Soul Survivor
Aug. 23rd, 2018 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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On Tuesday me and Zac (my 8 year old) drove up to Soul Survivor - the Christian festival that my wife was at with our other 3 kids, 7 other teenagers from our church, and 3 other youth leaders. It was a great way to spend a few days of the summer. I love camping and with the food stalls and the lights everywhere and a bonfire and all that kind of stuff it was just what I needed before I have to go back to work and spend my days between four walls of a classroom.
It was also quite emotional seeing all these teenagers (there were 6,000) jumping up and down in unison worshipping God. The band was very lively.
I don't tend to like big crowds being stirred up but if it's to celebrate the love of God, and it's going to have a positive impact on their lives, then it's a great thing in my book.
Zac was in his element and loved joining in with things like water fights. It was an awesome couple of days for my family and the others too. You tend to bond well with people in that kind of experience.
I'm going to another Christian festival on Saturday called Greenbelt which is aimed more at adults. Greenbelt has always prided itself on getting cutting edge acts and speakers and this year Pussy Riot are playing. I don't know how they're portrayed in Russia (if my Russian friends are still active)? Over here they're seen as a protest band who are highlighting negative aspects of the government and also negative aspects of the Russian Orthodox Church. There's also an American band called Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires who are from Birmingham, Alabama but protest about negative aspects of Trump. Should be an interesting day.
On Tuesday me and Zac (my 8 year old) drove up to Soul Survivor - the Christian festival that my wife was at with our other 3 kids, 7 other teenagers from our church, and 3 other youth leaders. It was a great way to spend a few days of the summer. I love camping and with the food stalls and the lights everywhere and a bonfire and all that kind of stuff it was just what I needed before I have to go back to work and spend my days between four walls of a classroom.
It was also quite emotional seeing all these teenagers (there were 6,000) jumping up and down in unison worshipping God. The band was very lively.
I don't tend to like big crowds being stirred up but if it's to celebrate the love of God, and it's going to have a positive impact on their lives, then it's a great thing in my book.
Zac was in his element and loved joining in with things like water fights. It was an awesome couple of days for my family and the others too. You tend to bond well with people in that kind of experience.
I'm going to another Christian festival on Saturday called Greenbelt which is aimed more at adults. Greenbelt has always prided itself on getting cutting edge acts and speakers and this year Pussy Riot are playing. I don't know how they're portrayed in Russia (if my Russian friends are still active)? Over here they're seen as a protest band who are highlighting negative aspects of the government and also negative aspects of the Russian Orthodox Church. There's also an American band called Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires who are from Birmingham, Alabama but protest about negative aspects of Trump. Should be an interesting day.