OC2010

So... OC2010 is over. Whao.. as usual, I'd be doing a writeup on my experience...

I'm now sitting at home instead of being at work cuz I've been down with flu-ish symptoms. Argh.. the nose that doesn't stop, the forehead that feels heavy and stuffed up... the sore throat that makes swallowing difficult, and the body aches that makes you just wanna lie in bed.

I think it marks a good time for me to get some rest too. Thank God I don't have much to do at work today. So I'd better rest up for today, and go back to work tomorrow, because I'll need to do some more serious experiments tomorrow.

OC2010 experience:

Shekinah Performance

I guess my OC experience began a month before OC2010. I have been involved in Shekinah for the past 2 years now that I've known God, and it's so mind blowing to see where God has led us over the past years. I haven't been with Shekinah for a long enough time, but in these 2 products that I've been involved with them, I see God stretching me.

So when I signed up for this, I didn't know I'd be getting a role in the contemporary dance group. Neither did Belle. But as things progressed, I had to learn a set of contemporary dance moves from Anna, a professional full time dancer. Whao, I was so stretched from where I was.

So many times I wanted to give up, as I felt I wasn't as graceful and technical as the other 2 girls. But time and again, I heard God say, "Don't give up." The performance blew away. Awesome. God's glory and presence was there...

Beyond just the performance, I witness miraculous healing occurring through the production. Some of our team members were injured and sick. Ps Lance had a gift of healing and he took us through praying for these people and they were all miraculously healed instantly! And guess what... on the day of the performance, my thigh muscle froze and I fell during the morning rehearsal. I couldn't do the moves that I had to do in my performance anymore.

This came a time where I was personally able to experience the same healing! Ps Lance and everyone on the set came and prayed for me... and each time they prayed, the tightness reduced and step by step I was able to receive that healing, and I could bend my knees again!

Praise God!

There was also a time where the whole team just rested in the presence of God backstage while the intercessors came and prayed for us. It was amazing as one of the intercessors actually saw a vision of me holding 2 rods and performing some moves.. and she mentioned that God had given me strength and beauty to be able to worship Him.

I then asked her if she saw me during the rehearsals, she said she didn't. Whao... amazing... the intercessor was from New Zealand too, so no way would she have known that I did Wushu too...

But that really blessed my heart and I had the assurance from God to bring my dance and performance as an act of worship unto Him.

That's a very brief summary of my involvement and experience in the Shekinah production.

Next up...

Serving:

There was altogether 4 days of the convention. The first 2 days I spent hours and hours with the Shekinah team and it was honestly, tiring. But it was a fulfilling experience. I also got to see a lot of other people who gave up their time of leisure during their free time to be behind the scenes during the whole period of the convention. All the sacrifical hearts.... they were all so amazing.

I found so much joy serving.... the 2nd two days of the convention, I was rostered on Security. In the midst of my tiredness, I actually started off with a pretty bad attitude. But God corrected my attitude and later in the afternoon, I actually felt more peace and joy serving.

Sunday evening was awesome. The presence of God was so strong in the place, even during the prayer session before the main session. I was partly worshipping God and partly serving as security but despite being 'distracted', God's peace fell upon me and I felt joy and peace just standing there.

As the worship begun, I went back to my lifegroup and had a great time of praise and worship with them. During worship, the presence of God was so strong and some people manifested. Being the security I had to be there to help out and at the same time, I felt the same feeling of the infilling of the Holy Spirit I felt during last year's OC2009.

The same filling I had when the Spirit filled me, I had when I was helping the girl who manifested. This ministry of deliverance has been my heart beat and I felt God somehow spoke to me through this incident. God also gave me strength and encouragement not to give up serving Him... as I was contemplating on doing so due to all the tiredness.

His Grace and His Strength is sufficient for me.

I realised I always have these thoughts about giving up when the going gets tough. Thank God for my nature that I seldom will actually give up. But the discouragement can so bog up my mind and being so much sometimes I feel utterly depressed and unproductive.

Even in the times when I was preparing for the short film for Shekinah's competition, I felt so much like giving up...

God has taught me so much prior to OC2010 and even during the convention.

And... now that the convention is over.. God has also taught me a lot of other things... and He's still not done with me!

Ah...

I wish I had some pictures to show.. but I don't cuz I didn't take much photos during the whole convention as I was backstage most of the time.

OC2010 is truly a different exeprience that I've had compared with the other two OC that I've been through. I can't say which is better, but they are all definitely different experiences. And it doesn't stop here... I'm back to in the world... but taking Heaven to Earth! Hahaha.... back from the transfiguration, I'll always say.

Now... I kind of remember a vision I had when I was a new believer... God gave me a vision of the transfiguration.... and allowed me to know, that even though the mountain top is good... we have to go back down... and do the work of God.

Ah... ok.. I'm about to fall asleep now... back to resting!

Have a good day everyone. :)