International Children's Festival

A couple months ago we were at McDonalds. Youth group was meeting at our house and I took the kids to get some dinner. We ran into a lady we've known for years. She's from Macedonia but lives in Slovenia now with her husband and 2 daughters. She told us she was planning an international Children's Festival with kids singing from all around the former Yogoslav states. Her face lit up and she suddenly said, "Can Rebecca sing for us as well?!" She had heard Rebecca sing at church. We exchanged information and let it go at that. Later, I thought we'd missed the date for the performance. But she called this week to ask if we were still interested.

What really cracks me up is the way that Rebecca is so calm over her chances to sing. I would be sweating even with weeks of practice. But she embraces every chance with confidence and joy and I never get the feeling she's performing. It's just a natural part of herself that gets an opportunity to be seen! So last night she sang The Call by Regina Specktor. It's the song at the end of Prince Caspian. We couldn't find background music so Josh played his guitar. (Another person who doesn't work up a sweat over these things!) They were a HUGE hit! The presenter told Josh after the dress rehersal that after Rebecca sang she had goose bumps!