Song of the Heart





Young, old, inbetween...all SING!  Cape Verdians sing with abandon...like Brasilians who love to
sing out strong.  Even I sing here...with no worries about proper notes or perfect pitch.
We sing out...outloud!  There is no holding back or glancing around...just a loud imperfect/perfect sound...
of hymns (sometimes too slow or too fast  or too this or that)...and too amazing for the heart
to hold it all in...so we sing..out...OUT-LOUD! 

  

Then one day we visited a woman named: Lulucia.  We have visited her family before.  She had wandered away from what she knew for awhile...but she could never forget the words of a song that she had saved for years about what she once knew and about the gospel being true...

President and Sister Oliveira asked her to pull the words out again and sing them for our zone meeting.  She said her heart was touched...as was everyone there.

They were inspired to invite her to share a gift that will welcome her back.  We visited again and knelt with the whole family.  They know what they need to do to be together forever.  There is always a bit of sadness when people wander away...and when they return...the joy is amazing. 

I love that Heavenly Father gives us gifts and talents just to help us remember.  I love that music is like a prayer unto Him.  D&C 25  I love that the Cape Verdians sing out...WAY to the rafters... OUTLOUD!  Just makes my spirit smile! (sometimes to a giggle)-(sometimes I swallow tears).

In America, (for the sake of the whole), I generally pantomime because I love the lyrics and don't want them to give up congregational singing on account of me...

but here...I sing OUT!!!