Less than 24 hours away

It’s been a while since we updated our blog, but as our flight from Bacolod to Manila is delayed, it’s a perfect time to write a few words. But I should probably take a few steps back…

 In September we went to Hong Kong for the annual ICM fundraising banquet. This time we took four of the kids that couldn’t come last year. We all had a great time, the kids performed in a few churches, schools and at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Besides singing they also had fun at Disneyland and Ocean Park. But it seems so long ago already. As soon as we came back to the Philippines we very got busy. We’ve been preparing new material for the choir as well as working on a video for one of the best schools in HK.

Those few weeks flew by so quickly and I’m already sitting at the airport and watching these fourteen children, on their way to Manila, and I’m thinking about the future of the ICM choir. They are all in front of an incredible opportunity. A few weeks ago the choir received an invitation from The John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington DC to perform there on the 4th of December. What an incredible venue to be invited to. The stakes had been raised, so we decided to transform the “Short Steps” documentary into the stage show. And after a few weeks of intense practice the choir is ready to perform their story in one of the best venues in the world. Alongside that the choir had been invited to perform at the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC and couple of other events in the US. We are so excited about all of these opportunities to tell the story of the fourteen wonderful children, who represent millions of Filipinos and bring hope to their nation.

Tomorrow morning the kids are scheduled to visit the US Embassy in Manila. So we are less than 24 hours away from finding out whether the choir will actually be able to go to the US to tell their story. We are a little nervous but also very hopeful. We believe that whatever the outcome, whether they will get their visas or not, God is in control.

Michal Joachimowski