I Stand All Amazed

Day two in Nauvoo was certainly notable. We started the morning with a
powerful "morningside" at the Nauvoo Ward chapel. The closing hymn was
sung by both the core cast and us in the audience. Our director is so
gifted in bringing out the beauty of the song and the meaning behind
the words. We truly could feel the Lord's love as we sang praises to
him. My goal of being able to sing through the whole song without
getting emotional will have to wait till tomorrow.

We practiced on stage for the first time today. It was fun to be right
there under the shadow of the temple. In addition to learning
different scenes, we were taught about levels. As we move on and off
the stage we are to be moving at all times, up and down, side to side
in a most animated manner. After Karalee and Gina made an effort at
this, the director calls up our whole family before the entire cast to
"demonstrate our technique." Not only was this way out of our comfort
zones, we were to do this to a song that none of us knew the words to.
They, of course, praised us and told us how great we did. Mostly, we
just stood, all amazed!