After the farewell dance performance, I was on a high. I felt the energy of the room when my dance company, MufukaWorks performed. We did it. It was the best night ever. We cried and all. By far, the best that I ever performed but most of all I saw the growth of my dancers. They were professionals. They were stars. It was their moment. It was by far way more than my expectations. It was God.
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It was the farewell dance performance. It was a farewell to one chapter and a opening to a new chapter. For MufukaWorks Dance Company director Elsie Mufuka (me) was moving from the hometown Beaufort, SC (MufukaWorks home base) to Charlotte, NC. The distance was 4 hours away. The same distance that I traveled for a year for graduate school. I simply had to be honest to myself and realize that I could not do the commute anymore. It is my last year of graduate school and I am working on my thesis. The pressure of travel, work, company, and school. Something was going to give.
My students are my teachers and I am a example to them. I teach them the importance of education and they taught me a true reflection of myself. So I made a hard decision and I made a farewell to Beaufort, SC to continue to finish my schooling. All in all, my decision made after lots of prayer. It was the best decision.
MufukaWorks dancers will always be MufukaWorks
1) Three of the dancers went to college and the knowing that they could do anything. Anyone who knows MufukaWorks knows once you enter MufukaWorks only the strongest survive. With that said, they could handle anything now in life. (Who says Art does not develop the mind?).
2) Through all the MufukaWorks dance workshops with the at risk youth, one dancer decided to continue to do child development classes so she could become a teacher, own her day care, and become one the examples to the youth of today.
3) One is continuing dance education at the hottest dance technical school in the area
4) The one dancer whom was fighting all year to earn her spot into the professional dance world, did it full out. Now on board with Charleston, SC Ms. Queen. She will be flying all over the place doing what she does, Dance.
I started this company one year ago and the growth is just amazing. When I look back on this year, I say thank you God. Thank you for making my dream come true. Everyone is asking what is next for MufukaWorks Dance Company. My answer: lets wait on the Lord because my goodness if he did all of this in one year. Can you imagine what he has in store for MufukaWorks Dance Company next?
Always MufukaWorks
Every morning, my co-pastor sends me bible reading passages in a text message. Some mornings, I do consistently answer and some mornings I don't. I know:I need to stop trying and just do. I am growing people, making God the first priority.
SO TODAY'S BIBLE READING 1 KINGS 11-12
QUESTION AND ANSWER: WHAT DID SOLOMON DO AGAINST GOD THAT GOD TOOK THE KINGDOM FROM SOLOMON'S SON? and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded. Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, because you have done this, and have not kept my covenant and my statues, which I have command you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 1 KINGS 11:10-12
WHEN I READ THE CHAPTERS AND FOUND THIS ANSWER, I JUST SHOUTED OUT UMMMM EVEN WORSE. YOUR CHILD GETS THE BURDEN OF YOUR SIN. I don't have children but I will. I do have people that I care about in my life. I also have children that are my students. I care about my people deeply and I realize to scan my life for sin because my actions could affect the people that I just adore. So I did. What did I learn?
I learned that not to engage into something that totally contradicts your said beliefs. The question will arise do you really believe what you say you believe. My past actions have been in the same light as Solomon. what i learned was that my temptation was turning my relationships into projects. Really believing that I can change the heart of someone, it was because every relationship that I have been in always been that way. For I was wrong, I could only plant a seed. For just like Jesus change me, he will work on these hearts. They will have to just accept him into their life. With me doing this instead of me changing hearts, I was changed. I recognized it a little late but I publicized it. REPENTED. PRAYED AND NOW I am beginning my healing process. Ready for any consequences that may arise from my actions. For I loved him but I love God more.
Recently, I got myself in a situation that I knew from the very beginning. It will end badly but I stayed in it. So I sat back and I scan my life for sin. This situation was the cause of my scattered self lately. I allowed my situation to draw me away from God and slowly I just stopped talking to my Lord.
"You don't have to change who you are but you have to change some of the things you do."
I recognize that my situation was drawing me away. I learned from it and now I repented and getting my relationship with the Lord. I told my mentors (my mom and pastor) in my life of my situation that I actually was ashamed of and I felt a weight lifted off my shoulder.
And now, I began to heal and evaluating myself. What makes me make mindless decisions?
I start fasting tomorrow.
Alot has been going on lately, it has left me lost in translation. With that being, I took a break today so I could breath and live my life. It has been a while since I sat down and rested. Today is my day to sit and rest. I have reflected alot on my needs and wants. What are my needs and wants? well it is just like everyone else, my needs and wants sum up to: I just want PEACE.
My peace lies in my dancing,choreography, school, and all in all supporting myself.
I am not afraid of growth anymore. I am willing to go full out and if I fall. I fall but guess what I will get right back up. This week, I perform on Wednesday Jully 20, 2011 at 7pm.
Elsie Mufuka-its me again
and just like that I begin to let go everything that was holding me back...
You know life is hard but not as complicated as portrayed by me. I have not written in awhile and every time that I begin to write. It was hard to start so I start writing again today. It will not be great but it is a start.
Like I said: "life is not as complicated as portrayed by me." I have missed blogging so I will start writing everything that held in my head for some time.
In additon to grad school, my dance company, and somewhat of a life. I started a new job and surprisingly to myself. I like my new job. This is surprising because I have never been the one to work on the clock. My work consists of communicating with people all day. I got the job with that communications degree that I got from Coker College and now I am so happy that I completed my communications thesis. It was stressful than but paid off in the end.
So why the additional job? I needed the extra money.
Starting my own company has not been easy and the extra money....it has helped so much. I actually get to concentrate more on my company now that I have an extra job. Simply because I am not stressing on what I am going to eat the next day. Just when I started working, the company has been growing evem more.
News flash: I am finding more of a balance with grad school. It now starting to make sense on interlinking with my current professional life of my company and job .
News flash: I have found a new church home. Its a smaller ministry and holds me accountable. The very thing that I wanted. My other church was so BIG that they did not even notice when I left. But I did like my old church because the word was strong there but I was starving for a Church family..
Well I got feed, I got a Church family from my new Church home. They notice when I am gone from Church being that I travel alot..they notice..
A FEW MISHAPS..MY LAPTOP GOT STOLEN AMONGST ALOT OF MY BOOKS. PICTURES OF MEMORIES WAS IN THOSE BOOKS AND LAPTOP.
At the same time, it was bittersweet. I am not happy that my stuff got stolen but I am happy that it allowed me to let go some pictures of memories.
Some of those memories needed to be let go they were holding me back.
"LEARN TO LET GO"
To my readers, Hello again
