Harvest Of Faith Personal Feelings

***Personal Experiences***

 

Starting back in july I signed up to be a part of the harvest of faith celebration in honor of the brigham city temple dedication.  I started practices the first part of august once a week.  They were on a summer night and was super hot at first I had a bad attitude about learning the dance they kept changing things on us and as a dancer I had no patience waiting until everyone else caught on to what we were doing I just wanted to move on with the learning! After a handful of long practices and the dance was all learned and perfected I had a complete attitude adjustment I loved going to practices and square dancing and preparing to perform.  I loved the spirit that was brought to me at all the practices that helped me realize that I was in the right place and this was a once in a lifetime expierence for me.  I had lots of funny/spiritual memories made whitle doing this that I will never forget.  I made new friends that I never thought I would have and grew a greater testimony and appreciation of the harvest of faith and the temple then I had before.  Yesterday while doing the whole show for the first time ever I felt the spirit so strong I don't think I have ever had goose bumps so much in my life...Every time we performed it the spirit grew stronger to me! The first time we did it for and audience was our 2nd dress rehersal and president frandsen spoke to us and said we ARE the generation sent here to keep our church running strong.  That really made me look around and see that 4000 of us stopped our busy lives to attend practices every week and spend 2 whole day practicing to make this celebration perfect.  That sacrafice was one of the greatest sacrafices I had made in the end.  The Final number was the most amazing one I personally had done! We were able to have two quarm of the twelve apostles attend.  Elder L. Tom Perry and Elder Russel M. Nelson.  Before the Celebration Started They both talked to us and Some of the things they said that really stuck out to me was Russel M. Nelson said this is an expierence of a lifetime the Brigham temple is so so special to all of us and held dear in our hearts.  Elder L. Tom Perry said You guys are this generations Stripling Warriors you just have better costumes.  I don't care if this performance is perfect all I care about is that you have made new friends that will last you an eternity. After there words we started the celebration.  I loved it all some of the things that I LOVED through out the whole number was the opening number with our different bright colored shirts and streamers and in the middle of the dance it says someday when he comes again we be able to meet him there and we turned and pointed to the temple.  After that number we booked it to change into our pioneer costumes for our square dance number in honor of the brigham city co-op.  I had so much fun square dancing and learning about the brigham city co-op and loved when they pulled up the buildings in the middle of the dance as if they were actually building them through the way we danced.  The most touching number for me though by far was the closing I am not someone who sheds tears I hold them in.  I loved seeing 4000 of us dressed in black and white as missionaries.  It all started out with families with missionaries out serving walking onto the stage with mailboxes and playing a slideshow of pctures of some of the missionaries from our area.  Then the song the armies of helaman started playing and all the elder and sister missionaries serving in the area walked out carrying utah flags I loved seeing them encourages me to someday serve the lord in some way.  After they were on the field all 4000 of us had flags from every countrie that there are missionaries serving and marched onto the field singing called to serve.  This was and emotional number for me my eyes were watering and the spirit was so strong I am very thankful for the missionaries out in the mission field serving for the church and also those who have passed serving up above.  After this we got rid of our flags and sang I love to see the temple.  The first verse we stood towards the crowd and the second we kneeled down and sang looking at the temple.  When we ended the first verse I don't know if very many people were watching and paying attention but loved watching the temple light up and being about to just see it glowing.  This was the most memorable expirences that I have expierenced and I will never forget how much it blessed my liife my heart is full of gratitude and I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be sealed to my family and know that temples make it possible for us to be FOREVER<3 I am so excited to have a temple so close to attend for baptisms for the dead and later on in my life be sealed to my eternal partner and perform other ordinaces.  I AM GOING THERE SOMEDAY!