Andrea said at the beginning of this month she felt like I would be doing some dancing here. I didn't disagree. Since we have go to our church's nightly services every night exept Saturday there would be more than enough opportunity and this church seems like the type that would welcome and apreciate that kind of thing.
Yesterday I volunteered to speak that night. Others on my team had been doing all the preaching so far, so I knew it was my turn. I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about but I knew I wanted to dance.
I had serched for the perfect song to choreograph for several days. But yesterday morning as I was preparing what I would speak about the Barlow Girl song Never Alone popped out at me. And I knew that would be the center of my talk.
So that night I spoke about God as our father, and I ended it with my dance.
I had hoped to make my first dance be about something happy and joyful, but I couldn't make myself do any other song. Never Alone hit my heart like a bullseye and I knew nothing else would work. So before I began I had the translator tell the congregation the main themes of the song; that God never leaves us alone even when we can't feel him around us. I'd been praying that the translation at the beginning of the song and the way the lyrics were sung with such emotion would get my point across.
I'd say it was a success from the way the people gave thunderous aplause several times through out the song.
When I finnished there was a standing ovation and my team gave me hugs and said it was great. My friend Jessica even ran up to put money in my pocket! (I've been told by other teams that sometimes people here like to give you money to show their apreciation for a performance.)
This afternoon at lunch Pastor Caleb was still talking about it and he waves his arms around like a louo dancer every time he sees me.
So that was my Rwandan debut. I pray the people understood the message, because I know they will remember the dance. I just hope that when they remember the dance and tell their friends about how a white girl was dancing at church, they will also say how it taught them to hold onto faith that God is with them and will never leave them.
Since we are here for another two weeks I don't expect to get off without performing another dance. Hopefully something a little more cheerful this time. And maybe I'll get a little help from my friends.
Please pray that whatever I end up doing will be to His glory and not draw people's focus to me.
And please pray for the door to door ministry we are continuing to do here. We have met quite a few Muslims who want to know the truth about Jesus! Pray that their hearts will be open to hear the truth and that God will put the right words in our mouths when we answer their questions.
Support Update!
My next deadline for fundraising is on October 31. If one doesn't have enough money raised by then, one may not be able to finnish the race and have to be sent home already. It's only been three months and I would hate for any of my teammates to leave without seeing God work in Asia.
I only need $900 to reach this deadline. Thank you to everyone who has helped me get this far!
And would you please consider helping Kayla House reach this deadline too. kaylahouse.theworldrace.org
