has led some to trade their divinely given femininity for male coarseness."  Elder Richard G. Scott, The Sanctity of Womanhood

Join the Conversation - LDS Church and Social Media

Thank YOU all for doing this!  Here's a reminder of what Elder Ballard asked us to do.

"The emergence of New Media is facilitating a world-wide conversation on almost every subject including religion...may I ask that you join the conversation by participating on the Internet, particularly the New Media, to share the gospel and to explain in simple and clear terms the message of the Restoration."

"Most of you already know that if you have access to the Internet you can start a blog in minutes and begin sharing what you know to be true."

M. Elder M. Russell Ballard, "Using New Media to Support the Work of the Church." Speech was given at Brigham Young University-Hawaii’s graduation ceremony on December 15, 2007.