About a year ago when Natascha was leading worship, I set up an appointment with her to have her hear me sing and see if she thought I could do it. I loooove to sing at church, always have. I have always wanted to sing up there. I knew I had a good ear but never thought I had a good voice quality. Natascha said that we could train my voice but not so much the ear. But I chickened out and cancelled the appointment!
This summer, I took mom to rehearsal and sat and sang along in the back. pD walked by and said, are you harmonizing? He said to try singing. I said no, then thought about it and said I'd try. He handed me the mic and I sang, pacing back and forth in the back. The song was Good Good Father and I know the harmony really well. They all said it sounded good! Shortly after that Natascha announced she was leaving so I waited. One week, Dave had me rehearse and I could mostly hear the harmonies and that Sunday I sang with him! I looooved it! He only gave a few suggestions and not a lot of feedback but people seemed to like it.
The next week, Dave came to the house to work with me. Scott sat and watched and between the two, it was pretty intimidating. But I did it and surprised myself! Dave said if I kept doing well, he'd let me sing with him at Praisefest! By the end of that practice, he said I was in for Praisefest!
So I sng a few more weeks and then got to sing at Praisefest! I was very nervous all day and thought too much about it but it was very fun! It was hot up there and the people seemd far out there and not really listening, but my family was there and they enjoyed it.
I've been singing every week since then and I finally feel comfortable up there! Dave gives me lots of great feedback. One funny story is at a rehearsal he turned and said, I like how you sing just some of the lines, it layers it. I said, well, I'm only singing the harmonies I can hear!
I sing in the car almost every time I'm in it, sometimes working in the songs for Sundays, sometimes not.
I love being up there with mom. And the rehearsals with the guys are fun.
This last wek I finally tried without music and I stood on the other side of Dave over by Mom. It took awhile to be able to lose myself in the worship without seeing everyone looking at me, or worrying if they were worshipping or not, or worrying about when and what to sing. This week I just stopped worrying and thought about the words and just sang. But I continue to feel surreal. I can't believe I actually get to do this!
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