periodical/ finals coming up....but let me take a few minutes to share this wonderful testimony....
Our 2nd grading project for english: having a Shakespeare play in your own version. My group did a musical Midsummer Night's dream (I was the director....O_O ) the other group did a modernized romeo and juliet. At first most of us felt intimidated by the other group cuz they had much better props as well as actors....but by God's grace we pulled it off quite well.
Date of presentation: October 10, Friday
Yes...Practices were done....But we didn't get enough practices because our lead actress had german measles and one of our important characters had fever for 4 days. My other groupmates told me it's hard for them to practice w/o the other peeps. But we had to go on.....even w/o them.....I had assigned other people as our plan B in case if they wouldn't show up.
"What's your play about?" One of my classmates was curious.( He was from the other group.)
We explained......(old english script...) and stuffs...
"Oh....ok.....I'll be sleeping in your play...." He was a born critic.....everyone knew he was.
Val felt kind of hurt......" no offense.....but I think old-english stuffs are boring..." He commented. It was only his opinion....and I didn't care....
He left us to practice w/ his group. "Arrogant..." was my first thought.....but I had no time to entertain stupid thoughts.....I had a play to direct.
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"I know this is hard.......but...." Anthony stuttered. He felt depressed. Same with the others.
" Pray for them....And don't forget we have a final rehearsal on October 4, saturday at danika's house." I reminded them.
They nodded and the bell rang.....
We started practicing 2nd to the last week of september....and some of the scenes were not polished enough....I had high hopes in finishing it on saturday.
Saturday morning came...and I was painting the backdrop/background for our play......( It was on a huge illustration board....>__< )
I was going to go to dan's house after lunch....But She called me on my cell...
"Hey....sorry AJ....um....we have a huge...erm...problem..." She started.
They had told me a few of them slept over her house so that they could practice overnight.
" Please don't tell me you're sick too..."
"Um....no...I'm fine....I mean...them..."
I knew dan just had an operation on her leg cuz there was a huge infection and stuffs. I understood she could still walk but it hurt, she said. I was thankful she was okay.
" What about them?"
" I've got headache......um.....steve's got LBM.....pin2x's got....erg.....stomach ache....and.......the point is we didn't really get much sleep last nyt...." Ton intercepted...
I was disappointed but I had to understand since new viruses were coming out in our country cuz of our crazy climate....*sigh....
" Pray for each other...I'll do the same for you....and promise me you guys will do your best when we have our last practice in school....."
"Thanks man! and....ergg....(sick noises)....we will....bye! They all replied. Then they put down the phone. I didn't really know if they were lying....but they did sound awful.......
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With that I was able to finish the whole background for the whole day.
......I was relieved but at the same time....sad.....My major cast......now....the rest of my members....There was some crazy plague that's for sure. So I couldn't do anything about it.
That night....I came to my Lord in prayer....
"God....you already know how hard this is.....I dunno If I could do this anymore....My play is gonna be a big flop if a miracle doesn't happen......"
A few heavy breaths.....then......teary eyes.....crap.....I didn't wanna cry cuz I had asthma.....but....I did cuz It felt so heavy a burden.
Psalms 9:9-" The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a strong hold in times of trouble."
Aside from that....I had felt his HUG....overwhelm me......"I'm here....I always am......Do your job as director......and I'll do what I have to do as a GOD.....Your play is in my hands......leave it all to me."
A silent whisper.....was what I heard. I broke down....He gave me a song.....
"I know my God saved the day
And I know His love never fails,
And I know my God made a way for me...
It's gonna be alright!
Salvation is here!"
Song title: Salvation is here
Artist/Band: Hillsong
But I knew....He was for real....and I knew....He could be trusted. 2 things Jesus could never do was.....lie...and fail.......I believed HIM.
So as the days went by...our group developed friendships....bonds....everybody got real close. I'm pretty sure they were all concerned for each other. So thank God for helping our members get along. Then we prayed....we....kept praying for the sick actors......That was all we could do.
A few days before the play, our prayer was answered: Our whole cast was well......no more plan B's.....Thank God so much.....we practiced one last time......again...I was irritated by some members who didn't really do their parts well because they were tired.....but I didn't want to give a sermon anymore cuz it would consume our practice time....
It was hard....so so hard....for me....for my assistant directors (Francis and Anthony).....and for them.....but at the final presentation....we held hands as a group again....one last prayer before showtime.
Right after the prayer.....we all had felt God had girded us with strength....no feelings of anxiousness......full of confidence......Our play.....was a complete success....
Today....Our teacher told us how proud he was for both groups......My critic classmates had this huge smile in his face. Like he was expecting to get a high grade. Our teacher had different categories he would award to groups.....so this was what happened:
My group: A midSummer Night's dream
genre: musical classic
*Best music
*Best Play
*Most creative
*Best supporting actor: Anthony was Puck
*Best costume and props
Overall grade: 97
the other group: Rome and Julia (they changed it...)
Genre: Modernized....
*Best director-(I agreed bcz she was waaayyyyyyyy better than me in directing....I had assistants! She didn't! yay for her
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*Best supporting actress: Mity
*Best actor: Dereik (Romeo...)
*Best actress: Rena( Juliet....)
Overall grade: 93. something...
I wasn't comparing or anything.....but all I could say.....was that it was GOD'S GRACE ALL THE TIME......
My critic classmate.....was......like.....quiet....his face was like O_O
lol.....Proverbs 16: 18- "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."
All we could say was...."Praise God...." for everything....even in the midst of craziness....He was there....He proved it....
I'm just sharing this.....so I could encourage you guyz.
.....I was.....
God bless.....
SENIOR YEAR!
Peaceful
