Last night Laura and I taught drama class for the first time, and it was great. First of all thank you all who were praying for the classes. We had three classes last night: Elementary, Middle school, and High school. Over all we had more than 30 students which is great for the first week, and hopefully more and more will come as the semester roles along. A lot of the young men were absent from the High school class which was a little bit of a bummer for me because that's the age group I feel I can really relate with. The Elementary class was surprisingly fun. I say surprisingly because in the past they have been a little rowdy, but the group really seemed excited to return, although many were sad Ms. Jill did not return this semester. (Ms. Jill helped to start the program a couple years ago but decided to step down because of her jam packed life. She also makes great cookies.) In the Middle school and High school class we also handed out a questionnaire to find out what interested them. Laura and I found the responses very encouraging, and many of them wrote they were interested in auditioning for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), the Pittsburgh Arts school, which is has great educational program not to mention a phenomenal drama program. One of the girls in the Middle school class is now fourth on the waiting list and another auditioned in December and just got her letter of acceptance. Laura and I know there we have our work cut out for us, but we are bot incredibly excited to have the ball rolling.
As for other theatre endeavors, Laura and I are both very blessed. If you have been following the blog you know I opened a show last weekend and the response has been pretty positive. If you want you can check out the review:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09034/946449-325.stm
I also have an audition for another show at the Pittsburgh Rep on Monday that will go up in May. Laura will start rehearsals for Steele Magnolias in March.
All in all, we thank you for your prayers. God is good.
Prayer Requests:
The young girl on the waiting list for CAPA.
For the young men who are supposed to attend the High school Drama class.
My audition on Monday
Next weeks Performing Arts Acadamey
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Glad things are going well! And congrats on the very positive mention in the review of M2M!
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ReplyDeleteHi Eric and Laura,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you and Laura are off to a terrific start with the drama classes! We will keep praying for your support raising, it is tough to do. Gary had to do support raising when he became part of Campus Crusade for Christ right out of college. (Just like you and Laura) Then, when he left CCC, he came back to the Erie area and started a campus ministry for three college campuses and also some Bible Study programs in the high schools--fund raising again! I will pray for boldness...Phil. 4:13
I have copied your prayer requests to my list of Missionary prayer requests that I keep by your picture on our refrigerator! Good choice, since we seem to go to that appliance 50 times a day!
By the way, how did your audition go?