GIG-Get Into God!!! (part 1)

*phew*
back from GIG! it was a tremendously awesome experience. now in the comforts of my home in Melaka.

well, everything started on Thursday nite. the GIG team was going to Sarawak in 2 groups coz we couldnt get everyone into the same flight...i think so:P so the 1st group flew on MAS Airlines on Thursday nite. I was in the 2nd group, using Air Asia. and our flight was on Friday morning at 7 am. anyways, the 1st group had the privilege of reaching Kuching by 12am on Friday, and had the comfort of sleeping in the hotel, and having the hotel breakfast. the 2nd group however, had to bunk in homes near Subang on thursday nite, get little sleep before getting dragged out of bed at 4am, to meet at the airport, fly all the way there with heavy eyes and reach the hotel in time to miss breakfast. but, it was all fun! woohoo!

really thank God we arrrived safely! our plane hit some turbulence here and there but i felt peace the whole way, unlike the last flight i had. all the morning suffering was compensated with having an awesome lunch session at Jit Nee's parents home. her mum is a tremendous cook. altogether, there were 19 of us in the team, but i think she prepared food for 50 ppl! it was alot! there was like 3 rice cookers of Chicken Rice...loads of chicken and pork...and vege and fruits and prawns...and .....loads of delicious stuff. i had 3 huge helpings...after being 'encouraged' to eat more. halfway throught the 3rd plate, i was on teh verge of exploding. Albert said eating liek this was more like long distance running: we should start eating at a constant pace. whateva! i had to really focus hard to get that last bit of meat into my already tired mouth. ultimately i did it, after much struggle. cut the long story short, we had a thanksgiving session to God after wards for teh safe journey and a little walk around town to get some lil souvenirs first. the walk aroudn that area of town brought back alot of nostalgic memories, coz i did walk down those streets jsut a few months earlier.

somehow, this time round, i didn't feel so much like a tourist, but more of a Man With a Mission. so instead of venturing out sumore, i felt i needed all the rest i could get to give my best that nite. slept the moment i entered the hotel till wake up time. most of us slept too. that nite, Pastor Sandra took a short session about Worship and after that we broke up into our workshop groups. Pastor Sandra's message was a gentle reminder to me again about worship. i had to undertake the guitar worship workshop with Bryan. it was my first time ever conducting such a thing and i was a lil panicky...dropped my guitar even thinking about it *ouch* as i stood before the group of budding guitarists, i went blank, and all i wanted to say to them left me totally. really appreciate Bryan filling in and taking over till i had time to think. we couldn't really cover much on the aspects of skills and techniques, but i hope i had imparted to them on the reason why we worship with our instruments and how do we go about it. had to cut the session short as time ran out. later we gathered together again for Band Dynamics lead by David Gary. He called out various bands to try out the band dynamics. after all that, we had supper. The locals treated us really well and brought us to nice places to have our dinner-cum-supper. after all that, what else sumore? sleep la!

next day woke up with a sore head...due to the flu and the lack of sleep the nite before. felt really screwed up but i was looking forward to the meeting. was really groggy as i stepped into the shower, refreshed as i felt the hot water spray on me and sleepy as i stepped out again. haha, so much for the hot shower. walked into the breakfast lounge with a dazed look. headached still pounding.

to be continued