Do You Believe?
Work Your Faith Muscles
So much has happened in the last year, good and bad, but I promise I’ll be short. If you have been following me and my journey recently, you would have saw that my husband and I were afforded the awesome opportunity to be in South Africa for a little over a month from October- November 2021 as business advisors to African entrepreneurs.
When I tell you that this experience changed my life, it did! When I found out about the opportunity, it came in an email from Joseph Business School (JBS), which is where I completed a 9 month training in 2018 to start my first business Bri’s Dance Place. So, they will always have a special place in my heart. I applied on Thursday morning, and by Monday evening, I found out I was accepted to go and would be leaving that Friday! During this season, I was teaching dance at a middle school, coaching dance at a high school, as well as running the dance studio.
I knew it was a once in a lifetime experience. However, my husband, Paul was NOT in agreement. He thought it was a setup and didn’t feel comfortable with me going for that long, not to mention our oldest was only 2 years old about to turn 3, and our baby had just been born in May and was 5 months old. Paul made a comment like the only way you can go is if I can go too. I still believed God!
Little by little, things starting to fall in place. My friend and fellow dancer, Briana was able to take on my position at the school. My assistant coach Denise took over the Poms team at the high school, and I had coverage for teachers at the studio. The only thing left was to believe God that my husband could go as well. It was the day before I was set to leave, because I did have faith it was going to work out and I confirmed I was going, even before Paul officially said yes…. (Don’t be like me- It was my faith move LOL) And Paul was still NOT in agreement. I was hurt and angry, but I didn’t argue, I just said, “God let him be able to go!” But I did sleep in the bed upstairs and he was on the couch downstairs LOL!
By 12am, Melissa from JBS was calling exclaiming to me that Paul could go! I ran upstairs to tell him and he still said NO! I have a wedding to shoot in Detroit this Saturday……. Stay tuned for Part 2 Tomorrow!
Only Believe, Don’t Doubt!