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Everybody has a story. Some, more than most.
This page is dedicated to those stories that inspire us, that prove to us that we are all capable of incredible things, extraordinary accomplishments and acts of genuine kindness and compassion.
Like all webs, this is a work in progress. If you know of a story, please send it along to info@warrenchurch.org.
Recently, in a televised modern dance competition in China - a very unique couple won one of the top prizes and received the longest standing ovation.
She was a dancer, who had trained since she was a child. Tragically, she lost her entire left arm in an accident and fell into a state of depression; so she decided to coach a children's dancing group. From that point on, she realized she could not forget dancing. She still loved to dance and wanted to dance again. She tried to do some of her former routines but without her arm she had difficulty maintaining balance. She practiced strenuously and developed a dance routine - always dancing alone in her studio.
He was not a dancer. He lost a leg in an accident and he had fallen into a deep state of depression. They met - and her goal immediately became to help him become positive about life again. She taught him to dance and in her studio they danced together and developed a routine as their lives and friendship became closer.
Their life together, behind the closed doors of the dance studio - was one creativity, challenge, determination, practice and sometimes failure.Their focus was on doing what others said would be impossible. Several times it became so difficult and frustrating for them that they gave up, broke up. But life alone, without each other, brought them back together again and they became even more determined to perfect a dance routine to a point where they might try to dance outside the studio to see what friends and family thought about what they were doing all that time inside the studio.
Their friends and family were so supportive they encouraged the couple to enter a dance competition, which they finally agreed to do. Only later did they realize the competition was to be televised locally. We will now see the first - and to date only televised performance of their dance......
A subsequent performance...
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Nick Vujicic and his attitude serve as a great examples of the celebration of life over limitations. The human spirit can handle much more than we realize.
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Patrick Henry Hughes, instead of being disabled, is "abled". Born blind and crippled by an inability to fully extend his limbs, he was playing requests on the piano at age two.
Now a member of the 214 member University of Louisville marching band, this is a story of inspiration, dedication and the value of faith and family.
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