Week 11: A Week of Change

07/24/2016:  Friends and Family,

This week was certainly not the usual week.  At the start of the week, I learned that Sister Robinson, one of the tech sisters would be going home this past Friday.  Much of the week was spent preparing to run shows with one less person.  I have taken over backstage right for The Promise and trained Elder Schultz, our technical director on the lights for the show.  I will be in the light booth for Be Still, a show we only do on Sundays.  Sister Harmer has joined my companionship with Sister Young, so us techs are now in a trio companionship, and being in a tripansionship has been great fun!

I was very nervous about taking on a new role the The Promise so far in the season, but once I had successfully done a show on my own, I was able to start enjoying doing backstage for the show.  As much as I love lights, the adventure of being backstage is the best.  It has been great to spend more time with the stage missionaries too.

On Tuesday, Sunset by the Mississippi was cancelled for the first time ever due to rain because we do not have overflow seating in the Visitors' Center anymore to accommodate all those who are here during pageant season.  The rest of the week was so hot that they almost had to cancel a couple more shows because the senior missionaries cannot do shows outside when the heat index is higher than 105.  We shortened one of our shows because the heat index was at the border, and last night, the mission president sent all of the seniors home.  We ended up doing a YPM version of the show because there was a large crowd waiting in the heat that we did not want to disappoint.  It was so fun to mix things up!

This week has been quite a week as our schedule stayed the same while all else was different. With all the change going on in my responsibilities, it is great to be able to turn to the scriptures for strength.  A verse that brought me a lot of comfort this week is Doctrine & Covenants 6:23, "Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter?  What greater witness can you have than from God?"  I know that it is God's will that I am here serving in Nauvoo as a Young Performing Technical Missionary this summer, and because of that, He is blessing me to seamlessly transition into performing new roles.

Have a wonderful week! 

Picture is of the 4 tech sisters in our Sisters in Black shirts.  

Left to right: Sister Harmer, Sister Robinson, me, Sister Young

-Sister Sylvestre