Ella has been going to children’s choir for a few weeks. She’s technically not old enough, it’s really kindergarten through fifth grade. Since there aren’t many activities for her age group at our church and she’s pretty mature for her age, we talked to a few teachers about moving her into choir and Sunday School a little early.
The first few weeks she was the only person at choir and was so disappointed. Finally, other children came and her response was “the boys and girls came to see me!” We’ve enjoyed hearing her practice and it has been good for her to have another weekly activity in addition to dance class.
This morning was their first “performance,” they sang Zaccheus and Jesus Loves Me. Ella has been so excited all week, but was a little nervous about it this morning. I gave her a threatening pep talk and she got up on stage with her friends. Of course, I sat on the front row and snapped photos of this momentous occasion! She did her hand motions to Zaccheus and knew the first and second verse of Jesus Loves Me. She didn’t smile much, but she did sing loud and she didn’t cry. My favorite part of hearing her practice has been “they are sweet, but He is strong.” This morning she got it right!
