Wednesday was devoted to finishing the dramatic mime presentation, “Spellbound.” In conference rooms all over the hotel, teams worked to build on what they started on Tuesday.
They danced…
They posed…
They learned how to apply make-up for their characters…
They rehearsed…
The “Cats” practiced being menacing…
Many have asked about the drama. Here’s a synopsis:
In “Spellbound” the toy-maker creates a world of toys for his son. Then, he creates two special toys, the prince and the princess. They’re given free reign of everything except the tree that stands in the middle of the toy world.
An evil magician enters the land of toys and tempts the princess to eat the fruit of the tree. As she does, the creation begins to crumble. When the prince also eats from the tree, the world of toys is controlled by the evil magician and a wall of separation is established between the toy-maker, his son and the prince and princess.
Because the toy-maker knew the wall would not last forever, more toys were created to interact with the prince and princess. But, the evil magician has control over them, too. He sends his bad-cat minions to wreak havoc and cause pain and suffering for the toys.
Eventually, the time comes for the toy-maker to enact his plan and he sends his son the land of toys to grow up as a toy and tell the other toys about the toy-maker. Many of the toys grow to love the toy-maker’s son. Some are healed of their ailments.
The evil magician concocts a plan to get rid of the toy-maker’s son and convinces one of the toys to help capture the toy-maker’s son. The plan succeeds and the leader of the cats nails the son to a cross where he dies (see below).
As we know, that’s not how the story ends. After the evil magician returns to celebrate the apparent victory the toy-maker’s plan moves to the next level, and his son comes back to life. The evil magician makes a last-ditch attempt, but is ultimately banished from creation and the wall of separation is broken.
Many of the toys enjoy their restored relationship with the toy-maker and the drama comes to a close (whew!).
I am so proud of all the members on Team 8 (shown below minus a few leaders). They worked and worked and worked to learn about their parts. As we get to Guatemala and have opportunities to perform the allegory I’m confident God will use them to draw many to Himself.
Pray for the people we’ll meet. The harvest is ripe…
