MoYab East Coast Tour: Day 5

On Sunday we got to sleep in and then attend lunch and Sacrament Meeting in our hotel. It was a very special spiritual experience. And hymn singing was the very best!

Around 2 pm we were given the freedom to roam the city and do as we pleased-- I ended up making a new set of friends! Headed up by Shipley Munson who grew up here in New York City, I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge! It was a beautiful and overcast day so we were not too hot.

After our momentous crossing, we came to the 9/11 memorial and Saint Paul's Church. My last time here in 2006, the memorial was simply a big pit under construction. The ladies from Valhalla Vox also sang an impromptu performance of Dona Nobis Pacem. I can't remember the name of the composer of that particular text setting but it was a special experience for me. It was nice to be back.

It was a nice visit. On both the Brooklyn Bridge and also at the Memorial we sang "America the Beautiful" and got a lot of onlookers :)

We ended our day by eating dinner in Chinatown! Andrea served her mission in Hong Kong so she verified that we were eating super authentic Cantonese cuisine!

It was a lovely day! I didn't return to the hotel til 9 pm at which point in time I collapsed into bed. A lot of walking and riding public transit. Very glad to have an unlimited metro card for the days I'm here. Completely worth it, in my opinion!

Comments

Maybe My Dreams Are Too Small: Joining the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Close-up at the end of "Love One Another" on my first broadcast. I have been asked by a friend to share how I came to join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir . It's taken me a long time to put this post together. To get the full experience of this blog post, please watch the videos! I hope you'll enjoy listening to the songs. People often ask me, "What made you want to join the choir?" Grandma Bateman gave me Consider the Lilies soon after I turned fifteen. Mack Wilberg's grand arrangement of " I Believe in Christ " really caught my attention. I sat on my bed, captivated by the music and filled with the Spirit. The words and music of this hymn burned within my heart. I knew that what the choir sang about was true, and that Jesus was my Savior. I longed to sing with them. I knew then that I needed to join the choir. (Journal entry April 11, 2004, age 15) Happy Easter! It is my dream to become a part of the Mor...

Moving from our first home

We are moving from our first home in Eagle Mountain back to Provo in one month! We have loved our time out here. We have enjoyed making little home improvements to our place over the 2 1/2 years we've lived here but know that Provo is where we are supposed to be. Here's pictures of our place, which has already sold. We will remember our time here fondly! When we moved here, there was a low-hanging chandelier and unattractive fluorescent kitchen lighting. We changed that! There was also some crazy lighting in the front room.. see all the streaks on the walls? We got new lighting. And notice the PINK?? Fixed that too. Ashley and Ryan slept over once and really enjoyed moving around our sectional couch to make this bed-like area! We enjoyed being close to Thanksgiving point and going there for date nights or Family Nights! Bike rides were also a favorite past time. Eagle Mountain sure has great biking trails and parks! ...

European Choir Tour 2016

I returned last week from the MoTab's European tour-- the first tour outside of the country in 18 years! (except a quick stint in Canada in 2003). What an experience. I felt like the whole experience was a missionary trip to uplift the hearts and minds of those who have been experiencing terrorist attacks throughout the year. Although I enjoyed touring the historic cities, nothing paralleled the feeling of singing for the people and hearing their enjoyment of our music. The music of the choir affected me greatly as a teenager, and I like to think that there were some in the audience who are like me, who came to feel the peace of the music amid these tumultuous times. This tour seemed to go more smoothly than the last one, despite it being a week longer and in seven countries where the native language isn't English. We were more prepared as a choir with our repertoire, and I was personally more prepared. I was particularly excited to return to Austria!!! :D All you gotta ...

Emily's Exploits

Search This Blog