Three Very Different Dances

Las Friday night we had a youth event and we performed all 3 of the songs we've learned so far.

The first one is hip hop. Before that day, I had never even attempted to dance hip hop, then I spent 6 hours learning a dance and performed it that evening. I'm so tired and sore now. I find this video extremely hilarious because everyone seems to be really chill and controlled and I'm all over the place with my arms flailing... but you know what? I had fun. So that's what matters. The Kingdom Skank

Then we changed the pace a bit and performed a Maori dance of worship. No we are not cussing, which is why we also provided a translation for you. And yes we are supposed to shake our hands continually. It was a privilege to be able to be able to present this culture's form of worship. The women tattoo their chins, so we used eyeliner to replicate the look. I haven't been able to upload the video, so if I ever am able to I will attach a link here.

And lastly is a song we wrote and choreographed ourselves. I really enjoyed playing percussion for it. It is called the Armor of God because all we had was an inspirational vision of a sword with one side as prayer, the other blade as worship and held together by God's Word. We then brainstormed and ended up just jamming and coming up with this idea over a weekend. We began by praying in all the languages represented by our group (yes I prayed in Spanish) then Annika, because we all love her beautiful German accented voice, read aloud Ephesians 6:10-18 and was slowly accompanied by the lovely voices of those in the group. Eventually it became a song and dance. It is rather short, so we will be adding more before we use it. Again, as soon as I can upload the video I will attach a link here.

We will probably use some version of each of these on outreach in South Africa. Let's just say I'm glad we have a long time to prepare them before that... I hope you enjoyed them!