Last weekend, our stake performed the musical, The Ten Virgins. A narrator told the story of a lamp maker, who made individual lamps for each of the women in his village, especially for her, according to her needs, abilities and interests. Each of the ten virgins has a short narrative and sings a song that outlines her defining characteristics and struggles and modes of service. This expansion of the parable helps us to see ourselves in many different lights, as we work on the concepts of procrastination, prioritization, personal preparedness and service.
At the first rehearsal, when we listened to each other sing for the first time, there were lots of tears. The lyrics are powerful and speak to the heart.
This is a dress rehearsal. Heather is on stage helping us with our lamps.
In fact, my daughter Heather was the Lamp Maker behind the scenes. She made twelve large lamps and devised a way to use the electrical mechanism from battery powered tea lights to make the lamps flicker with light on stage.
She made the large lamps, and then designed and made over 200 small lamps. One for each sister attending the musical. This project consumed a lot of her free time. I was amazed at her perseverance and dedication. Her art instructor at school (pottery/jewelry making) supported her endeavors and helped her to learn new skills to accomplish this task. He gave her an A on her report card last week, but in the comments said it was really an A+. I'm so proud of her!
She has so many talents and gifts, it will be an adventure to watch what she chooses to do with them throughout her life.
Me as Leora.
2 comments:
It was a beautiful show! I am so glad I was able to attend.
I hope Heather can use her service project to cross off one of her Young Woman projects. She certainly worked hard and the lamps on stage were so realistic!
PS Tell Dad thanks again for playing with my little ones so I could watch the show. It was so GREAT!
Any Chance in Heather making a lot of these for another Ward?
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