Our school holds an annual talent show that it calls China Night each year. Kevin was convinced by his teacher to perform with the kids. He told the story of his Major League debut when he got a sunflower seed stuck in his throat as he was warming up to pitch. The point of his story is how he worked for years to get to the point he was at, and yet his entire career was vulnerable to a seed! He ties in the passage in Lk. 6 really well about how our foundation in JC is the only firm foundation we can have. That baseball and all other things of this world are fleeting and uncertain. He had the kids up on stage to help him act it out, doing hand motions that describe the actions he completed in order to prepare for baseball (like running, working out, flying on a plane, etc.). His story was a hit! And it was an awesome opportunity to share with our friends from school and others there what we feel like is important in life. (Kevin even had his best friend from baseball, Lief, come with our family to see the show.) We even ended up letting Noah go up on stage with the other 3 after he was totally into doing the actions with them during our at-home dress rehearsal the night before the performance!
The only downside to the night was when Hud slipped off his seat and scraped his neck on the chair in front of him. He ended up with a huge bruise and scrape all across his neck (as you can see in the photo).
We finished the evening off at McDonalds (a short walk from where the performance was being held) with ice cream sundaes to celebrate how well the kids had cooperated.
