Savior of the World

Our Stake Production of Savior of the World that I have been working on since June opens this weekend. It has been such an interesting process all along the way. It started out really rough. The folks that showed up on a whole were not what you would call "seasoned performers" by any stretch of the imagation. We have a stake full of singers and performers and very few of those showed up. However, let me say that never in my life have a seen people put more heart and love into a project then this group of people have put into this show. We have had to really work at this show. Work on learning how to read music and how to create a believeable character on stage (we are still working on this with some) along the way remembering what this show really is about; a testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ. This is what I learned that this show was about for this group. It was about learning to trust each other. Trust that we all would be there to support each other when things came tumbling down and trusting in the Lord to even make it all possible. We have hit wall afterwall in this show and we have pulled together as a group and made it all happen. From only having enough men to have 4 apostles in the beginning to having ALL of our costumes given away to another Stake and lot's of other weirdness-- we have made it through it all and we have created together our simple yet powerful testimony. I have learned so much about myself and about my Savior through working on this project and will always be grateful for the opportunity I was given to do it.

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