Eden-Sol's Evangelistic Concert 2006 @ The Third Place was a resounding success. Once again, I'd like to thank all those who came down, and all those who had helped in one way or another.
1. They enjoyed the music
2. They enjoyed the food
3. They enjoyed the company
4. They enjoyed the skit
But Most Importantly
5. They enjoyed His presence
2 and a half weeks. 10+ people. 240+ dollars. Thats all we had to work with. But there was something we had that made the concert so much of a success. We had infinite stength from God. We can't deny that. For that we really praise and thank the Lord for what he has done. All things come from you and of your own do we give you.
The journey has been awesome. I've got so much to catch up on. But it was well worth it! Every single minute of it. It all started out as an idea, long before the 23rd of October. We guys had always wanted to have a concert, and an evangelistic one at that. We knew that it had to be this year, but yet after CTs. And so we set the date. 23rd October, the Monday before school hols. We knew it was a good date, cos most people would've been in the holiday mood. But we never knew what was coming. Until the attacks started to come.
We started jamming right after our CTs, and we had a blast. There were times where I was so drained, so tired, so weary. But it was fun! I felt that the company was great, the music was satisfactory, the atmosphere was awesome. Then we were hit with our first blow. One night after jamming, we realised that we needed a script, we needed so much more practise, we needed helpers, we needed logs and so many things before we could successfully pull this off. But at such short notice, who would help?
It seemed impossible. 3 weeks wasn't enough, we felt. The question clouding our minds was: Should we postpone it? Cancel it even? The answer was a firm no. #1 THE LORD LET US KNOW THAT HIS GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR US. And so, with a unanimous YES, we decided to push on.
"Your grace is sufficient for me,
Your strength is made perfect when I am weak...
All that I cling to I lay at Your feet,
Your grace is sufficient for me!"
That day after jamming when I went home, I logged on to MSN. The first thing I saw when I scrolled to the bottom of my friends list was one single nick that caught my eye. Krayle. That was the first word of the nick. It was pretty obvious what the Lord had in mind at that moment in time. I'd asked her about the concert before, and I knew she might be willing to help. And it was even more amazing. The next morning our band met to pray. And Samuel asked me about Rachel. I was surprised.
He talked about the skit he'd envisioned, and he was absolutely sure that Rachel was the only one who could pull it off. I agreed. And so it was set. She would be our lead actress. Lunch that day was horrible. It was the first time in a long time I'd felt no appetite at all. And looking back, I think it was a physical attack from the devil. It was sudden and terrible, the sort of feeling you have when you know your stomach is full of acid, but you don't feel like eating. But I scraped through that day.
As a band, we met up to discuss stuff quite often. To think about our song list, our event schedule, and take note of our external liaisons. It was then those feelings of loneliness set in. Samuel, Guoren, Gabriel, Choon Wing. They all seemed so different from me. The way we bonded was by talking lots of nonsense and suanning each other. Some how it didn't seem like me to join in. But I knew it was their way of showing trust to each other. And I accepted it just as it was.
Problem was, I didn't know whether I was included or not. Until I asked Choon Wing about it. It was sort of in an indirect way, but it worked. I believe it sorta went this way.
B: Heh. Uhh sorry I didn't really contribute much today.
C: Haha its ok lah. That Emp-Ty thing was pretty funny haha.
B: But other than that I don't really have much to say about those kinds of things you know...
C: Yeah we know. But its YOU what.
B: *smiles*
"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind.
I'm tired of looking round rooms wondering what I gotta do or who I'm supposed to be.
I don't want to be anything other than me!"
Some how it made my day. Knowing that I was special and different made me accept the role I had to play in the band. And I know they accepted and respected me for who I was. That proved to be very important, cos something big was coming. Really big.
***
To Be Continued...
1. They enjoyed the music
2. They enjoyed the food
3. They enjoyed the company
4. They enjoyed the skit
But Most Importantly
5. They enjoyed His presence
2 and a half weeks. 10+ people. 240+ dollars. Thats all we had to work with. But there was something we had that made the concert so much of a success. We had infinite stength from God. We can't deny that. For that we really praise and thank the Lord for what he has done. All things come from you and of your own do we give you.
The journey has been awesome. I've got so much to catch up on. But it was well worth it! Every single minute of it. It all started out as an idea, long before the 23rd of October. We guys had always wanted to have a concert, and an evangelistic one at that. We knew that it had to be this year, but yet after CTs. And so we set the date. 23rd October, the Monday before school hols. We knew it was a good date, cos most people would've been in the holiday mood. But we never knew what was coming. Until the attacks started to come.
We started jamming right after our CTs, and we had a blast. There were times where I was so drained, so tired, so weary. But it was fun! I felt that the company was great, the music was satisfactory, the atmosphere was awesome. Then we were hit with our first blow. One night after jamming, we realised that we needed a script, we needed so much more practise, we needed helpers, we needed logs and so many things before we could successfully pull this off. But at such short notice, who would help?
It seemed impossible. 3 weeks wasn't enough, we felt. The question clouding our minds was: Should we postpone it? Cancel it even? The answer was a firm no. #1 THE LORD LET US KNOW THAT HIS GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR US. And so, with a unanimous YES, we decided to push on.
"Your grace is sufficient for me,
Your strength is made perfect when I am weak...
All that I cling to I lay at Your feet,
Your grace is sufficient for me!"
That day after jamming when I went home, I logged on to MSN. The first thing I saw when I scrolled to the bottom of my friends list was one single nick that caught my eye. Krayle. That was the first word of the nick. It was pretty obvious what the Lord had in mind at that moment in time. I'd asked her about the concert before, and I knew she might be willing to help. And it was even more amazing. The next morning our band met to pray. And Samuel asked me about Rachel. I was surprised.
He talked about the skit he'd envisioned, and he was absolutely sure that Rachel was the only one who could pull it off. I agreed. And so it was set. She would be our lead actress. Lunch that day was horrible. It was the first time in a long time I'd felt no appetite at all. And looking back, I think it was a physical attack from the devil. It was sudden and terrible, the sort of feeling you have when you know your stomach is full of acid, but you don't feel like eating. But I scraped through that day.
As a band, we met up to discuss stuff quite often. To think about our song list, our event schedule, and take note of our external liaisons. It was then those feelings of loneliness set in. Samuel, Guoren, Gabriel, Choon Wing. They all seemed so different from me. The way we bonded was by talking lots of nonsense and suanning each other. Some how it didn't seem like me to join in. But I knew it was their way of showing trust to each other. And I accepted it just as it was.
Problem was, I didn't know whether I was included or not. Until I asked Choon Wing about it. It was sort of in an indirect way, but it worked. I believe it sorta went this way.
B: Heh. Uhh sorry I didn't really contribute much today.
C: Haha its ok lah. That Emp-Ty thing was pretty funny haha.
B: But other than that I don't really have much to say about those kinds of things you know...
C: Yeah we know. But its YOU what.
B: *smiles*
"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind.
I'm tired of looking round rooms wondering what I gotta do or who I'm supposed to be.
I don't want to be anything other than me!"
Some how it made my day. Knowing that I was special and different made me accept the role I had to play in the band. And I know they accepted and respected me for who I was. That proved to be very important, cos something big was coming. Really big.
***
To Be Continued...
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