The Nephite Family

For our ward Christmas party, we were asked to be part of a small skit. Each group has a room in the church and groups of people in the ward would wonder through the rooms to hear the Christmas story. They had shephards, the three wisemen, Mary and Joseph, the choir of angels, and a few others. We were asked to play the part of Nephi (3rd nephi to be exact) and his family. We were to decorate the room we were in, make costumes and have a little speech that talked about what was happening in america at the time of Christ birth and a little on Samuels prophecy. Brandon did a great job making the speech and Coleton charmed everyone as the Nephite baby. I had a lot of fun sewing the outfits and getting it all set up.

here is the little speech Brandon wrote... "Thousands of miles away from jerusalem the Nephites eagerly awaited the birth of the savior. As a Nephite Prophet I spent most of my life teaching the people of the coming of a savior, but it wasnt until Samuel stood upon the city walls and prophesied of the signs of his coming that the persecution truly became great. According to the prophet, a day and a night and a day would pass away without any darkness, afterwhich a new star would appear, marking the birth of the Savior. From that point on, non-believers began to watch, not for the signt to appear, but for the sign to not appear. Eventually a day was chosen when all of the believers would be gathered together and put to death. When the chosen day arrived, I spent most of the day praying to the Lord for help. Eventually his voice came to me saying, "be of good cheer, on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world." As the sun began to set, we waited faithfully, even as persecutors drew near with swords drawn (he had his real sword that he pulled out), but to our joy as the sun went down, the light remained as samuel had prophesied. The next night a new star appeared (we had the lights turn off and had glow in the dark stars on the wall for the new star) completing the prophesies made by samuel on the city wall. You can imagine our feelings as the birth of the savior truly saved our lives, much as his life would later save our souls."