The kids are part of the ACT Theatre Company's production of Willy Wonka this summer! Annah will be playing the part of Mrs. Teavee (Mike Teavee's mom); Sylvia will be Mrs. Bucket (Charlie's mom), and Caeden will be an Oompa Loompa. I will be vocal coaching for the show, as well as the company's production of Suessical. It all makes for a very busy summer, but lots of fun work!
Today we had our first practice/read-through of Wonka. There are 59 children in the cast!
Sylvia reading her Call It Courage book/gift from her teacher at violin lessons.
We were pleased to be able to attend a PoC prayer service tonight! Pastor Todd and Kim had some great exercises to guide the kids through praying in different ways. They loved it.
We are fervently praying for a sweet little one we know as Baby Matthew. He was born 2 years ago with Down Syndrome. Not long after he was born, he had heart surgery to correct a heart defect. Then he was diagnosed with leukemia. It did go in remission for a time, but returned a few months ago and has progressed beyond further intense treatment. Last week his doctors gave him 4-6 weeks to live.
We are praying for Matthew and his very young parents, Jessica and Matt. We are asking God to miraculously heal Baby Matthew, to give comfort and peace and joyful moments to the family, and to draw people into a relationship with Jesus because of this situation. Point of Change is praying non-stop for a 72-hour prayer vigil, but we won't stop praying at the end of that either.
During our prayers of intercession time this evening, the kids made bright encouraging signs to be hung in Matthew's room.
In the car the other day, this song came on and we were all singing along like usual. Sylvia suddenly said, "Mom, I think this song is for Baby Matthew." and it took on a whole new perspective.
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