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Family and friends there is SO much to tell and my sincerest apologies for not updating you over the months. Well am back and have much to report to you all ! God surely has blessed me indeed and has brought so many opportunities my way. In trust and faith in Him , I have stepped into increase.
Things began brewing when I went out to get a job and actually got the job ! That was just a hint of the things God had lined up. Next , I was informed that my classmates had the opportunity to see Eve Ensler, the writer of the Vagina Monologues , speak in London. I was not going to go because to be honest I wasn't as interested as much as the other women. For some reason though I had this feeling that I should go. So I went. And bless the Lord for leading me to go because it changed my life. I haven't cried like that in some time. She was the most empowering , inspirational women that I have meet. She truly had a loving heart , her passion and drive to help women was so pure , it even went beyond helping them , it became about breaking the silence and opening the gateways for women to speak out. She brought to light the horror that is taking place in the Congo. I was hurt to the core. I never felt so much spiritual pain for the Congolese women , children , men and land. I vowed that I would do what I could with the talents God has given me to stop such terrors. So since then I have met with several girls on my program and have read up about the issue in the Congo. My head of course / Director knows Eve Ensler personally and told her that we wanted to go to the Congo and do what we could with our craft and construct a program at the City of Joy to aid the women in channeling their experiences and stories into theatre, dance and writing. Today Eve Ensler and Christine ( a Congolese Activist at the City of Joy) gave us the okay !!!! BUT , since then I thought I should branch out and audition. So I did. I was to have an audition this past Sunday for an up and coming theatre company called RavenRock. The day of I wasn't going to go because I didn't have the address and hadn't heard back yet. Then just when I was on the verge of giving up , I got an email. I had the address and left the tube station at 9 , when the audition was at 10 in London !! Which is not enough time, well shouldn't be since it takes about 40-45 minutes to get to the central and I was going further out than that. Well I was praying my entire journey that I would get there on time. By the grace of God I got there right on time with 2 minutes to spare. Of course though , the auditioned consisted of singing AGAIN ! haha AHH . I said okay Lord we can do this again. So I sang and danced for the first round. Then when we all came back , I got called back. Then I had to sing AGAIN ! This time I chocked , but the guy who was playing the guitar comforted me and told me I just got nervous about the first note, but he knew that I could sing. So that was good. And they must have seen something because I got accepted into the company for both the London and the Edinburgh productions.
Now Edinburgh is the world's largest theatre festival and RavenRock is performing there for a month , the whole month of August , which does unfortunately conflicted completely with the Congo.
Then yesterday I received a Facebook message with an offer to be apart of another play that would head to Edinburgh ! I couldn't believe it ! Could I do to? And apparently I can , so I am doing both. However, I couldn't get the desire in my heart to go to the Congo. So I prayed about , asking for a sign , a feeling , ANYTHING ! So I've been on the computer at school looking around and reading about the Congo and I realized more than anything I want the injustices in the Congo to stop. What could I do ? So a thought popped into my my head. I could promote change ,bring awareness at Edinburgh ! I mean there would be soooooo many people there , hundreds of thousands of flows of people ! The perfect place to spread the word , get petitions signed and so forth. So I have decided to do the footwork over here . STILL , I am going to the Congo. Whether it is in September or next year I am going. I plan to work on the proposal and structure of the course we are taking to City of Joy so that I can still be apart of it.
ALSO , I got asked to be apart of another project that deals with Women and the Media. So I am doing some pieces for that as well , and will be using my poem " Women in My Mirror" from Lovin'Chocolate in an ensemble piece with two other Black/African women , which I am SO excited about !
So that is about all caught , I may be missing some minor details but though it may be alot I am truly grateful for this heavy load , as heavy loads come in all forms. Hope you are all well love you dearly !
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