{"id":4182,"date":"2019-12-13T12:16:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/13\/coming-home\/"},"modified":"2020-09-29T19:13:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:13:34","slug":"coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/13\/coming-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming home"},"content":{"rendered":"

After nearly a year and a half in California, I moved home.\u00a0The Atlanta Ballet had offered me a job and so, I flew back to my old bedroom and my purple VW.\u00a0At 19 my father had lovingly stated, “you have 5 years to find a life-support system.”<\/em> 😂 He did not hold much hope for making money in ballet… especially in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Driving into downtown Atlanta, felt familiar and comfortable. Living at home took adjustment. This was the city I’d grown up in and the ballet company I started with at 5. It was a right of passage… just the next thing I needed to do.<\/p>\n

However, something was missing; I wanted more. Was this all there would ever be for me? 32 performances of The Nutcracker each December, with Cinderella, la femme garde’e<\/em> and some other pieces thrown in? I had offered ALL this to God before leaving California. Somehow I wanted to dance for Jesus.<\/p>\n

I started reading “A Way Through the Wilderness<\/em>” by\u00a0Jamie,\u00a0Buckingham. Even on tour, that and my Bible were my constant companions. Reading on the bus, or in the break room, I took a lot of teasing. Just as at SFB, I discovered being a Christian in the ballet world was odd and made some people uncomfortable. After a year, I heard of a Christian ballet company in Jackson, Mississippi. I could not wait to see them perform and hear more…<\/p>\n

Had God heard my cry?<\/p>\n

ForGlorySake! –<\/strong>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Atlanta Ballet 12\/86 (I’m far left both photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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