Encounter

Here is a summary of events over the last two years of helping out with the Youth Group: Encounter. Enjoy!!!!

Another Day

Reached 500 views today which ain’t so bad for little old me. I know many would be cringing at only 500 views of a blog with so many other reaching thousand views possibly each day!!! Ah well!

Really tired tonight after my first long day at college with 4 hours of lectures and driving to Fermoy for our Youth Meeting which was a good time. Really amazed how short the trip was due to the fact that we took the Toll Road which was nice and was making sure we would not arrive at nearly 8:30pm and have to drive back late like we normally do. Also sent off forms today for the SVdP College weekend away in November which should be good craic. So will post on that when it rolls around.

Soul Survivor 2008 Video

Yes its been a long time coming but I have eventully have time to upload the video of Soul Survivor 2008. The antics and the people who made them happen.

 

To Live or To Exist???

I have been away for the last while in England at Soul Survivor B which was a great week for myself and the youth that tagged along . I had a couple of things cleared up during the week and would be grateful of prayer from those who read this, if anyone, so that I may not slip to old ways.

The passion and shake up within oneself is amazing at any christian events that I go to but its the coming home and back to life struggles that are the worst. I however am trying to keep hold of the good times and run with them for the year and will not slump. With the looming final year ahead I hope that the year will be smooth and will grow instead of being happy where I currently am. I have had many visions and dreams of me being stuck in a desert halfway through and stopping, fed up of going on and feel that I am now coming out the other side. Doors are closing in my life that were opened that I pray will remain closed, this may be contradictory to the sayings that God opens doors but these doors are ones that should never open and God has now closed them.

Here I am at home days off from work due to being on shift which is great due to the fact it allows me have more time to get stuff done which is great as I would normally come home after work and do nothing but relax and have busy weekends. I am trying to get a start on some things for college etc already mainly SVdP Work, mainly trying to get in contact with two girls on committee who have phones off as out of country for the summer and lost their emails. Will have to start doing a budget soon. Not only that but have to type up a report about placement, presentation on placement and get ready for college. 

It all seemed great at the start of summer with the idea that I would have loads of time but with 9 weeks left its time to get cracking .

I have a Dream…

So I yet had a another strange dream this week on Thursday night that I remembered. As some may know I am one of 4 Youth Leaders that are required to Control around 10 rebellious youth. These youth though loving as they are can rub you up the wrong way especially when they never turn up to a “well planned” youth night.

The dream I had involved more the Boy party of the group. It is fairly vague but the jist of the dream was that there is no life whatsoever in two of the boys and need a good talking too and for the other boys they have lost all sense of respect of the fact of what we do for them.

Us youth leaders are untrained but that does not stop us as we are being led by Jesus that this is what He wants us to do.

What has been Happening???

It is about time that I should blog but being away for the last week has restricted me in Blogging so I do have an excuse. I was away for a few day in Llandudno Wales at a confernece called ECG 2008 with some of our youth group with Denise and Doug. Though the conference was aimed at the Youth of UK it turned out that of 1500 people attended, only about 400 of them were between the ages of 0-25 which was scary and very different for me. But the youth did enjoy it with Streams/Porgrammes set up for the 15-17yrs during our meeting events. They youth enjoyed these streams and the Concert by YFriday and the Christian Comedian/Magican which I saw part of and it was enjoyable. It ws a great time of bonding and getting to know the Youth compared to Soul Survivor as at many times we are apart for many hours.

So at a conference you presume you should learn something/God talks to you and this is no different. It was during the first meeting that words of Communication and Control were coming to me so if anyone would like to interpet I would be happy to accept any input.

Now with that Trip over I am going crazy over the fact that I lost 6 days of Study and now with 4 weeks to study 12 Modules the pressure is on…

What Happened to me then???

Sorry about the delay in getting to make a new post but have been busy. Still doing college but only for one day left of lectures with an odd day to come into college left for labs an the like. With another study period dawing on the horizen it would not be the same without me heading away for a week Denise and I are taking the Encounter youth group away for a few days to Wales to Hope 08 which should be fun. Though I will be studying durinh the trip as I am a swot I will enjoy it.

So with nearly 6 weeks off I hope that it will be sunny like last year and get some tanning done too Also I was unable to get away from UCC SVdP Society and will be the Treasurer next year though I wont be involved as much next year due to being in Final Year. Now you would never think of the day that I would be a College Graduate which sounds very daunting. So wont dwell on that for much longer except the fact that we got a list of projects for next year to choose from already so pressure is mounting.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy so I had a great week last week with class party, Clubs and Socs Ball and St Patricks dy allowing me to really embrace the last few days of college. All I need now is to learn how to study properly and pass my exams.

Not much besides all that I think…. So I will leave you with this… Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Two Posts in a Week!!!! What is the World coming too?!?!?!?

With Xmas just 4 days away I am missing the excitement that goes along with it. I am not that old already am I??? I use to love every Xmas morning waiting a the top of the stairs as my Dad went down first to see if Santa came with a camera, then we would follow and capture the surprise on our faces to see what Santa had brought us. Oh, they were the days!! Even if it snowed I would be excited…remembering a couple years back when it snowed on Xmas Day .

Ah well I can look forward though to the possibility of little Panda Cubs running down the stairs in excitement to see what presents are under the tree in a few years time

As you can guess I am finding it hard to study at this time and am instead on the Laptop but need to keep my loyal readers (if there is any, comments are always great to read) entertained. The kids (Neil and Denise) and our youth went Ice skating in Little Island last night and was a great laugh though it was a bit cold in there. It was some time since I had ice-skated last on proper ice and not synthetic stuff (4 years ago) and only fell once, though Chloe had pushed me!

I think thats is all for now and may blog a bit more over the Xmas Holidays so feel free to leave comments, Questions or topic that you would like to know my opinion about, always open and speaks truthfully, I promise!!

Soul Survivor 2007…

Back now from Soul Survivor 2007…Into His Likeness. It was great to be back there as had missed out on it last year and miss the place once again. Though the teaching on this was not too in depth I taught the worship was great along with the Ministry time with a lot of people including myself.

At the start of the week God gave me a picture of me holding onto something that I knew what it was an d held onto it for the last 5 years and needed to get it out of me. God released me from this during the week but also on the last night I felt an insertion into my chest and got the feeling of emptiness as if it was now gone out of my life and that spot is now empty needing to be filled by God. So besides all that God stuff, seminars were good too. Enjoyed hanging out with the Hughes who I never really knew and all the crazy little children. Roll on 2008 SS.

Now that I am back I have been left go at Ferrero due to decrease in Production and will be back to college on the 24th of September so plenty of time off. Nothing else to say and hope that you become more encouraged.

What caffeine does…

You may say to your self why after a month of not commenting during a study month that I would comment during my exams at 1:30am in the morning…cos I have completed 4 exams though not happy of all of them went and that now the exams have started I know that an end is in sight….but being up at 1:30am does not mean I am cramming but the fact I had two large cups of coffee today at lunch and it must be keeping up 12 hours later….the wonders of caffeine….

So my life has been revolving around study for the last month and cant wait till it ends but now with the exams on the knowledge of science has been leaving my head and nothing is sinking in anymore..oh woe to me…but all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, so I have been on adventure trips to Limerick for a motivational speaker Reggie Dabbs (a big funny fat black man as he calls himself) with the youth and he was pretty cool…we also took the youth to Barley Cove and had my first summer “swim”…only if the water was a bit warmer would it have been more enjoyable.

So as I now try to sleep and dream about the coming 8 exams I have left to conquer I leave you with this…. If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy?