4.8.08
Get the real Fiji holiday feeling...the pictures - the team
Posing for the annual picture outside the Made in New Zealand shop.
So cute with the puppets
Beth, Michelle and Emily. With Lyndon and Nathan clowning around behind them.
We totally pushed this building!
One of the many bus rides.
...and one of a few Haka's
A few of the team doing a Skit at the concert.
A dance called Your Love is Deep that we learnt for our programs.
Beth, Cath and Huddy and Dan. Chilling after a program.
New Friends. Charleen, Cath and I traveling on a truck to Wailea Slums.
Get the real Fiji holiday feeling...#4
So after a bus ride that included a quick stop in at Camp (enough time to grab a couple of coconuts that I'd oddly been craving) and a stop for lunch at a touristy craft shop, that took the majority of the day we arrived in Nadi at Grand West Villas and yes in our opinion they were grand indeed! The place had a restaurant, tennis courts and a swimming pool with a water slide! Were we suddenly in heaven?!
~ Just as a random aside, it was actually here at the nicest place we stayed that we saw the biggest ugliest cochroach ever! ~
The next day was to be a big one. We set off at 10 in the morning and didn't get back til a little after 10 that night. It was a really hard morning for me. I was feeling sick, tired and was just not able to stick my happy mask on and make it stay. Thankfully by lunch my mood had lifted, I felt a whole lot better. We spent the day visiting 2 schools in Lautoka and then had another combined youth rally at a church there that evening. This was another of the defining moments on the trip for a bunch of the team. It had been a long day and we had a pretty discouraging start to the rally that evening. There was hardly anyone there and it was beginning to seem like a waste us hanging around most of the afternoon, just so we could be there. More people arrived during the evening and by the time Tom came on to speak there was a decent number there. Tom gave a really challenging message that night. Not only did he share the Gospel but he also challenged the Christians who were there about their own walks with the Lord. He gave people a chance at the end to come forward if they wanted to really get serious about their faith and to live lives wholly dedicated to the Lord. If I remember right about 6 or 7 of our team went up that night. There was also a young Fijian J.W. there that night who became a Christian. It turned out to be a really moving night. And if you were to ask the question, "Was it worth hanging around for?" I'm sure you'd get a resounding, "Yes!"
Our last program was scheduled for a High School in Nadi but when we turned up there was already another group from LifeSwitch in Wellington. We'd been double booked!
Charlie and Tom were quick onto a solution though and we ended up being able to go to another part of the school and do our program there. Yet another example of God going before us.
We learnt another interesting lesson that day as a group and that was the importance of contextualising the Gospel. It was something I'd been learning in semester one at school in our Acts paper, so it was interesting to encounter it firsthand. The conversation was prompted after many of the teens hearing what the other group was doing through their super loud, distorting speakers. It was good that they realised that it wasn't about being better or worse than each other but understanding that you have to witness to the people in a way that fits in with their culture. They felt confident that we'd done this well.
Thursday rolled around and amidst the excitement of our highly anticipated day off Island adventure you could feel the uneasyness about leaving early the next morning. No one was going to let that ruin their day though. So we headed off for Mala Mala Island via Denarau Island which felt a lot more like the Fiji people come to see. It really was a great way to end the trip. Laxing out on a beach mat in the sun, snorkling, kayaking, swimming, fishing, playing volleyball, eating and enjoying each others company for one last day. I loved it and kept a deal with a couple of boys to go snorkling together. Back at the motel we packed up our bags and got dressed up for our last dinner together. We got Chinese take out and fizzy and icecream for dessert.
After dinner we all got together for our last family time. Tom had asked us to write down a few things that we'd really learnt or been challenged on during the trip and then we all took a turn to share with everyone. It started out very light hearted with a song written by 2 of the guys that was a bit of a social commentary on the trip. Everyone was mentioned in it. And then 2 others shared a worship song that they'd written. We probably made it a good third of the way through without tears. It wasn't a blubber fest, just tender tears that took the place of words for some people who had really been touched during the trip. It was a fitting way to spend our last night together. Reflecting on all God had done for us and through us over the last 3 weeks.
~ Just as a random aside, it was actually here at the nicest place we stayed that we saw the biggest ugliest cochroach ever! ~
The next day was to be a big one. We set off at 10 in the morning and didn't get back til a little after 10 that night. It was a really hard morning for me. I was feeling sick, tired and was just not able to stick my happy mask on and make it stay. Thankfully by lunch my mood had lifted, I felt a whole lot better. We spent the day visiting 2 schools in Lautoka and then had another combined youth rally at a church there that evening. This was another of the defining moments on the trip for a bunch of the team. It had been a long day and we had a pretty discouraging start to the rally that evening. There was hardly anyone there and it was beginning to seem like a waste us hanging around most of the afternoon, just so we could be there. More people arrived during the evening and by the time Tom came on to speak there was a decent number there. Tom gave a really challenging message that night. Not only did he share the Gospel but he also challenged the Christians who were there about their own walks with the Lord. He gave people a chance at the end to come forward if they wanted to really get serious about their faith and to live lives wholly dedicated to the Lord. If I remember right about 6 or 7 of our team went up that night. There was also a young Fijian J.W. there that night who became a Christian. It turned out to be a really moving night. And if you were to ask the question, "Was it worth hanging around for?" I'm sure you'd get a resounding, "Yes!"
Our last program was scheduled for a High School in Nadi but when we turned up there was already another group from LifeSwitch in Wellington. We'd been double booked!
Charlie and Tom were quick onto a solution though and we ended up being able to go to another part of the school and do our program there. Yet another example of God going before us.
We learnt another interesting lesson that day as a group and that was the importance of contextualising the Gospel. It was something I'd been learning in semester one at school in our Acts paper, so it was interesting to encounter it firsthand. The conversation was prompted after many of the teens hearing what the other group was doing through their super loud, distorting speakers. It was good that they realised that it wasn't about being better or worse than each other but understanding that you have to witness to the people in a way that fits in with their culture. They felt confident that we'd done this well.
Thursday rolled around and amidst the excitement of our highly anticipated day off Island adventure you could feel the uneasyness about leaving early the next morning. No one was going to let that ruin their day though. So we headed off for Mala Mala Island via Denarau Island which felt a lot more like the Fiji people come to see. It really was a great way to end the trip. Laxing out on a beach mat in the sun, snorkling, kayaking, swimming, fishing, playing volleyball, eating and enjoying each others company for one last day. I loved it and kept a deal with a couple of boys to go snorkling together. Back at the motel we packed up our bags and got dressed up for our last dinner together. We got Chinese take out and fizzy and icecream for dessert.
After dinner we all got together for our last family time. Tom had asked us to write down a few things that we'd really learnt or been challenged on during the trip and then we all took a turn to share with everyone. It started out very light hearted with a song written by 2 of the guys that was a bit of a social commentary on the trip. Everyone was mentioned in it. And then 2 others shared a worship song that they'd written. We probably made it a good third of the way through without tears. It wasn't a blubber fest, just tender tears that took the place of words for some people who had really been touched during the trip. It was a fitting way to spend our last night together. Reflecting on all God had done for us and through us over the last 3 weeks.
Get the real Fiji holiday feeling...the 3rd installation
For the next week we traveled to different Primary and High Schools in and around Suva. Probably one of the craziest days we pulled up outside a High School and all over the front of it was stuff like Allah is God, Mohammed blahdy-blah. So off we go cruising into this Muslim/Hindu (there were mixed stories about what it was) school ready to preach the Gospel! It was pretty intense there though. You could feel that there was something really spiritual going on. Praise God that a couple of Hindu kids came to faith that day. It was huge us being able to go in there and share openly about Jesus. There were Christian kids there, one in particular who'd been sharing with some friends and had been praying that a group like us would come into their school. How awesome is our God!
There was one teacher who works there who is a Christian and his wife taught at a nearby Hindu Primary school. He jumped on the phone to her and we were able to go there and do a program that afternoon. God had it all worked out. We originally had something planned for the afternoon but it fell through that morning before we left. It was encouraging to see how flexible the teens were. It was hot and we were tired and expecting to head straight back to the hotel, but they realised that God had opened the door to get us into that school and so they gave it everything they had.
Bus rides were becoming the perfect time to have deep and meaningfuls. That day I had a really awesome talk with 2 guys, who were quickly becoming great friends.
It was during this week that we visited the slums I mentioned in the first post.
We also ran a couple of combined youth rally things and were able to reconnect there with the people we met at camp. It was so good seeing them again, especially the deaf boys.
We got bits and pieces of down time that week. Went and explored Suva a couple of times. Found the fruit and veges markets and the handicraft markets as well. Some of the boys came away feeling like they were pretty good at bartering for cheap prices. It was funny to watch them come away with massive war axes they were planning to hang on their walls at home!
Family time was a really important part of the trip. We'd all get together to share from QT's, pray and sing together. Tom would also give a talk on different issues relating to being a teenager. These were really special times together as a whole team. Being out at programs forced us to work together and to rely and trust each other but it was in the family times where we really became a lot closer to each other.
Leaving Suva was kinda hard. It signalled to a lot of us that the trip was nearly over. 5 more days and we'd be back in New Zealand getting on with life once more.
We headed for the Westside, to Nadi and Grand West Villas. Just how grand we were soon to find out...
There was one teacher who works there who is a Christian and his wife taught at a nearby Hindu Primary school. He jumped on the phone to her and we were able to go there and do a program that afternoon. God had it all worked out. We originally had something planned for the afternoon but it fell through that morning before we left. It was encouraging to see how flexible the teens were. It was hot and we were tired and expecting to head straight back to the hotel, but they realised that God had opened the door to get us into that school and so they gave it everything they had.
Bus rides were becoming the perfect time to have deep and meaningfuls. That day I had a really awesome talk with 2 guys, who were quickly becoming great friends.
It was during this week that we visited the slums I mentioned in the first post.
We also ran a couple of combined youth rally things and were able to reconnect there with the people we met at camp. It was so good seeing them again, especially the deaf boys.
We got bits and pieces of down time that week. Went and explored Suva a couple of times. Found the fruit and veges markets and the handicraft markets as well. Some of the boys came away feeling like they were pretty good at bartering for cheap prices. It was funny to watch them come away with massive war axes they were planning to hang on their walls at home!
Family time was a really important part of the trip. We'd all get together to share from QT's, pray and sing together. Tom would also give a talk on different issues relating to being a teenager. These were really special times together as a whole team. Being out at programs forced us to work together and to rely and trust each other but it was in the family times where we really became a lot closer to each other.
Leaving Suva was kinda hard. It signalled to a lot of us that the trip was nearly over. 5 more days and we'd be back in New Zealand getting on with life once more.
We headed for the Westside, to Nadi and Grand West Villas. Just how grand we were soon to find out...
Get the real Fiji holiday feeling...Part 2
So the camp was a really unique experience from the point of view that we were right in there with Fijian young people for an extended amount of time. We were actually able to get to know them and form friendships. I know this was really valuable to me. At the same time it was really familiar, going on camps is a huge part of youth group culture in New Zealand so we all understood the value of it.
We did a sports rotation before lunch on the Saturday and it was so funny to watch them play netball on grass with no positions or real boundaries and basically no rules! Probably the wildest netball I've ever seen played. It was heaps of fun! I was really shocked to find out that they all go on camp with the expectation that they'll wake at 4-4.30 in the morning to do their QT's and to pray and spend time with the Lord. Really put us to shame as some of us pretty much rolled out of bed just in time for breakfast! We were blown away by their singing as well. They just all naturally harmonised with each other and sung so powerfully. It was beautiful. (This was fairly typical of everywhere in Fiji).
Another huge part of the weekend for us Kiwi kids was the food! They brought in their own cooks for the weekend...I know I was more than a little nervous! I tried everything on my plate - and then learnt very quickly who were the guys on our team that ate anything! Mostly it was really good. Rice, curry sort of things and Chop Suey, potato salad. It was the taro, cassava and taro leaves stuffed with tinned corned beef and stewed in coconut milk that I couldn't stomach. There was no chance of me wasting anything so Bronson was my garbage disposal - that guy would often finish a meal with 3 or 4 empty plates in front of him. Someone summed it up well when they said that the Cassava was like eating a candle. Couldn't have described it better myself!
The rain came down just as we got our gear loaded onto the bus ready to go to Suva. It was only about an hour before we pulled up outside our new accomodation, Tropic Towers! What a novelty, glass in the windows, hot showers (more often than not) and air-con! This was like Heaven!
We changed and raced out to what would be another defining night on the trip. We had our first official program at Adi Caucombau (*sp) the biggest girls boarding school in Fiji. It was the perfect way to kick the next 2 weeks off. They were so enthusiastic! They LOVED the puppets! And they put us to shame when they sang for us! It was hilarious when we went through and introduced ourselves, the boys got huge cheers, yells, screams, wolf whistles, claps and even a standing ovation at one point! They were loving it and clearly the girls were too! The most significant thing was the response at the end of the night though. It was clear that some of the girls just wanted to talk to the boys, but a huge number responded to the Gospel message that Tom so clearly gave. We were swampped, but in the chaos I was able to have a really cool conversation with about 5 girls that were squashed in around me. We all knew it that night we were in Fiji for a reason and it was clear God was going to use us. In fact, He already was.
We did a sports rotation before lunch on the Saturday and it was so funny to watch them play netball on grass with no positions or real boundaries and basically no rules! Probably the wildest netball I've ever seen played. It was heaps of fun! I was really shocked to find out that they all go on camp with the expectation that they'll wake at 4-4.30 in the morning to do their QT's and to pray and spend time with the Lord. Really put us to shame as some of us pretty much rolled out of bed just in time for breakfast! We were blown away by their singing as well. They just all naturally harmonised with each other and sung so powerfully. It was beautiful. (This was fairly typical of everywhere in Fiji).
Another huge part of the weekend for us Kiwi kids was the food! They brought in their own cooks for the weekend...I know I was more than a little nervous! I tried everything on my plate - and then learnt very quickly who were the guys on our team that ate anything! Mostly it was really good. Rice, curry sort of things and Chop Suey, potato salad. It was the taro, cassava and taro leaves stuffed with tinned corned beef and stewed in coconut milk that I couldn't stomach. There was no chance of me wasting anything so Bronson was my garbage disposal - that guy would often finish a meal with 3 or 4 empty plates in front of him. Someone summed it up well when they said that the Cassava was like eating a candle. Couldn't have described it better myself!
The rain came down just as we got our gear loaded onto the bus ready to go to Suva. It was only about an hour before we pulled up outside our new accomodation, Tropic Towers! What a novelty, glass in the windows, hot showers (more often than not) and air-con! This was like Heaven!
We changed and raced out to what would be another defining night on the trip. We had our first official program at Adi Caucombau (*sp) the biggest girls boarding school in Fiji. It was the perfect way to kick the next 2 weeks off. They were so enthusiastic! They LOVED the puppets! And they put us to shame when they sang for us! It was hilarious when we went through and introduced ourselves, the boys got huge cheers, yells, screams, wolf whistles, claps and even a standing ovation at one point! They were loving it and clearly the girls were too! The most significant thing was the response at the end of the night though. It was clear that some of the girls just wanted to talk to the boys, but a huge number responded to the Gospel message that Tom so clearly gave. We were swampped, but in the chaos I was able to have a really cool conversation with about 5 girls that were squashed in around me. We all knew it that night we were in Fiji for a reason and it was clear God was going to use us. In fact, He already was.
3.8.08
Get the real Fiji holiday feeling...
Well I definately saw the 'real' Fiji while I was away, but not so sure about the holiday feeling?! We worked pretty hard.
It's hard to even know where to begin with something like this. The experience was totally life altering. It's one thing to hear or see about the way other people live, but another to actually go and see and experience it with your own eyes. To sit in the so called lounge room of a corrugated iron shack with 5 little kids smiling up at you and their parents welcoming you into their home. To be made a cup of coffee and offered a plate of cakes and not know how clean the water is or if the milk is off, but in your heart knowing the insult it would be to turn it down because of the huge sacrifce they've just made offering it to you, their 'honoured' guest. To sit and listen as they share a little with you about life as they know it. To see how little they have and yet how happy they are and to think how miserable we'd be if we suddenly lost all the material things we have.
To have 5 sweet, sweet little girls with toothless grins singing their hearts out for you. And then to watch them giggle as you sing something back to them.
We spent all of 1 hour visiting with people in the Wailea slums in Suva and yet it had such a profound impact on so many of the team, including myself.
I'm sitting in bed with my electric blanket on, tapping away on my laptop and really struggling to understand it all. How fortunate I am to have been born, when and where and to whom I was. Life could have been much harder than it is for me. My silly moans and groans seem grossly insignificant in comparison.
We spent the first part of the trip training at Coral Coast Christian Centre a camp at Dueba near Pacific Harbour. We practiced our dramas, songs, puppets, testimonies and the 'Your Love is Deep' dance to near perfection (haha). It was a great week of being in fellowship with each other. Afterall we had mostly all just met. It was clear that friendships were forming already. I guess that's a result of living in each others pockets.
During this first week we were able to do 2 smaller programs that were a good intro to things and a chance to practice our dramas and songs. It was awesome to see people make decisions for Christ while we were there.
The first weekend there we had about 50-60 young people from Suva come in for a camp. We discovered that a whole bunch of the boys were from a deaf school. This kinda threw me at first but we all quickly settled in to a routine of spelling out words using sign language that was very hastily picked up!
Little did we know that in the 2 short days we'd spend with those boys that they'd change some of our lives.
It's hard to even know where to begin with something like this. The experience was totally life altering. It's one thing to hear or see about the way other people live, but another to actually go and see and experience it with your own eyes. To sit in the so called lounge room of a corrugated iron shack with 5 little kids smiling up at you and their parents welcoming you into their home. To be made a cup of coffee and offered a plate of cakes and not know how clean the water is or if the milk is off, but in your heart knowing the insult it would be to turn it down because of the huge sacrifce they've just made offering it to you, their 'honoured' guest. To sit and listen as they share a little with you about life as they know it. To see how little they have and yet how happy they are and to think how miserable we'd be if we suddenly lost all the material things we have.
To have 5 sweet, sweet little girls with toothless grins singing their hearts out for you. And then to watch them giggle as you sing something back to them.
We spent all of 1 hour visiting with people in the Wailea slums in Suva and yet it had such a profound impact on so many of the team, including myself.
I'm sitting in bed with my electric blanket on, tapping away on my laptop and really struggling to understand it all. How fortunate I am to have been born, when and where and to whom I was. Life could have been much harder than it is for me. My silly moans and groans seem grossly insignificant in comparison.
We spent the first part of the trip training at Coral Coast Christian Centre a camp at Dueba near Pacific Harbour. We practiced our dramas, songs, puppets, testimonies and the 'Your Love is Deep' dance to near perfection (haha). It was a great week of being in fellowship with each other. Afterall we had mostly all just met. It was clear that friendships were forming already. I guess that's a result of living in each others pockets.
During this first week we were able to do 2 smaller programs that were a good intro to things and a chance to practice our dramas and songs. It was awesome to see people make decisions for Christ while we were there.
The first weekend there we had about 50-60 young people from Suva come in for a camp. We discovered that a whole bunch of the boys were from a deaf school. This kinda threw me at first but we all quickly settled in to a routine of spelling out words using sign language that was very hastily picked up!
Little did we know that in the 2 short days we'd spend with those boys that they'd change some of our lives.
11.6.08
2 years of the 3 Musketeers
In Aussie Jan 2006
My 21st April 2006
HM Rage Jun 2006
My Birthday April 2007
Becky's Engagement Party May 2006
August 2007
We need an update!
Change
This is something I seem to be thinking about a lot! I guess doing the sort of study that I am we are constantly being challenged to reflect and learn from what we are doing. I was thinking back to the person I was 2 years ago when I started writing this blog and I have changed so much! Not just how I look - black hair and unplucked eyebrows, but who I am on the inside too. I've met so many people who have challenged what I think and the way I think. I've sat in classes and learnt from people who are world experts in their fields of study. Knowing that it would be shocking if I hadn't changed.
When I really think about it, I'm relieved that I have changed. God is central in my life and the decisions I make are centered in his will for my life. I can't say that was totally true for me back then. I understand more fully now what it means to love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and about loving my neighbour as myself.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this. Sometimes words just spill onto the screen. I guess looking back to the first few posts on here got me thinking is all.
When I really think about it, I'm relieved that I have changed. God is central in my life and the decisions I make are centered in his will for my life. I can't say that was totally true for me back then. I understand more fully now what it means to love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and about loving my neighbour as myself.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this. Sometimes words just spill onto the screen. I guess looking back to the first few posts on here got me thinking is all.
5.6.08
Rage
Oh what a fun theme... Nerds Strike Back. Actually levelled the playing field a bit... there was no way of telling who really was a nerd! And it was particulary fitting that we won the Quiz! Haha, not the sports or Talent Quest, but the quiz! Perfect!
3.6.08
Graduation
The whole fam took off to Wellington last week to celebrate Tim graduating from Police College. He looked so smart and it was a really special day. So proud of my little bro!
Tim and Josh
Mum and Dad with Tim
Leybourne Family + David and Gran
28.5.08
Weddings
I went to heaps of weddings over the summer! Love was in the air! These are a few pics from Becky and Jono's wedding. There's was the wedding of the year ;)
A year later...
At the start of May last year Elli, Jono, Dan, Cam and I were hanging out and decided to write down where we thought we'd all be a year later. It's funny to look back and see what we thought and how some of us were on the money and others were quite far off. It was something silly more than serious but is still interesting to look at...
6 May 2007
In 1 years time we will be...
Daniel – Full time job, flatting and doing something big, (getting married, jokes). Single but nice not to be. New band. Great hair.
Jono – In Uni studying graphic design and will be doing part time photography. Still living at home – definitely. Single but definitely looking for that potential candidate.
Elli – At Uni. No love life.
Cameron – In a good apprenticeship and flatting with Danny, (high five). Will have a new guitar amp – a AC15CC1X. Elli says a new girl as well. Cam says pretty much single. New band too.
Sarah – Probably either doing 2nd year Pathways Internship or at BCNZ or working for the trust. Single more than likely. Dan says married and pregnant with triplets.
6 May 2007
In 1 years time we will be...
Daniel – Full time job, flatting and doing something big, (getting married, jokes). Single but nice not to be. New band. Great hair.
Jono – In Uni studying graphic design and will be doing part time photography. Still living at home – definitely. Single but definitely looking for that potential candidate.
Elli – At Uni. No love life.
Cameron – In a good apprenticeship and flatting with Danny, (high five). Will have a new guitar amp – a AC15CC1X. Elli says a new girl as well. Cam says pretty much single. New band too.
Sarah – Probably either doing 2nd year Pathways Internship or at BCNZ or working for the trust. Single more than likely. Dan says married and pregnant with triplets.
16.4.08
23
Out to dinner for my 23rd birthday at Bolero.So far 23 feels no different! Not that I expected it would.
12.4.08
World Travels Continue
It was January 2006 when I last left New Zealand and I only went as far as Australia. My feet have been itching since then and finally in June I will be jet setting once again. Towards the end of the month I will be heading to Fiji for 3 weeks with the World of Life Youth Reachout 2008 Team. I am priviledged to have been asked to go as a leader on the team. While away we will travel around schools and churches sharing the Gospel of Jesus with them through different means. I'm really looking forward to the challenges the trip will bring. It will be an amazing experience sharing with the people there but also sharing with the other on the team. I'm definately looking forward to it.
Fiji - the stereotype
Then at the end of December I will be getting on an even bigger plane at taking off to the Philippines! A team of young people from my home church, Lincoln Road Bible Chapel will spend 3 weeks in and around Manila. We will work for some of the time with Gawad Kalinga an organisation that works in poor areas building houses and helping the people to become self-sufficiant. We'll also spend some time in an orphanage, playing with, reading and teaching English to and loving the kids there.
Manila
A GK village
While both trip are Missions oriented they will be quite different. Not only because of the differences in the countries but also the overall purposes of the teams I am going with.Obviously, the main point is to share the love of Jesus with people through word and deed. One trip will have more of the word and the other deed. We are going to give and to be a blessing, but as I have been told many times already, we will ourselves learn and grow so much through the experiences we will have.
2.4.08
Jars of Clay
Yeah, this is my fav song and I wanted to try and get all of it. You can see at the end it suddenly goes black... thats when I was getting snapped by some lady. Not that I'm proud of that at all. The stinkest thing is that I missed the best part of the song. It builds up and then just stops and it went to dead silence and then I started the clapping! Haha yuss!!
Pics from various concerts
U2 Concert way back in 2006!
Bono and The Edge (crappy pics off my phone)
Becky and I after the concert (which was so cool)
Jon Forman at Parachute 08
Jon Formans chin at Parachute 08 (I held onto his leg!)
Luke Thompson opening for Jars of Clay a couple of weeks ago. Please excuse the blurryness as I shouldn't have been taking pictures so I had the flash off.
Jars of Clay doing their thing. I think this was my fav song, and when I got sprung with my camera out! Oops! It was a great night, they were awesome live and Luke Thompson too!
22.3.08
Hi Cilla!
Haha! You get a nice post just for you! I'll have to come back here and update it more often now! Love ya!!
6.9.07
Switchfoot!
What an awesome night it has been.
Despite the sweaty, crushing bodies behind
and beside me, it was amazing!
They were so cool live! I don't really
remember when they came to the Harvest Crusade
in 2003. They played New Way to be Human and Gone,
I remember that much for sure. Tonight, was unforgettable!
Cam and I were right in the front against the barrier.
We were a little off the the left, which we decided was probably
a good thing, considering how rough it got in there.
They played all their recent hits, starting out with Oh! Gravity
through to Gone and Meant to Live. Cam caught a pick from Jon
then found one on the ground after as well. They're personalised
'Switchfoot' ones even. I begged one of the techies to get the set
list for me, so I scored with that one.
When we got outside we saw a signing table so snuck in the line
just in time for them to walk out (Cam and I both shook Jon's hand).
I got my set list signed and Cam got a poster. Aimee walked with
us and shook their hands etc. Jerome the guitar/keys/vocals guy
recognised me from the front even! We were standing right in front of him Haha!
I'm tired and rambling so I'll finish this with a few pictures... 
Despite the sweaty, crushing bodies behind
and beside me, it was amazing!
They were so cool live! I don't really
remember when they came to the Harvest Crusade
in 2003. They played New Way to be Human and Gone,
I remember that much for sure. Tonight, was unforgettable!
Cam and I were right in the front against the barrier.
We were a little off the the left, which we decided was probably
a good thing, considering how rough it got in there.
They played all their recent hits, starting out with Oh! Gravity
through to Gone and Meant to Live. Cam caught a pick from Jon
then found one on the ground after as well. They're personalised
'Switchfoot' ones even. I begged one of the techies to get the set
list for me, so I scored with that one.
When we got outside we saw a signing table so snuck in the line
just in time for them to walk out (Cam and I both shook Jon's hand).
I got my set list signed and Cam got a poster. Aimee walked with
us and shook their hands etc. Jerome the guitar/keys/vocals guy
recognised me from the front even! We were standing right in front of him Haha!
I'm tired and rambling so I'll finish this with a few pictures...
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