EFY Medley

Back in the day I attended EFY each summer (well, from 2003-2006). I could go on and on about how much I loved EFY and all the friends I made and things I learned. I could tell you about several great spiritual experiences I had, but I'm just going to tell you about one, because I was reminded of it tonight.

At EFY you learn a song, called The EFY Medley.(click there to be taken to a youtube video, oh, and I don't know who put the video together, you don't really need to watch it, just listen!) You sing it one of the nights, I honestly don't remember which night anymore, but I'm assuming it is Thursday night when you have your Fireside and Testimony Meeting. I recall one of those summers (I believe it was 2005) just absolutely being overcome by the spirit as we were singing this song. I KNEW that I was a child of God, that He loved Me, and that we, the youth of the church, were to be HIS missionaries. I remember looking at the group of 16/17 year old boys that were in my group that year and thinking how amazing it was that in just a few short years, they would be on missions, and I did end up writing letters to about half of them while they served their missions. It's had a really powerful influence on me ever since.

On Sunday morning I got an email from our Ward Music Chairperson asking me to accompany the young men and young women so they could sing a song at our upcoming Ward Conference. Imagine how excited I was as she asked me if I knew the EFY Medley. I quickly assured her that I knew it, owned a few copies of it, and absolutely love it.

This week I have been practicing away. Relearning the tricky parts, breaking down into just their parts at sections, and just loving this song. Tonight was the night we got together with the youth to practice the song for the first time. We taught the youth the parts, and the first time that we were putting the whole thing together, WOW! I was totally overcome all over again. I remember exactly how it felt standing in the auditorium at the University of Puget Sound singing this song with 400 of my best friends (or at least best friends for the week).

Listen to the song. It's one of my favorites. I kind of wish I was singing with the YW not playing for them... if I am overcome like I was tonight when we perform at Ward Conference it will be hard to finish accompanying them.

Also, as a bonus here is my other favorite song that I learned that summer at EFY, which also brought me to tears, and still does.

Let's just say that Summer 2005 was a life changer for me, between EFY and Girls Camp that year, that's the summer that I really figured out who I was and became the person I am today. This was before I had a digital camera, so while I have a ton of pictures from that summer, I don't have any that I can upload right now since we just got rid of our printer that is a scanner as well. On Facebook I do have some pictures from EFY 2006, which was my favorite group ever, although that's because half of them were in my 2005 group as well.

I am Marci, and I love EFY!