Life/Prayer Requests

I have a prayer request (or 3...)

For whatever reason, I haven't been sleeping very well lately. Some of it is due to the hectic schedule of getting ready for performances and such things, but in any case, I am so done with feeling tired all the time... It takes me a long time to fall asleep, which is probably because my mind is wandering all over the place and can't seem to find its way back home to rest. Just with all of the performances here, the audition this weekend, Japan stuff coming SO quickly, and trying to keep up with praying for all the kids I work with (at CMA and at the churches I go to), I kind of have a lot on my plate. Especially with the audition for Light of the World Ballet coming up this next weekend, I would prefer to not go into it already feeling drained.

Which leads me to my next prayer request: the audition. I do feel like I am supposed to do the audition, that much is clear, but I just haven't had a whole lot of time to prepare for it. I have only been taking two ballet classes a week, and recently less than that with the crazy schedule. I don't feel like I'm dancing very well. And yes, I know that it is all in the Lord's hands regardless of how well or how poorly I do, but I want to leave the audition feeling like I did well. Ya know?

But on the bright side, stuff is going fairly well, CMA-wise. We had our first (and largest) performance on Friday up in Ft. Collins, which was such a blessing. All my kids did pretty good, I love those girls. I also get to share about Japan this year, which I thought was going to be scary, but really wasn't; I just need to learn to be more succinct with my words--I can talk for quite some time... But my *favorite* part was the recessional, the big piece at the end with all of the students. This time the song is called "God of Justice" by Tim Hughes (look it up, its a winner), and it talks about how the Lord has given us all that we need and filled us with His light and life so that we may share it with others. Anyways, at the end, there is this part that we do all together, all 100 something kids and then the rest of us...and let me tell you, looking down and seeing all these kids exhorting those watching to go and let their faith become an action - it was powerful. I just about cried. Pray that the Lord would be using these performances to spur His people into action!

"He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8