Ocenia Convention(Part 1)

Ok, as u all noe, i juz been to a church convention at Phillip Island and i'm juz so freaking happy to touch my keyboard again after 5 days without laptop!!!
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My post today will be on the convention, juz the 1st part without the pictures..
To those who do not share the same faith with me in Jesus Christ, u can ignore reading this if u dont want to, for those who does belief the same beliefs i have then u can go on, and for those who juz don bother its up to u.
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Day 1:
Reached there at around lunch time. I wasn't the comitee member, however i was forced dragged into helping them cook lunch for the comitee members, but i still got my lunch in the end. After helping out with registration, i play a bit of soccer :) It was fun but it wasnt long. Then there was dinner. I'm actually quite surprised because with 900 people there, i could still eat until i was full. So no lack of food over here. After dinner was our 1st session. Altogether there were 7 sessions but on the 1st day there was only one. Started of with praise and worship. Boy, was i glad to come and see because the praise and worship was really good. The atmosphere there and juz watching everybody praising the name of Jesus really touched me. I felt as if the praise was so strong dat the holy spirit keep knocking me off my balance. Hallelujah!! Ok back to the session. With the theme of a prophetic church, we were introduced to wat a prophet really is (at least i was introduced cos i think many ppl adi knew about it) and i must admit dat growing up in a scientific/logical back ground, i had my doubts...but since i decided dat i want to go for the convention i din mind about the theme. Slept after the tea session but i knew i had a long day ahead.

Day 2:
Woke up early around six-ish. After washing up, we had quiet time(if u dunno wat dat means, then its juz a personal time where u read the bible and pray and "talk" to God). Was long for a usual quiet time but since the whole convention was about God then i juz let it be. Breakfast was the same for every morning, cereal and bread. hehe...Anyway, we had praise and worship before session, once again the praise was wonderful, the session was slightly better than total boredom...lol..We had tea after that(if i keep up the lifestyle of eating 6 meals a day, im gonna get fat). Then more worships :) and more sessions :l Then workshops!! which were quite useful to me. I decided to skip the presbystery on pastors(where the pastors get prophecised on) because there was football to play!!! of personal reasons. Dinner followed by sessions than the ALL PRAISE NIGHT!!!! It was so nice!! If clubbin had songs like this, i would go everyday...cos for the 1st time i jumped until i sweat..There was juz a nice sensation in me when singing out worships songs and it came to a point where i felt jumping and screaming out the song but still felt like giving more(ok dun ask me why but it happened). Adjourned to bed for the following day.

Day3:
Ok, this day wasn't much diff from the day b4 so im gonna skip to the nice part. I attended a prebystery session and i was so amazed by the fact wat the prophets prophecised was so accurate. Despite being isolated from everyone, the prophets juz closed thier eyes and begin saying true thing about the pastors and audience. He pointed out how pastor was not onie a teacher but also a great administrator, and u could actually here the agreement sounds by those ppl in the same church as hers. Another pointed out dat one pastor was a man who joked around a lot and has a lot of fun. It really opened my eyes and I really think dat God is telling these ppl things. It proves he exists!! (P.S. Prophets are not fortune tellers, they do not noe specificly about time of events however they are told about wat future plans God has for them).There was a time in the evening for recreation so guess wat, a few of us played soccer. It was fun as i was doing well. It came to a time when i decided to dribble the ball but i lost control. THIS HUGE GUY CALLED HUGO came from behind and kick at my right leg. At dat moment, my right ankle was locked into the ground with full body weight on it. With dat huge sweep, my ankle gave way. The pain was unbearable, the agony made me shake for 2 hours!! Immediately the players all circled me and said a prayer for me to not be in so much pain. The 1st thing i checked was to see if it was broken, thank God it wasn't. I couldn't walk so i was carried to the room. Later on, a doctor came and examined my foot. It wasn't looking good, he said there is a high chance i could have fractured it. I received a few prayers from other ppl after dat(thank you) and due to circumstances(if i tell u the story wud be too long) i was brought to hospital. They x-rayed it. The sigh of relief on my face was priceless when the doctor said no fracture, juz a tendon strain. Yup, I'm actually on crutches while im typing this post...lol..the doctor said the swelling wud come down in a few days. Praise the Lord, he answered my prayers as well as many others....

Day 4:
It is the last day(today). I couldnt do much due to my leg but it didn't hinder me from my last session and my praises which i actually got up and stood on my left leg as i felt its the most i can do to repay HIM(which i can never) for wat he has done. Nothing much done after dat and i left Phillip Island at around 3.30pm.

Conclusion: It is a very worthful trip. Self discovery and strengthening of faith was my biggest gain. Sometimes i wonder, if i didn't have dat accident, i wouldn't have seen how good a christian community is. My frens treated me so well, attending to my every need, and ppl i hardly knew even prayed for me for the best. And i wouldn't have seen wat miracles i wud have received. A pain so excruciating which i tot was broken, i escaped with a minor injury. Thank you to all those dat helped me, thank you for reading my LONG post, and thank YOU God, for all dat u have done..

Now hungry...ciaoz...