Hey friends!
What an adventure this past month has been! In the last 3 weeks we have held: the YWAM YS Dessert Fundraiser, DEEPER camp, weekly Youth Streets, my 22nd Birthday, AND the NYW I Wanna Live Event.
My actual birthday (April 12th) was quite an eventful day:
It started with my two wonderful housemates getting up early and making me a wonderful brekkie (complete with a whole bowl of melted chocolate!)
Then, in preparation for the I Wanna Live Event, a local TV station came in to promo the event. Since I am apart of M3 Dance, I got to be apart of them taking some dance footage for the story. Here is a link of the clip that previewed on the 6pm news on my birthday night! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v1Ee5zwRW8 (Note the sketchy quality and my roommate yelling at the TV :P)
Directly after watching the news, my extremely busy housemates had arranged for a few of my close friends to come over and surprise me, and then we all went out for a nice dinner together. We had a great time and I truly felt celebrated!
The evening ended with Gelato on the beach :) Can't really top that!
Saturday held the much anticipated I Wanna Live event. The overall aim was to celebrate local young people and instilling in them to have a sense of purpose. With over 400 people attending, here is a snap shot of some of the happenings:
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| Art Exhibition and Photo Comp. |
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| Acoustic sets in the Cafe |
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| 6ft Half Pipe! |
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| Awesome Live Band Performances |
I also got the chance to perform twice during the evening: once with M3 Dance - if you want to see the clip, check it out on my facebook wall (M3 - Snitch - 2012), and once with my YS Dance team. The two dances were at opposite ends of the scales; fast, fun hip hop; slow, confronting contemporary. However, both pieces served the same purpose to connect, relate, and inspire the young people attending to have purpose beyond themselves.
All in all, it was an amazing end to some crazy past weeks!
All in all, it was an amazing end to some crazy past weeks!
Coming up, I have a few more projects on the go. I would appreciate your prayers as we finalize 3 seminars I have been writing to take into schools starting NEXT WEEK! I also would love prayer for two grant opportunities which I am writing applications for – wisdom and the right articulation.
More updates to come soon! Thanks for following and being a part of the journey!
Xo
Liz
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