St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center

On February 13th LWB company and trainees performed at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center in Oswego, New York. The performance went really well. There was a large turnout of the St. Luke's residents and faculty so much so that the meeting hall we performed in was completely packed. LWB performed our short travel version of Follow the North Star and invited our audience members to join in Healing is in His Hands (our song with simple hand motions). Many of the audience members joined in and it was very special doing this song all together for the first time after our winter break. I was privileged to share my personal testimony and we were all privileged to be able to meet many of the residents after the show. Meeting elderly residents at centers like this one is always special as we get to hear their stories and inquire about their relationships with Jesus Christ. St. Luke's was our second performance of the year. Performing there was a blessing! ~Abby(Trainee)

Valentine’s Sitter

Valentine’s Sitter was a blast! On February 14th, we did a Valentine’s Sitter fundraiser for missions. After parents had dropped off their kids, we started the night with some Valentine games, and a fun heart-shaped craft, followed by dinner. After everyone enjoyed their pizza, the company and trainees performed a few different dances and the kids got to join in the dancing as well! Lydia shared her testimony and Miss Ashley gave a character lesson. We finished the night with heart-shaped sugar cookies and some coloring pages. We had a great group of kids, so fun and attentive! It was a great opportunity to share with the kids, "We love because He first loved us,"(1 John 4:19)! ~Anna

Bellevue Manor

LWB Company and Trainees had the opportunity to dance for the residents of Bellevue Manor nursing home. Despite the frigid temperature outside, many people came to watch the performance. We performed Follow the North Star and Anna shared her testimony, connecting the freedom from slavery depicted in the ballet to the freedom from sin that God offers us. Several of the workers at the nursing home also came to see us dance. After the performance, we were able to talk to members of the audience and greatly enjoyed getting to know them a little. They were all such a blessing to us and we are thankful for the chance we had to dance and share God's love with them! - Caitlyn

Faith Heritage School

On Wednesday February 11^th the company and trainees performed at Faith Heritage School. It was the first time that the tour version of Follow the North Star was performed. Follow the North Star is a historical ballet that tells about Harriet Tubman and how she led slaves to freedom. It was very exciting to get to share this story with the kids at the school. They were very attentive to the story and afterwards we got to talk with several of them. The school is doing a great job with the kids, and we pray that God continues to bless them and the work they are doing! ~ Lydia

Lighthouse Church of God

Light of the World Ballet had their first performance of the 2015 spring season at Lighthouse Church of God in Mexico, NY. We had so much fun worshipping with our brothers and sisters in Christ before presenting "Ana's Battle", a story ballet about fighting the lies of the enemy with the truth of God and what He says about us! The church was really responsive to the message, especially the part where Ana stands up to the "whisperers", remembering who she is in Christ! It was a blessing for us to be there for the morning service and to get to share this exciting ballet. :) -Jamie

Destiny USA Mall

On December 20th, the company, trainees, and youth ballet performed at Destiny Mall. Although shortly before we performed, we realized we had forgotten an important cord for the sound system, God proved faithful, and we were able to recover it and start the performance in a short amount of time. We performed our Christmas pieces from "A Christmas Celebration" twice that afternoon. Since we were in a central area of the mall (right where kids and their parents were lined up to see Santa), many people got to watch the performance and hear the salvation message given by Miss Ashley. We had the opportunity to dance with quite a few of the sweet kids there during our interaction with the audience, which was a lot of fun. Jesus was lifted high, and it was a wonderful way to begin Christmas week! ~Hannah W.

Galisano Children's Hospital

LWB had the privilege of performing our Christmas show at Galisano Children's Hospital December 18th. The Holy Spirit was very evident and God moved in many ways. We were able to interact with the children and had a special time of prayer with a family who had felt God speak into their lives. We are very thankful for all of the prayers for our performances and very thankful that we were able to share our joy with those awesome children. -Crisanna Bechtold