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Summer Dance Intensive 2022 -Part 1-

 I was out of town with some friends last December to watch a Christian ballet at a local church when we first had the idea to attend a specific dance intensive together. The intensive we were discussing is hosted by the company we were going to watch perform that weekend. They're a Christian ballet company and their summer intensive is open to ballet dancers around the world. We had heard so many stories from people about how attending that intensive made a huge impact on their spiritual lives, and my friends and I wanted to experience it for ourselves.  

The dance intensive is almost three thousand dollars though, and is about eight hundred miles away from where we live. We really wanted to go, but the idea of raising the money in only four months, which is when the deadline was to pay the tuition, seemed pretty much impossible. 

We kept talking and praying about it though, and soon we started coming up with ways to raise the money. On top of doing fundraisers, I got a job in February and was saving some of the money I made to put towards the tuition.  

I applied for the intensive in February and soon found out I was accepted. Shortly after, I applied for one of their scholarships and was so blessed to receive one for almost five hundred dollars. As I was reading the letter about the scholarship, it became clear to me that God was telling me to go to this intensive. I also had so many people, mostly family, that gave me money to help pay for the tuition. I'm so thankful to have so many people in my life that gave so generously and were more than happy to help me. 

In April, I was able to pay the full tuition and turn in the required paperwork. I continued working and saving money for things like gas and other travel expenses, with only two months until the intensive. By the time June rolled around, I had saved plenty of money for traveling, and I started packing and planning for the trip. I left on July 1st and stayed for two weeks. In next week's blog I'll share how the intensive went!


Proverbs 16:3 ESV

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. 


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Psalm 149:3~ Let them praise his name with dancing. (NIV)


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