Violin Recital

Without hesitation, we give God all the glory for our very first violin recital last night. First of all, if He had not called us to minister in this needy land, we would not have had the opportunity to take private violin lessons. Second of all, He has given the children ability and talent and growing discipline to learn what they have over the past couple of years (except that Hannah has only recently begun). And finally, we encountered various obstacles yesterday that could have hindered their performing to their best, which they earnestly desired to do in order to bring glory to His name. Mollie woke up with 103 fever – full-blown flu. By lunch, Hannah had a sore throat and a low grade fever. We prayed over them at lunchtime, and, by evening the fevers had subsided and their energy had returned. So, we gleefully headed to the auditorium. Then, after we arrived, William’s shoulder rest broke, which makes it really hard to hold the violin in position throughout the entire piece, but he determined to do it. Hannah played "The Monkey Song", Mollie played "Minuet 1" by Bach, and William played "Minuet 3" by Bach. God blessed each of them and honored their hard work – they all performed beautifully! We were all thrilled!

However, the flu returned in full force during the night – so we have 2 sick little girls in the house today. It’s going around Peru Mission…