Tonight, I had the pleasure and honor to see the African Children's Choir perform in Austin. I had heard of the group before because I knew they had appeared with Josh Groban on television, but amazingly despite their fame, the concert was free at a small Presbyterian church in town.
The singing and dancing these children do is absolutely amazing and touching. If you don't know the story behind the choir, it is comprised of some of the most needy children from Africa, often orphans, who perform around the world to raise money for their education and to serve as ambassadors for the masses of other destitute African children. They go on to secondary education, and beyond that, to receive degrees which they use to help their native continent move out of the cycle of poverty and violence.
The exuberance and joyful hope of these children is astounding and contagious. Despite all their hardships at such a young age, truly, these children know the meaning of Jesus' words when he said that one must be like a little child to enter the kingdom of heaven.
If you ever have the opportunity to see this wonderful group, do not miss it. You will be blessed and touched long afterward by these children.
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