April 21st through 23rd was our stake's youth conference. They called it Moroni's Quest.
They had to make Nephite-type costumes and each ward was assigned a story from the Book of Mormon to act out. Our ward was assigned the story of Abinidi, and Taylor played Abinidi.
They met at the Stake Center and were assigned to a "tribe" Then some of the youth in the Stake started the youth conference off with Mormon and Moroni talking about the record of the Book of Mormon and reading from the beginning of the record about Lehi's family. Taylor also was in this scene and played Laman with his good friend Marcus acting as Lemuel. (see the video)They were then driven out to a ranch (to the Promised Land) an hour away for the rest of Moroni's Quest. I got to drive and enjoyed the first scene at the Stake Center. I heard the rest of the youth conference was just incredible!
The first night they were blindfolded and held on to a "rod of iron." When they took the blindfolds off there was this huge tree all glowing with lights and lit up white bulbs hanging like fruit from the branches.
Throughout the days they watched the ward reinactments and then gathered as tribes to discuss their thoughts and feelings. They also got to participate in about 3 wars as well.
The last night they were again blindfolded and sat on the ground while they heard the sounds of a big storm and then quiet. Then they heard a voice and when they took their blindfolds off, there was a spotlight on a man in white acting as the Savior and there was music playing as he walked around touching the hands of most of the youth. Taylor said it was an incredible feeling and such a strong spirit. I wish I could have been there!
Here is my van-full at the ranch when we arrived.
And here is the video:
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