THE TWELVE- Chapter 3,episode 1

They clapped as the children walked in, they couldn’t understand the kind of dance they wanted to do because they came in with different attires. The street dance, the ballet, the tango and the hip hop dance was combined to form a perfect choreography. People had never seen a thing like that before, such great creativity coming from people they could have least expected. Some young teenagers and young adults who watched from the crowd made up their minds to be a part of whatever was going on in the children’s world because of what they saw, the setting was incredible and their performance was done ten minutes.

“Wow,” The MC said and people could not stop clapping, she waited for about forty seconds, then the audience relaxed giving her space to speak.

“That was incredible right? She asked smiling and the audience screamed again.

“Thank you all very much. Parents and guidance don’t be too shocked okay. Your kids are God’s design and there’s nothing he withheld from us, the reason what it was not seen was because they were not yet given the chance to express themselves from the point they could speak best and this is what the dream is all about, bringing young people to the realization of all the gifts and talents God has given them, teach them how to use it to serve God and bless their world.”

The audience agreed with her some by clapping and some by shouting and some by nodding.

“The time has come for the official launching of the children’s world, it is the reason why we all came here and I will be welcoming the people that will launch this world open for its full operation.”

People knew without any doubt that she was going to introduce the twelve. They were waiting and anxious and those who had never seen them were shaking, ninety percent of the audience was up on their feet.

“Join me welcome the children’s world choir…..”

Though people didn’t expect that, they clapped and screamed but in their minds they asked, ‘where is the twelve?’ as the screaming and clapping went on the lights on the stage went off and after two seconds the curtain behind the stage was pulled opened with white light focused on the choir only. The girls on both sides were dressed in white robes and the boys in the middle were dressed in red robes. The song started with an intro from the choir:

(Dr……ea…… m hum) 3x

(Dr……ea……. M hum) 3x

After that intro that was done perfectly by the choir in one voice, the piano started playing a sweet melody slowly, then the violins came in, then the rhythm guitar, then the organs and lights shone on them as they played. This instrumental display went on for one minute then a voice started singing:

I had a dream, to see an end,

I had a life, to live for that…….

Before the crowd could make out the voice, the twelve walked majestically into the stage all dressed like the choir, boys in red, girls in white and they stood from Zed who was singing the song to Michael and from Maul who stood beside Zed to Shelly who stood beside Michael. The crowd went wild with excitement; in all they did they saw perfect equality and undivided unity amongst the twelve and the children. The twelve stood in a straight line without shading the choir because they were a step higher than them on the stage and at close proximity.  The song went on…....

Shelly: and now the dream….. To become once again…..

Maul: is now at peace….. In my heart today…..

Michael: I was a boy, with no trace of believes…. (With full instruments)

Larry: doubting every moment in my life…….

Zodiac: and I was a girl, with no hope left in me…..

Ken and Shania: living a life of fear and no believe…….

Lindsay: but now I’m raising my voice…….

Maxwell:  that’s because of my dream……

Ben: and now I’m raising my voice…….

Cindy: because the hope is built in me…..

The entire choir: I had a dream (I had a dream)

To see an end (to see an end)

I had a life (I had a life)

To live for that (to live for that)

And now the dream…To become once again

Is now at peace in my heart today,

And now the dream…….. To become once again,

Is now achieved in the world today…….

The choir sang the four last lines four times and as those in crowd heard it and saw the passion and conviction in which the twelve and the choir sang the song, some had tears in their eyes, some were perplexed and some had their hands glued to their mouth. In that mood Michael stepped forward and the choir just hummed quietly to the song.

“It is with great joy in our hearts to officially launch the operation and functioning of the children’s world,” Michael said and people screamed and clapped. Most of the girls and the boys in the twelve and the choir had tears rolling down their cheeks, they held their hands together and the choir did same.

“You may not understand the toil, the pain, the feeling of rejection and discomfort we have experienced. We had to fight to keep ourselves unspotted from the streets, we had to beg and bow and lick up the dust from peoples feet just to get a meal for a day. Luckily for us we heard the message of salvation at a very tender age and made a decision to believe in it. The bible was the only book we were opportune to read from day to day because we were closed up from other information’s around the world and we could only see how wickedly mankind treats itself. This bible was given to us by some missionaries who came to show their own way of charity but most street children and orphans will not want to listen to them, besides what will a hungry stomach get from you just speaking words and how will they get a bible they can’t even read. Though sometimes they gave us food and a little education but it was never enough, with this bible we read the stories of people whom God picked from the lowest backgrounds, the most insignificant and all he did was gave them a word and their faith in that word built their universe. We looked at people like David, young David was given an extraordinary gift by God and as he stayed focus on God serving him from that tender age God used him to do great things in his time and in his community, he was anointed king at that tender age and though he was being chased here and there by king Saul and other enemies he was a king to the greatest kingdom in the earth. Then we began to wonder, I might just be a king of some great kingdom, maybe the president of a country or maybe a great singer or great pastor though I am here stalking the streets for food and shelter……. Look at the story of the Israelites, from one insignificant man became the source through which all the nations of the earth are being blessed. Each time we look at our fellow mates on the streets being beaten, insulted and abused, each time a young boy gets beaten and arrested for stealing because he was too hungry and no one cared to help we think…… this might be a president or a great business entrepreneur but because of poor orientation and lack of opportunity these intelligent, gifted young people cannot achieve their dreams or become what they were meant to be. We were given the opportunity by God to survive, so we could help others survive, we were led to know the truth so we could tell it to the others in a way they will best understand.

Then this dream was born in our hearts, from all what we studied in the bible we realized that God is mostly interested in very small things. He uses the smallest things, the foolish things and the weakest things to make something great and something beautiful out of them and that’s why we want to tell all our fellow mates come and discover for yourself what you are capable of, give God a chance to turn your stupidity into the greatest invention that has ever been. We took a very big risk trying to get to the spice because we believed without any doubt that together we can make this work, we were not coming to join the spice so we could be superstars, we were coming to tell them about the dream and as blessed as they are, they made the dream a part of them, it became their dream as well and that’s why we are here together like this……………