My Dancer

Last year, after attending a ballet camp at her studio (Light of Life Performing Arts), Madi's teachers told us that she was made to be a dancer and had great potential.  They said if she wanted to, we should get her involved in dance as much as possible, and that she could make a career out of dance.  We already knew Madi loved to dance and had a true passion for it, so she very readily agreed that she wanted to devote her time to it and didn't mind not doing other things like softball or gymnastics if she could take lots of dance classes.  Of course, all this occurred around the time Mike lost his job, so we were unable to pay for classes and decided as a family to call on the Lord and pray that He would provide what He wanted for Madi.  Not even 2 days later, we were told by her dance teacher that an anonymous donor offered to pay Madi's tuition for unlimited dance classes.  This past year of classes has been amazing for our girl.  She has blossomed and become more confident and more passionate about dance.  Even in tap class we saw the biggest improvement... which was unexpected because the mechanics of tap just didn't make sense to her and the coordination to do the steps was not getting from brain to foot.  At her dance show this past weekend, we watched a confident, gorgeous girl do a full tap routine with her class and she ROCKED it!  I was so proud. I could tell her hard work and the work of her amazing teacher had truly paid off!  She also did lyrical/modern, jazz/hip hop, and ballet.  She memorized all of the pieces and smiled and sailed through them.  (With the exception of one small flub in her ballet piece... she slipped and fell, but recovered quickly and even smiled!)

Madi is in the middle group on the left side.  This is her tap piece "Choo Choo Chabogie:

A back stage look at her lyrical piece done to "I'm After Your Heart" by Kalanie Gloeckler (Jesus Culture)

My gorgeous girl in her ballet costume.  She is growing up!!

I don't know how we are going to afford next years classes, but I am praying for a full scholarship to come through for her again, or a good job for Mike!  But I know the God that has provided for the necessary and unnecessary will come through again because I believe He was very pleased with his girl dancing her heart out for her King!