WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Five-year-old Tamir was bored. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He was waiting for his mom to finish her work 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at the Seventh-day Adventist school in Mongolia. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She worked as an accountant, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which meant she counted money for the school. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir went to the school’s preschool. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now his classes were over, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he was sitting on a chair, waiting to go home. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 “Mommy, can I have your phone?” he asked. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His mom handed the phone to the boy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His eyes stopped on an app with a picture of a man with wavy white hair and a red jacket. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 “Mommy,” he said, “who is that?” 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 “That’s Mozart,” she said. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 “Wow,” Tamir said. “He’s so handsome.” 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His mom smiled. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She opened the app and pressed “play” on a song 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 written by the famous Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir’s eyes opened wide with amazement 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as violin and piano music filled the room. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It was beautiful! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Happy butterflies filled his tummy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir couldn’t stop thinking about the music. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Two days later, he told his parents that he wanted to learn to play the violin and the piano. His dad shook his head. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 “We don’t have money for music lessons,” he said. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tears came to Tamir’s eyes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He wanted to play the violin and piano, and he didn’t give up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He asked again the next year and every year after that until he was 13. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This time, his parents didn’t shake their heads. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 “I’ll take you to violin lessons tomorrow,” his mom said. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She had a friend who would teach the violin to Tamir. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir was so happy! His smile stretched from ear to ear. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Happy butterflies filled his tummy. He excitedly told his friends. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Learning the violin wasn’t easy. It was difficult to learn the notes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Sometimes Tamir wanted to play with friends, but he had to practice. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He didn’t mind. He wanted to fill his tummy with happy butterflies. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A year passed, and Tamir kept practicing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Then he was asked to play for special music at church. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His mom was so happy! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 On Sabbath morning, she excitedly told everyone, “My son is playing the violin up front today.” 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But Tamir wasn’t so happy. His hands began sweating. His neck began sweating. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His face began sweating. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He was scared about playing in front of a crowd. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He thought, No, no, no! I don’t want to play the violin anymore. I want to go home. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir’s dad saw that the boy was nervous. “Don’t worry,” he said. “Jesus will help you.” 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir knew that his dad was right. He wondered why he hadn’t thought about that first. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He silently prayed, “God, please help me not to be scared of the people when I play the violin. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Please bless me.” 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Then he played in front of all those people. He wasn’t scared. His face wasn’t sweating. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His neck wasn’t sweating. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His hands weren’t sweating. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Happy butterflies filled his tummy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He felt good! When he finished, everyone was so happy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir knew that God had helped him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 To play well, Tamir needs to practice every day, and he needs to pray every day. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Tamir wants to represent Mongolia and God before the world. He wants happy butterflies to fill his tummy all the time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Pray that Tamir will be a good representative of God 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as he learns the violin and studies at Tusgal School in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 His school received part of a previous 13th Sabbath Offering to grow with new classrooms and a library. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This quarter’s 13th Sabbath Offering will help open a children’s recreation center in Ulaanbaatar, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 where children will be able to learn about the God who answers prayers.