I'm tired, grubby, without clean clothes and have stacks of post-camping chores to get ticked off the list(s). It has been a few weeks of spreadsheets, consent letters, CRB forms, and general planning as the countdown for Newday 2010 continued rapidly in earnest - and now it has been and gone in a flash.
6,500 delegates aged from 12-19, representing dozens and dozens of churches nationwide. If stats suggest church attendance is on the decline, try telling that to this lot. Aside from the culture-challenging, norm-breaking, relationship-building, stereotype-shattering events of the last 6 days, I've witnessed hundreds (literally) of lives change - some significantly, others gradually. A deaf kid had his hearing restored. A girl, blind in one eye, received full vision. Skin conditions cleared up instantly. And hearts were remoulded for eternity.
It aint fake. It isn't magic. It is happening everywhere and thousands of young faces shine that little bit brighter now because of it...
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