Part of being the unofficial ward interpreter means that I am often awkwardly trying to sign the hymns at church. I am terrible unfamiliar with the hymns and struggle to make any kind of sense while I sign songs rife with poetic and old timey phrases.

Thankfully, the official LDS website has a lot of hymns performed in sign language (http://www.lds.org/cm/display/0,17631,7208-1,00.html). I decided it was time to look them up and GLOSS them into English. So I sit and watch the video of the song over and over and over while I try and catch all the signs they use and write down a somewhat close English equivalent.

Besides signing the songs a lot smoother, GLOSSing the hymns has really helped me understand the meaning behind all of the symbolism, similes, metaphors (are there other literary words I can through in there) in the lyrics. Awesomeness!