What joy it is to participate in something that seeks to glorify the Lord and make Him known!   The older children and myself had the priviledge of being in our church's Christmas program called, "One Amazing Night".   Some of us sang and acted, others acted and danced.  The music is still ringing in our ears.   I believe several of the pieces were from/arranged by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.  Great music. 

Chloe played Mary's younger sister.  She and the young lady who played Mary were able to rehearse their scene at a weekly co-op lunch break.  This helped them learn their lines but also got them used to acting together.  I played a gossip - something totally opposite my real-life character, I hope.  It was heaps of fun as my opposite is/was a terrific actress, Sophia.  I had never really gotten to play a character role before so this was new territory for me.   I really had so much fun - though I was nervous about a costume change (and I admit I was afraid of "bombing").  All went just fine though.  Now, it seems rather silly to have been jittery at all.  The Lord wouldn't have minded if I had missed a line.   Oh, the big excitement for me personally:  I got to scream onstage .  This is something I had never been able to do.  It was purely by accident - I got my arm stuck between the Roman soldiers and Benjamin.  I forgot that I had a basket in my hand - it was the first time I'd used the prop.  So, my basket and hand couldn't get through their grip and I got to scream wholeheartedly.  While I had heaps of fun doing it, I am not so sure how it looked.  A gentleman at church is making DVDs for us - everyone is anxious to see it and show it to Oma and other relations (isn't it funny how we seldom worry about imposing on our relations in this manner?).

The amount of work that it took to get everything done behind the scenes is incredible.  Posters and flyers were all over to advertise the production.  The costumes were made, a stage was constructed, lighting installed, sound equipment wired and in place...wow!  Did I mention the musicians?  I can only imagine how much time they spent rehearsing.  They did a great job - we didn't use any taped music.  Then afterwards, the audience was invited to stay for "supper" - cookies and hot beverages.   I can not express adequately the great job that all these people did.  It is/was amazing!

Dear friends from Springfield drove over and watched "One Amazing Night".   That meant so much to all of us.  They drove an hour to see us...I hope it was worth it.  Hudson and Mitch were so excited to see JJ - oh my goodness.  And, Chloe couldn't wait to introduce Sally to her churchmates.  After everything was over,  it was wonderful to see their smiling familiar faces.  What fun....

As far as the play goes, we spent hours and hours and hours rehearsing.  But,  it was worth it.     It was nice to do something beside my children.  That doesn't seem to happen nearly enough.  I feel like we were truly blessed to be a part of things.

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