a beautiful evening

Before too much time gets away from me, I wanted to tell you about an amazing evening exactly one week ago. We were invited to a children's concert put on by a private school that we know well and also a large institute for handicapped children. Our friend directed the entire thing and played the keyboard. It was so moving to see these children performing together, helping each other and just making a joyful noise. The image is forever engraved in my mind of a father going up on stage afterward and picking up his son who was a grown man and carrying him down the isle and all the way out to his car. There were many scenes that brought tears to my eyes that evening. It was beautiful in every way. Here's a short video clip of one song they sang. The choir of the Africa Development Bank also performed along with the children.