So I don't actually know if that man came to church or not. To be honest, I don't really remember what he looked like, so I couldn't pick him out of a crowd, so he might have been there. Like, I remember what he was wearing, but his face didn't have any really notable features.... my bad.
This week I taught my first dance class in Tremorfa! Let me give you a bit of background before I tell you how it went:
My history involves a lot of dance. I've danced since I was 8 years old, and started assistant teaching by the age of 14. I've done mostly ballet and contemporary dance styles, but have dabbled with other styles, such as tap, hip hop, as well as ballroom. Basically, I love dance!
I'd really been itching to dance lately, and I'd been wanting to teach a class in Tremorfa for a while now. So we finally got a week that would work to put the class and now it was up to me to make it happen. And that's when the nerves set in. I felt nervous about teaching again because I haven't taught for a few years now, and there was no guarantee that whoever shows up would participate. I had to come up with a class that was active enough so that these kids wouldn't get bored, but also easy enough that a beginner could get it.
Before I could get the choreography finished, I had another battle to face. This was more of a mental/spiritual battle. The entirety of last weekend was a battle. I kept getting doubts. I kept hearing whispers in my ear telling me nobody will show up, or don't get your hopes up, or you're not good enough.
It was an incredibly difficult week. I had thought about giving up countless times; just calling it quits and not bothering to do the class. I didn't have much hope of anyone showing up. But somewhere at the beginning of this struggle I had told a friend about my idea for this class and about my doubts for it, too. She told me that if God's calling me to do this, I should just do it in obedience. Whether anyone show up or not, if I've done my best in preparation I will have been obedient, and that's all that God asks of us. Then throughout the week she sent me notes of encouragement about the class. What a sweetheart.
I decided to let go and let God. I went for it and choreographed the dance. We put out flyers invited the girls in Tremorfa to come.
And they did! Well, 2 of them did anyways. They showed up at the door, we let them in, and one of them sat down to be on her phone, and the other didn't go further than the doorway. These 2 are regulars at the club, and I wasn't sure they would join in at all. I was about to pack up and go home because they weren't participating when one of the girls I work with who was there to help suggested that I show the girls what the dance looks like. So I showed them on the condition that they had to both learn 5 moves from the dance.
Once I had shown them the dance, they both stood up to learn the 5 moves promised and they got so into it that we went way beyond the 5 moves they said they would do! We did it with the music and they got excited about how it all went together! Praise God!
I consider it a small miracle for both of these girls to join in something like this. The one girls you can hardly get her to join in a short game, let alone actually moving your whole body in dance! And the other one likes to be the crazy person in the room and not behave, but they both did really well for a first try!
Thank you to everyone who's prayed for me and given me encouragement this week. I really needed it. And I believe that God has something good in mind for this dance stuff. Keep up the prayers!
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