M&TSW

M & TSW = Music and The Spoken Word, duh.
Deids and i have been putting off going for quite sometime now.
It's just too early to get up and drive an hour to go..
But successfully we accomplished the inevitable.

we thought it was in the conference center but it ended up being

in the tabernacle which was even more incredible!

It brought back memories from when conference was in there.

{how blessed we are to have the new conference center that holds so many more}

President Monson and his wife were in attendance and that was a real treat as well.

I will definitely be going again. It's different every week. Go Go Go.

after we took a walk around the temple.

Some sister missionaries took our picture {i'm sure that's what they never stop doing}

but as we were walking two missionaries caught my eye. Telling this couple about our

beautiful temple. Seeing the happiness of the missionary sharing what she knows and loves best was such a cool experience for me. It made me want to do splits with them again.

and of course all we wanted to do was get up on

the roof to take a picture..but since 9/11 you have to go up

to the top with a "host" so why not?

The greatest old man was our tour guide. We said all

we wanted was a picture and to leave but he convinced us to take a quick tour at

the top. which was such a great idea.

At the top there is this marble or glass looking wall, called the "garden roof mural." It has pictures of indians, pioneers, and modern day people. At the top of this wall it says the scripture in D&C i think it is that says:

And this Gospel shall be preached unto every Nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people..

As you are walking up to it you then see your reflection in the wall as well. It is to show us that we are included in that plan. He mentioned that it was a very sturring special moment for some of the non-members of the church that take this tour. I was thinking about that on the way home and how much work we still have to do with preaching this wonderful gospel. It's kind of exciting in a way, is it not?