She was asked to give a performance last Sunday during our Sacrament meeting at church. (For you non-Mormon folk, that's the general congregation meeting, usually held before Sunday School.) Now, we're unable to record--either video or audio--during the meeting (we consider it sacred), so I recorded one of Lee-Lee's rehearsals.
Keep in mind that this was a rehearsal--and she is only 14 years old without any formal voice lessons. (I also had to use my cheap digital camera to do the recording.) It doesn't fully reflect how the actual performance went (I totally cried). There is something very special that happens when Lee-Lee performs in front of a proper audience--everything comes together perfectly.
She chose the song herself--"Virtue" by Jenny Phillips. And if you're interested, these are the lyrics:
Because I love the Father,
I want the minds of men
to be lifted when they look at me.
Because I am His daughter,
I want my devotion to Him
to be what they see.
I don't need the attention of immodesty.
I am confident in my divinity.
(Chorus)
I didn't come to Earth to compromise.
I came here to hold up my light.
No matter what the world may do,
I'm a daughter of God,
and I'm holding on to virtue.
I want to lead a life
that is full of so much good
it attracts the light to me.
So I'm trusting in my Father
to magnify the beauty
He has placed in me.
I am confident in my divinity.
(Repeat Chorus twice.)
Big E and I are rather proud to be Lee-Lee's parents. She's turning out to be an amazing young woman.
