22 August, 2006

KIDSONG!! pt1

Here is finally some pictures of my Kidsong family. What a crazy bunch... We had SOO much fun together.. (thanks for the photo's, Mike)

the theme for conference was army, so we were all dressed up in our army-gear the whole week...



Fabio, he's one of the city guy's, so I didn't know him before conference. Great, CRAZY, guy!!!


Mike (in his marines uniform) and Chris. Chris is just sooo cute!!


Max&Melody used to join in for the faculty sessions...


Dave, one of the kids pastors in the city. He's the one in charge of all the worship and media stuff for Kids.


Funny Man Dan, and yes, he really is funny. The kids just love him!


Rainbow... need i say more... she's leaving after this term... (think i'm about to cry...)


Kirsty and Sophie. Kirsty is one of the kids worship leaders in the city, and Sophie at hills, although they do swap around sometimes...


Kudzy! another of the city guys that i didn't know before conference. He's just amazing!

KIDSONG!! - pt 2

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Rainbow, Stephen, me and Leslie

Mike, Ruzany and Rainbow


Andrew, Fabio and Sondre


Sarah and Ruzany

And here it is... Fabio is getting on Obi's shoulders... He was actually playing up there... lol...


They had heaps of fun on stage...


Coop picture, hey... Fabio and Andrew...


Fabio and Mike, after Friday night...


"Danglin', we don't want your finger danglin', we don't wan't your finger danglin', so honour your mum and dad!" ...okay, you had to be there...


Most of the Friday night team! (except stephen, he still had work to do...)

06 August, 2006

Me, myself and mine…

Why is it that we’re always so occupied with ourselves? Humans are weird like that. We so often end up in this bubble where everything is about me, myself and mine… know I’m there at least… I get so caught up in my own struggles and my own problems. It’s as if the whole world spins around me. And then I miss the fact that there are people around, even friends, who are going through a hard time, because I’m so consumed with my own pain, my own troubles, so I don’t see the hard times of those around me … How many times could I have been there to help my friends through, but I’ve just been too consumed with my own hurts to see…

“Realizing God is a work all around me and that he regularly invites me to be a part of that work has given me a heightened sense of anticipation that something extraordinary might happen right before my eyes.” I’m reading this book, it’s really about something totally different, but I was reading this passage in it and it made me think… what is God doing in the people I meet today, and how can I help? What does He want to say to this person through me today? You know, I’ve realised, that when I focus more on how I can help, how I can bless, the people around me, I feel better myself. When I don’t let my mind whirl around all the thoughts I don’t want anyone to see, all the feelings I wish I didn’t have, all the stings in my heart that I try to hide… all the things I know is wrong, know is not reality, but still feel so real. When I don’t dwell on that, but focus on giving to others instead, they actually decrease much more. When I focus on others instead of dwelling in my own little world, I get energized.