A 16 year old girl...ministering to hundreds of people.
Ok, so I've been in dance studios for 17 years. Between the studios I've danced in and taught in...I've probably been in some way involved in dozens of studios. I feel like I know my way around the dance world pretty well, and tonight I am amazed at what God has done though a 16 year old girl in New Palestine.
She has very little dance experience. She's an excellent clogger, and definitely gifted in all areas of dance, but very little training...mostly self-taught. She's quiet, not shy, but reserved. She's passionate and she loves the Lord with all her heart.
Her name is Kimberly. I was 4 years old when she was born, our families have been friends for years. A few years ago (when Kimberly was only 12 or 13 she started teaching the kids at the Church that her father pastors little dances. They would do their little dances in their little Church and it was a great ministry...now several years later, Kimberly is 16 years old and teaches over 70 young dancers.
Like I said, Kimberly has had very little training. All of the students she has acquired has been a result of word-of-mouth advertising. No huge billboards, commercials, signs, it's not even a big Church that they work out of...people just come.
Tonight was the "Sondancers" spring recital. I had the honor of dancing with Kimberly in it. Children ages 3 to 16 performed dance after dance. The whole show was tied together with an overall theme of "The Disciples Path." There were over 300 audience members crammed into a Church Sanctuary. There weren't enough chairs so people were standing all around. All of those 300 people today heard the gospel told, through dance, by 3-16 year olds.
I know of studios that spend thousands of dollars on advertising every year, spend fortunes to pay the most qualified teachers, search for the perfect location and facility, and still fail to bring any students in. Some how people continue to come and join the Sondancers. Is it the low cost? Or maybe just the simplicity that attracts them? I believe it's the Lord's blessing. God knows Kimberly's heart, and he's doing something big through her. I think he's probably doing something bigger than we even know.
I'm so excited to see where God takes this young woman...look at what an amazing ministry she's already done.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Posted by Kelsey at 11:10 PM
Labels: Dance, Kimberly, Sondancers
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