Bigger & Better

It's been just over a week now that Creation Fest 2013 finished... And I don't know quiet yet if I've fully recovered :).  This last week most of us spent trying to recover, while starting the clean up / sort out after the festival.
 
I don't really know exactly how to describe Creation Fest 2013 other than AMAZINGLY BLESSED!  This was Creation Fest best attendance ever... On Tuesday night we had our attendee-high with an estimate 3500 people in the main venue - with the local band, The Grenaways, album launch as well as the well known (and my favourite), Rend Collective Experiment in the line up.  Over the week more than 30 bands performed on 5 different stages and we had over 550 kids registered at Creation Kids through the week.  A prayer answered was really the work that the Lord did in the youth venue, The Tube... The venue had a "make over" this year (in programme as well as appearance) and it was combined with the ever-so-popular Skate Park - and this venue was constantly buzzing!  Although I was working behind the scenes / in the office most of the time, I had the wonderful privilege of sharing the gospel with 2 girls and they both prayed to accept Jesus as their Saviour.  Through the week many came to know and accepted Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour or recommitted their lives to Jesus.  I thank God that I had the opportunity to have a small part to play in this event and just be able to see His hand at work all around.  Thank you to each one of you who had a part in it by keeping me and Creation Fest in prayer.

The Main Stage - thousands worshipping God



Above and Below - the buzzing youth venue: The Tube 



 


One of our pro-skaters - Jud Heald in action

 We have a Creation Movement Road show planned in Camborne, Cornwall the 30th & 31st of August.  This is an opportunity to take Creation Fest to the people - so please keep us in prayer as we prepare for this outreach and God preparing the hearts of those that will attend.  Please also pray that God will open the door for more Creation Movement Road shows - partnering with the local churches.
 
The Boscastle Sunday School is going well.  It is still small, with anything from 2 to 10 kids in the 7-12 year age group.  But I am really blessed by it during my preparation time.  Currently we are looking at God's Creation and I'm just once again amazed at what a wonderful, powerful Creator I serve.  I feel so blessed that I get to read up on God's Creation - and that to be part of my "job".  I wonder how many of us actually take the time to look at God's creation and appreciate His majesty and glory? One of the challenges I gave the kids was just to go out at night, lie on your back and look at the stars... When last have you actually done that?  Do you know that if we count all the stars, only in the Milky Way, and we count 1 star per second, it will take 2500 years!  And that is just our sub-division (which is one of billions of sub-divisions out there). WOW!  And the Bible tells us that God placed the stars there and He knows each stars' name (by the way, He knows yours too and loves you in case you forgot :) ) He just spoke it all into existence. Psalm 19:1 says:  The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork.  God gives us daily reminders of His glory, His BIGNESS, and His power... Take a moment and just look around you... the stars, the sun and the moon, the ocean, the air that you breath, plants, trees, animals, birds!  If you are God's child, be reminded daily through His creation that you have access to His power through Jesus in any situation (at work, in relationships, at school etc.).  If you are not in a relationship with God or hasn't accepted Jesus as your personal Saviour, He has the power to save you from your sins and reconcile you with this BIG and powerful Creator God! God promised that "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved" .

This past week has been the birthday of 3 very dear people... my beautiful niece, Ame (now 2 years old), my precious nephew, Alec (he is 6 years old TODAY!) and my big brother Rinus, (won't reveal your age - haha). I hope you all had a wonderful day and I love you all very much...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Please continue to keep me in your prayers:
Creation Movement Roadshow - happening 30 & 31 August
Boscastle Church and Sunday School - meeting every Sunday
We are struggling getting me mobilised a.k.a sorted with a car :) - please keep that in prayer as the public transport in this part of the country isn't great!
Personally for the adjustments that need to happen as crazy festival time is settling down and to meet new people / friends

Until next time... Be blessed by God's beautiful Creation!