Monday, December 22, 2008

Speedy Sheep


The morning after Orovini's Christmas program was La Bonne Nouvelle's Christmas program. Taimoana, Aimana and Sindy's 5 year-old boy, was going to be in the program. So we were all excited to see what would happen there. He did not disappoint.
His particular scene opened with three adults dressed as shepherds standing and calmly speaking to each other with microphones. At their feet were Taimoana and 2 other kids with sheepskins on their backs crawling around them in a circle. Well, I guess they thought they needed to spice up the scene a little bit because suddenly the sheep turned it into a race. I couldn't stop laughing as these kids went faster and faster as the shepherds did their best to ignore them. At one point, Taimoana even attempted to cut a little girl off on her turn. (He likes the movie "Cars".) After many laps, the scene came to an end. As the curtains were closing, Taimoana straightened up on his knees and waved to the audience.

That evening, the Orovini church started a choir. Pastor Coucou invited me to do some warm-ups with them and speak with the choir members. I was very honored to do so and was so excited that they were starting a choir. It seemed that there were anywhere between 40 to 50 for this first practice. Once again, Toimata helped me with the translation. She has been incredibly helpful to me!

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