Freedom

Freedom ESS is over! Freedom ESS is over! Freedom ESS is over! My face has been laid down at the feet of God and thrown to the far reaches of the ends of the Earth, but it's all worth is as long as one person comes to know God. And it is FAR more than one person who has come to know God during this special, special, service. =) We fasted, we prayed, we toiled away, and how God has blessed us! I think the angels in Heaven are dancing so hard that their pants have half dropped by now hahaha!

God You are an amazing God, and You are Good. All the blood, sweat, and tears, and You made it all worthwhile. Who else but You could be behind this, oh God? People have given feedback to us that the programmes were really enjoyable! I think we've really surpassed ourselves this time in bringing people to know You God! I can look back and say that I'm proud to have been involved in Freedom ESS '08.

We seemed to be sort of, I don't know, testing the water during the first service? Was really tense backstage, I'd have you know that haha! But the audience went wild whenever we did anything! They were so, so supportive and forgiving! We couldn't have done without them! Give a hand here for our dear Y-Hope & visitors! You guys're the best! Seems like they have an inherent rebellious streak though - they were highly approving of Peter whacking the paper ball away. All you Stomp guys, Ruiz, Peter, Erina and Jeremy with Yihui leading all of them, acted incredibly! Almost everything went like clockwork - song presentations, dance and all. The only small hiccup was the video on the musicians.

Second service was a little different though? Everyone was more relaxed, and suddenly seemed to have the ability to think laterally on the ball, and to come up with improvisations! Now if that wasn't God working, I don't know what was! From throwing paper balls at Ruiz during Stomp, to doing my mini-moonwalk at the start of dance, to Yao's, Kai's, and Mon's solos during Smooth... We dared to live in the moment for God, and to try daring, risky, and potentially disrupting stuff on the spot, and it ALL paid off! Now how amazing is that?

Of course, the downside is that I lost my stick right at the beginning of dance - that was terribly obvious. I had to act panicked to try my best to make it a "deliberate accident" while I picked it up from the floor, and the rest of you, especially you girls, supported me really well during then by coming in at the right time and allowing me to get my bearings almost at once. I don't feel bad about it really? I thought I would be, being mildly perfectionist and all, but I guess I realised that I, as all the dancers did, worked and trained tirelessly for this item, and whatever happened, none of us could possibly be blamed for lack of practice, and we all tried our best to be excellent and that definitely has got to put a smile on God's face. I'm secure in that. =)

You know what? I'm mentally breathless (does that make sense?) from all this rapid sharing lol. Well, all I really want to say is that we planned from the outset to make this ESS bigger and better than our last biggest and best, way back in '05, and I think, hope and pray that we managed to achieve that. And I think we did. Thank You God, for allowing me to use my talents for your Kingdom. I love being on stage for You, 'cause I believe and know in my heart that You use me greatly there. ^^ Forging closer friendships along the way? That's a bonus if I ever see one! =D Till my next post, see you then!