benefit concert

Last Friday, April 1st, Sara was able to participate in a benefit concert called "Prodigies 4 Peru" presented by Eagle Condor Humanitarian who helps kids in South America.  She was one of five pianists, five violinists, and one vocalist.  She was very nervous.  This was the largest audience she's ever played in front of.  I was so proud of her.  Afterward she said, "I'm glad I did it.  Now I know it's not that bad to play in front of so many people."  I've been trying to convince her to play in sacrament meeting and she finally agreed she would.  She even asked her piano teacher the next lesson if there was a hymn arrangement she could learn to play for sacrament meeting.

Ben and I are always telling her that we are glad she has this talent, but that it's not only for recitals and competitions.  She needs to use her talent(s) to help and lift others.  This gave her that opportunity and seems to have given her the confidence she needed to do it even more.