The Janis Family


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Miracles and Blessings

Today I lead a miracle.  We only have one choir practice before we perform, largely because no one has time or interest in attending choir practice-myself included.  Last week I only had 3 people at our one and only choir practice for our Christmas number.  I made a plea for ward members to attend our Sunday run through before sacrament meeting.  We had about 15 people.  The first time through didn't sound so good, the second time was okay, but i felt a little disappointed because it really is a pretty song and I knew that with just a few more run throughs it could sound good, but there was no more time to practice.  When we sang it was wonderful.  It sounded incredible.  I have to stood in aware as I lead the choir, it was a humbling feeling.  Music in sacrament meeting must be important to Heavenly Father because he gave our ward a miracle as our choir sang today.

On Friday Dover received his patriarchal blessing.  Red Letter Day, it was a day to make all the heart ache that comes with parenting worth it.  The spirit was so strong and Dover was so touched by the spirit and words of the blessing.  He and Shalayne will be leaving to drive to Utah together on December 27th.  Dover will be working, and taking a few college classes, and SNOW BOARDING!  Shalayne is transfering to UVU and will be playing soccer there.  UVU has conference games in Houston!  LUCKY US!  It is so fun to have her here! It's nice to be 5 instead of 4.

On Saturday we celebrated Hanukkah with Damon and Tiffany and their family. Brandon's parents are Jewish converts to the LDS church and we celebrate Hanukkah and Passover in remembrance of our Jewish heritage.  Brandon's brother Roark shared this fun remaking of the Taio Cruze song Dynamite into a Hanukkah song called "Candlelight".  If you know anything about Hanukkah it's hysterical.
Posted by Mindy Janis at 5:02 PM

2 comments:

  1. HeatherDecember 19, 2010 at 7:37 PM

    I know what you mean about ward choir miracles! I led the choir in Williamsburg and it was amazing how things always seemed to work out at the last minute. It was one of the most spiritual callings I've ever had!

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  2. CathyJanuary 1, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Thanks for commenting on my blog http://musicfortots.blogspot.com/
    I viewed this blog of yours as well as your Kindermusik blog. We are kindred spirits! I used to teach kindermusik, then quit so I could create my own lesson plans.

    I use to teach for Arizona State University's community ed classes and taught the kindermusik classes and then my own classes for them. Due to budget cuts, they dropped the program. Now I'm struggling to keep classes going and finding families to enroll. Do you have suggestions on finding families and tots to enroll in your classes?

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