cameras, lights, action!

we (GAPers) decided it would be fun to have a talent show, and that it would also be good because we could raise money for los guidos. what is los guidos you may ask? well. its a really really poor place here in costa rica. people here refer to it as "el hueco" or..the hole. because literally...its a huuuuuge hole in the ground...full of tin houses with a filthy sewage creek running through it and ya...you get the picture. so we are having a talent show tonight and also friday night. tonight Ron Bishop (founder and pres. of SCORE) will be coming along with several american groups that are here on missions trips, and then friday everyone from our churches here will be coming. we are charging about two dollars to get in so hopefully we will be able to raise a lot of money for los guidos!!!! :] one blessing is that one church, el impacto, already took up an offering for our talent show...70 dollars!! :] so ya. just pray tho that tonight goes well and that this whole thing will just be a huge success and a blessing for the people of this country! :]
- Sarah Kinsey blog

I copied that from my friend's blog cuz I'm lazy and didn't feel like typing all that out :)
But here's the deal - last night we had our Talent Show for the American groups and Ron Bishop. My "talents" were playing the piano and then Paul & I sang "Defying Gravity" from the Broadway musical "Wicked". At first I was so extremely nervous because I'm not really fond of getting in front of a bunch of people and performing. But once we got on stage, I was fine. We had 14 acts: some funny, some more serious; all in all it lasted around an hour and a half. During intermission we played a video about Los Guidos. We served snacks and put a donation jar on the table and at the end of the evening when we counted the money...are you ready for this? We had raised $350 for Los Guidos!!!!!! And that was just one night - we're doing the show again on Friday night for our churches. God is so amazing!!! We know that it definately wasn't because we're so talented - we want to give God all the credit :)

*Pictures coming soon!*