Saturday I experienced something I never have before. I went to the Nutcracker…performed by the Malta Ballet at the Egg Empire Center in Albany. I went to support some of the incredible people in our connection group and their amazing family!
The Marsicanos inspire me! Randy and Linda have to be some of the greatest people and parents I have ever met! They have been with Northway since its inception and have never looked back. The Marsicano family jumped right into serving…the entire family…from cleaning, stuffing envelopes, running cameras, serving in Kidzway…they do it ALL. And, they do it all as a family! They are servants. Jesus said about these kind of people that they are greatest in the Kingdom. The Marsicanos are the most humble, behind the scenes people…competent, dependable, faithful! Bottom line…they love Jesus, and they LIVE IT!
On top of all of that, Randy and Linda are phenomenal parents. They love their kids and back it up with TIME. Trevor is in training for the Olympics…I’ll blog later about him. 
Samantha, Linda tells me, has been involved in the ballet since she was 6 years old. Sam is a leader in our student ministry. She is well respected, and Sam always has a smile on her face! This year she was the Snow Queen in the Nutcracker. Congrats Samantha!
I feel like I’m a little more cultured!
I give TONS of credit to anyone who can dance en pointe! I stopped ballet class a couple years ago. Never did got off the barre in my Gaynor Mindens…
I think this says it nicely: Fifth, Tendu front, Ronde de jombe, Plie, Pirouette, Arabesque, Sous-sous! Exit stage left. Bravo!
Pam-
I’ll pass on the props!
buddy hope you are feeling better.
now on a toally unrelated topic.are you familiar with ChangePoint church,in anchorage alaska?and it’s pastor Karl Clauson? he was one of the speakers at the family life weekend to remember sue and i attended this weekend.he is a great speaker!
inspiring and relevant.his is a really great story of overcoming adversity also.and ChangePoint sounds alot like Northway.they too have had incredible growth.6000 strong every weekend.he talked some about the outreach into the community,they have done and it really sounds like what are doing and shows how much can be done.you would really like this guy.
also they were recently featured on the front page of the n.y.times.i am going to try to look up the article online.
check it out.changepoint.com
Jim-
Thanks. Glad you went to family life…they are great! I’ll check them out!