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  ‘This looks like something straight from Salt Lake!’ 1 missionary’s crazy impressive video editing By  Emily Abel   November 17, 2021 04:09 PM MST tter Pinterest Email Print Missionaries in Syracuse, New York, are using cameras, stabilizers, microphones, and even drones as they create videos to share the gospel. YouTube screenshot “You need to put at the beginning that this was produced by missionaries—because this looks like something straight from Salt Lake!” That is what a bishop in the New York Syracuse Mission said when he saw the video Elder Jared Bender created encouraging member missionary work. And we couldn’t agree more. From the high video and audio quality to the creative edits and easy to follow dialogue, this video created by Elder Bender and his fellow missionaries could easily be mistaken as something produced by a seasoned professional on the Church’s payroll. Elder Bender from San Diego, California, loved making videos for social media before his missi...

      Some missionaries are still out in the mission field, and trying to spend          their time usefully -- and are showing their talents! Watch: Quarantined Missionaries Around the World Spread the Gospel Through Social Media Music Videos by Greyson Gurley  | Mar. 30, 2020 In order to connect with others during quarantine, many people are sharing their musical talents with each other through social media—missionaries included! With more time on their hands than usual, some missionaries have found creative ways to spread the gospel virtually, including companion duets, catchy compositions, and multi-language compilations. Even Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf has posted about those who are sharing the gospel through music. The apostle shared a video of his grandson and his grandson’s companion playing a rendition of the hymn “There is Sunshine in my Soul Today” on guitar and clarinet. Here are a few videos th...

Dear friends!  This beautiful new song "Risen", by Shawna Edwards is accompanied by Daniel Blomberg! You can see him in the video.  We knew Daniel when he was 15 years old, in Sweden, when my husband Wayne and I were there on a mission.  He was a fantastic musician at that time also. He grew up, active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, went on a mission, learned several languages, went to BYU, and other universities, receiving a fantastic education.  He has taught in universities, but his real love is helping arrange and perform music.  He lives now in Utah, and he and his wife have five talented children, and he is really making a name for himself! If you ever want his help in arranging music, or making a beautiful video of music you have already composed, he is the right one to contact! I am proud to be his friend!  

I was invited to join a group called 40 Days and 40 nights General Conference Challenge.  It is to watch (or read) one General Conference talk for the next 40 days.  I have already listened to Elder Uchdorf's talk, which opened the Conference on Saturday morning.  It is always more impressive when we listen for the 2nd or 3rd time.  This link below sends you to the site where you can watch him giving the talk.  He emphasizes words which make it more meaningful!.  If you want to take that challenge I will try to post each link each day for the next 40 days.  During that time I will be traveling some, and also have a foot operation, so I hope I can keep it up! https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/a-yearning-for-home? lang=eng You'll have to copy and paste that link, but it is just so wonderful! Along with this link above, I included a delightful thing I found on Facebook: 90-Year-Old Czech Grandma Turns Small Village Into Her Ar...

I came across an entry I posted just over 2 years ago.  I really enjoyed being a piano teacher for many years, and now I have moved north to West Bountiful, I am teaching 4 more students, in my own family this time.   I hope many of you are giving your children the advantage of music lessons.  This article gives  ideas of many advantages musical study gives. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015 492. Science Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You! Piano, and music lessons in childhood develop many abilities!  I  have read before several articles on the benefits of musical training to a person's life in many ways.  This is important reading for any parent!   Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You This is a photo of our living room years ago, which has always included a piano.  When my parents we...

Today I went with my daughter-in-law Julie to the 2nd grade class she has been teaching, but retired recently.  I taught them a bit about art, and they drew a flower to put in a card for their mother on Mother's Day.  It was fun to tell them how many things in this world have a pattern - flowers sometimes 3, 4, 5 or 6 petals, etc. and see them try to make their own creations.  My interest in art found this article and short video below very fascinating!  I hope you will enjoy it! Man Isolated Himself For 25 Years In Desert With Only His Dog, His Amazing Underground Creations Will Astound You. INSPIREMORE.COM Man Isolated Himself For 25 Years In Desert With Only His Dog, His Amazing Underground Creations Will Astound You. Josh Starling High in the deserts of Northern New Mexico, you might stumble across the entrance to a normal looking cave.  Well, it is anything but normal.For th...