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'NEW DREAM'

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When I was 16, my grandfather got Parkinson's Disease.

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I was a high school student at the time.

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I had to take care of 5 children.

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One was my younger sister,

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and the rest were my cousins.

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At the time, I realized that life can be very difficult, 

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and I lived with the feeling that everyone needed help.

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I love to dance, and one of my dreams was to become a dancer.

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But when I thought about my future, I became a kindergarten teacher.

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Still, I went to dance practice every day
and practiced hard because I loved dancing so much.

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After a while, I got married and moved to Tokyo.

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After moving to Tokyo,
I won a national dance competition and danced on a TV commercial.

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But on the other hand, my marriage had gotten worse, and we got divorced.

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[Train]

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I no longer had a home to live in Tokyo.

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I was at my wits' end.

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But my Aunt said,
"If you could help take care of my four grandchildren, I'll help you rent an apartment."

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I agreed to do so, while taking care of the children,

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and started a new life.

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One of my tasks was to take the children to church.

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When I went to the church for the first time, 

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it was a bit too lively for me.

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It wasn't like the quiet churches I had expected,
so I quietly thought in my heart that one day I would leave this church.

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Meanwhile, my dance career was going well.

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I had a lot of classes, and a lot of students.

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Dance had become the center of my life, just as I had always dreamed.

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On the other hand, in my mind,
dancing was ruining everything in my life, so I started to hate it.

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I hated myself dancing, too.

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One day, I was approached by the church.

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They were going to have a gospel event, 

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and asked me to choreograph the church's dance team,
and also to dance with them at the event.

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But since it was as a volunteer,

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I didn't feel very good about doing it,

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I wasn't quite happy about it.

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But for some reason, I decided to do it anyway.

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It was the first time in my life that I had danced on a team for a church.

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I was a professional dancer, so I usually don't get nervous before dancing

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but somehow, this day was completely different.

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I don't know why, but before dancing, I started crying.

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I couldn't stop crying.

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Usually, I'm touched by emotion and joy after a dance is over.

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But this time, I couldn't stop crying before I performed.

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I wondered why this was.

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I later found out,

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it was because God wanted me to be a part of it,
and He was wrapping His arms around me.

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When I got home, for the first time in my life
I prayed to God about my future.

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God... 

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if You would let me dance for You,

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 I would like to do it.

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I prayed for the first time

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and joy and love overflowed in my heart.

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All the dreams I had been seeking in my life were changed by God

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My love for dance returned, and I restarted my dance career.

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It's been 12 years since I started dancing in church

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I teach dance every day in church, and love everyone involved in dance.

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We've been working together since 2017 to create a professional gospel dance team.

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We have a great love and purpose from God for each one of us.

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This is the Good News for us all.

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