i believe that last night was one of the greatest celebration for Hope Spore.
people started to gather as early as 8 am. the image team was ready to get their hands dirty. backstage, we were having some probs with the signal.. my laptop was not responding.. i just stood there and prayed "God, You won't let this happen rite? not on the day that we're celebrating Your goodness?" well.. the prob was fixed right after the prayer meet ended.. LOL. so the rehersal started and BKK team decided to add one more praise to their list. we prepared the slides there and then, and to my horror, i did not know the song. so i asked them to sing it for me >_< shirls warned me before that our BKK team are very spontaneous ppl.. go as the spirit leads them. it's pretty challenging... not knowing how they were going to lead the pnw.
it was time for the first ss. we were all ready. during the 30 mins of walk-in, i sat down quietly, waiting. feeling tired and nervous. i looked at rach and told her that i was having 'backstage fright'. my hands turned really cold. i could feel that my hands were shaking even during praise time.. i had to hold on tightly to the table to make sure that it's stable. LOL. but after a while, that feeling was all forgotten.. because the pnw was fantastic! i really wanted to run outside and join the crowd. but as i was telling meiyan as well, somebody had to do the job.. and we were those needed backstage >_<
both teams brought the house down. bangkok team has shown us what it means praising God with your all (dance till your pants drop!), worshipping in spirit and in truth. how much they love God and how passionate they are in music, regardless of age and language limitation. we were really blessed.
i believe that many would remember 'love the family of God' moment, 'the chu-chu train' (heard that some even went up stage!) and many more.. the ministering worship.. the powerful sermon.. the extremely adorable kids during the 1st ss' offering time (melted your heart) and the praise encore as some ppl just did not want the night to end.
both celebrations ended well. it's not the event. it's not the program. it's the people and the One heading our family. we wouldn't have it if God was not in the middle of everything.
with this, anniversary 07 has officially ended. we can have a good sleep now! banzai! *livi* 7:43 PM
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livi grace melinda
14/02/82
love everything but durian