Kids Musical: Complete!

this past weekend was crazy as it was finally time to present the kids musical we've been working on for four months. The prior week we poured hours into painting the set and i spent a lot of time running around town picking up our rentals - microphones, set pieces and a fog machine (which never worked - don't even get me started on the stupid fog machine!). all in all, it was a great show, but there were some really rough moments - like when a costume change didn't work correctly and the kids stayed frozen on stage for what seemed like HOURS waiting for a character to come out. i finally stood up and announced this was a commercial break, trying to break the tension! if you look on my flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/amylynnheckman you will see pics from the show - the change was from the park ranger to the superhero...but when our 'Captain Super' finally came out - there was so much applause and laughter...it was great. we had a really rough time with the wireless mics (20 in all) which upset me, but what can you do? the kids had a great time, everyone loved it and that's all that matters. i was so impressed by their professional demeanor as all these rough spots were occuring - they took it all in stride. i was really brought to tears several times just thinking of how proud of these kids i am, how much i love them and just feel so blessed to have known each one of them. i never knew when i moved here that God would allow me the joy of serving with kids but it has been absolutely the most rewarding part of this job. if we ever leave here i know i will miss the kids more than anything!

so i'll put one or two pictures up on here but the rest are on the flickr account.

this week the goals are: clean office, write a bunch of thank you notes, start work on creating a children's ministry council, and cook my hubby some real meals again (too much eating out last week!)

if you read this blog regularly please pray about a very important decision that Grant and I need to make soon - we need God's guidance and your prayers. thanks!