Wonderfully Made Dance

So. I have a secret to share. Many of you have probably learned it by now (thanks facebook!) or even suspected after conversations. Heck, maybe I couldn't stand it anymore and I just told you in a fit of excitement. 

Do you remember this? 

Well what I wasn't sharing at the time was a desire and hope for being able to teach. To be able to share my love of ballet with children and adults of all backgrounds without exclusivity. I started by dipping a toe in...maybe I would tell an elder at our church what I thought I was being called to, they would remind me that I just had a baby and am not exactly Mother Teresa, pat my hand and send me on. 

I should have considered the elder I went to. 

That was in early January. Fast forward to today and I taught my first Teen Beginner and Adult Beginner ballet classes for Wonderfully Made Dance. Tomorrow I will be teaching full classes from 9:15-2:00pm. 

Teaching! BALLET! For my own dance ministry, Wonderfully Made Dance!!! When I gathered the courage to be told "NO" I was instead met with "I've been praying for this for six years." and "It's about time." and the ever popular "Well, yeah, you've talked about this before." (I had?!)  I will even be working in conjunction with a school for several classes as they were looking to expand their fine arts offerings. If God isn't speaking into that....well, I don't know because God is certainly speaking to me through my this. Even the name, a verse I actually don't like but has been a constant in my life, came to me in prayer and meditation. When I brought it up with several church elders one told me she had been praying that verse for me the last five years. She and another woman both felt it was my verse....I can't help but say "spooky". 

I have been blessed and loved and trusted through the last five months to see my dream and calling come to fruition. This post will never do it justice, but to not mark tonight on here seemed a crime. I've linked our website, in an evolving state of development, below and posted links to our facebook and twitter. I hope you'll stop by and read more about us, tell someone in Fort Worth about us, and continue to pray for us. You might even sneak a prayer in there for Maeve as tomorrow is her very first day of Mothers Day Out. Though she'll be down the hall from where I'm holding classes, I'm a bit nervous about it and hoping her love of people will outshine her love of Mama time. 

I am beyond full with happiness, and also a little sore. As I climb up those stairs to fall into bed I leave you with our mission statement: 

God is an artist; the first thing we learn is that God is a creator, a designer.

Through God’s creation we are all “fearfully and wonderfully made.”

Wonderfully Made Dance is a donation based ballet ministry of Mosaic Ft Worth. We serve as a safe and fun place for children and adults to learn expression and beauty through dance. Every gesture, expression and action speaks about the dancer and reveals a glimpse of their relationship with 
God. We find freedom in dance.