For all of my friends and sisters in Young Womens

On Wednesday, we had New Beginnings and introduced the new theme for the year. This year’s theme is “Be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his” (Mosiah 5:15). So cool.

We had a fairy tale theme. The girls dressed up as princesses and we decorated the room like an enchanted forest (fake trees, twinkling lights, a big cardboard castle, etc.). Then we read the girls a fairy tale. Here is part of it;

Once upon a time in a far away land, lived the young women of the Cortez 4th ward. The high King of the land made a proclamation that was to be given out to every young woman. “Hear ye, hear ye. All young women are to be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works.” The King also added that those who followed this proclamation would become the fairest in the land.

The young women of the Cortez 4th ward took this proclamation from their King to heart.”

Also in this kingdom lived a dark and terrible prince. This prince of darkness saw the good works and faith of the young women of the high King. He saw how fair and beautiful and good they were. They were the fairest in the entire world, and they were spreading light and joy to mankind, and it made him very mad.

So the prince of darkness jumped on to his dark horse and came to the fair young women with magazines and TV images of women of a different type of beauty. “This is beauty,” he whispered and shouted and wrote everywhere. “It is your bodies and your clothes that make you beautiful.”

But the fair young women were “steadfast & immovable” in their faith. They knew that the true beauty in them came from their faith and good works. It came from their desire to follow their King.”

We had songs and videos (put out by the church) that went along with the story and were absolutely amazing. Then our bishop talked to the girls about the reality of that fairy tale and their King. It was such a fun and spiritual night. It think that our princesses had a good time.