Although happily married, In His Steps  founder Donna Smith is 

affectionately known as ... "Ms. Donna". Ms. Donna is married to her 

pastor husband Louis, is the mother of a beautiful and talented daughter 

Jessica and is blessed with 3 precious grandchildren ... London, Kayla and Tristan 

 

 As a child, Donna participated in numerous dance classes, recitals, competitions and conventions. As an adult, she began to notice a huge change in dance that seemed to have the potential to create a loss of self-esteem, cause girls to question their outward appearance and ultimately damage confidence and morals/values.  After praying for direction and researching dance for over 10 years, she knew what God wanted her to do. Use dance as a positive influence to reach girls!

 

Donna was led to provide a safe, wholesome and fun environment for girls to dance but not just for dance. Dancing to Christian music relevant to the issues 

girls face and learning wholesome dance techniques while growing closer to Jesus was the objective. The real purpose is to encourage girls to love themselves for who they are while glorifying God. Ms. Donna believed by providing this positive environment of complete acceptance girls could be reached that had never even tried dance classes or had dropped out of dance because of how they were made to feel about themselves or how others viewed them. Maybe even reach girls that were still actively dancing but tired of the “worldliness” that some dance had become itoday. Not to mention the prohibitive cost to some families.