I know, I'm cheating a little bit by writing recap,
but i've been soooooo busy!
Quite like last year, I went to Jakarta for Harvest Festival 2013 :) It was a lot of fun!
But before that, we have our 8th WORLD CONFERENCE! YEAAYY !! :D:D
If y'all remember, the last WC was held in Semarang, in 2009 :D I'm so proud of what the Semarang Committee did 4 years ago, and now it was held back in Jakarta.
4 years ago,
I was a very young girl, 7th going on 8th grade. Knew nothing about the world except FUN.
My dad was appointed for the 2nd time as the President of my church's organization. It was his 4th period serving in the organization as well.
4 years later,
I came as a 16 years old girl. Knew enough that the world is a fun place to be, but a tough one too.
Our church's founder once again steps up to be the President, marking the end of my dad's 13 years of serving in the organization.
To be honest, I think i take this thing rather dramatic. Like, every time i think about it i always in tears. 13 years. Almost as old as my sister. I really don't know how our lives will be without my dad serving in the headquarters, always busy and emailing here and there :) But it has been a great 13 years, and I'm honored to be his daughter :)
moving on!
during one-and-a-half day of WC, as what it is called, we had a conference.
Actually, I'm not an official invitee in this event, as I'm not a pastor (only some pastors are invited to join the conference). They were discussing about bylaws and it was reallllyyy boring. Really boring. BUT!
one, i know i need to learn this thing :) *although I only survived from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. then i had to excuse myself and go back to the hotel *lol* :P*
two, I wasn't the only one who was bored to the max! I was 'accompanied' by some pastors' kids. We were known as "Anak Apostolik" *Apostolic Kids* Either it was a prophecy, or just bad grammar. maybe both? :p
What I love about WC is people from all over the world gather together *from36 countries to be exact*,
but we don't just gather there to discuss things, but we gather there with a spirit of togetherness. So people from India, Africa, US, Spain, we all come together and have a really great time.
Also I looooovvvveee meeting all this lovely servants of God, that i've known since forever, that I only get to meet once every year or two.
And also, during WC, re-branding of our church was introduced. It's now IFGF! :D
I'll miss the old logo and all that stuffs, but I'm looking forward toward our church's new direction :)
after 1-and-a-1/2 days of WC, we moved to Balai Sarbini for 3 days of Harvest Festival!
and like HF 2012, HF 2013 ROCKS!
Somehow the energy is just higher, and maybe because I see more young people *including the 'Anak Apostolik' :p* than last year. I really felt the Holy Spirit working through each and every people that came, in many different ways. I hope every body had a good time like me.
It was a tiring week.
We got up at 6-7, have to leave early, then we had event for a day, from 8-9 a.m. until 9-10 p.m., with minimum break and maximum sleepyheadness.
But it was fruitful and fun.
Ahh gonna miss all those people
and all the good times.
now,
off to resting, and meeting with BFFs tomorrow!
CHEERS!
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