It’s been an absolutely fantastic week, and I feel incredibly fired up. It’s so amazing to spend 7 days around loads of other Christians, in a great setting. The weather stayed more or less fine for the whole week (the odd shower at night), and we didn’t have any problems with the tents of camping. There were about 10 of us there in total, and we met up with loads of new people at the conference itself.

The journey down there was a bit of a nightmare, hitting lots of traffic to make it something like a 7 hour drive. We set everything up fairly quickly though - didn’t have any problems. The youth worship/conferences were done in a huge barn (something like 1500-2000 people in there every meeting). The worship bands were absolutely fantastic - they played some amazing music.

I went to quite a few conferences. One was an interesting discussion about Christianity and the creative arts (I suppose I’d put myself in that category as a designer). It was interesting to see how things are progressing in that area. I also went to a seminar on Sexual Integrity, which was really interesting. The social venues in there were brilliant as well, ranging from chilled out cafe’s, to a great skate park. The sheer number of people there was mind blowing.

One evening I saw David and Carrie Grant (you know, that red haired girl - the ones who judge Fame Academy) speaking about their walk with Christ, and how they have put faith in God throughout their lives. It’s amazing to hear what they went through before being given the chance to work on TV and really make it big. I just missed Matt Redman speaking one evening, which was a bit of a shame!

I always leave events such as this on a massive high. I feel fired up for Jesus, and passionate about my faith. I really hope and pray that I can bring everything I’ve learned into my day to day life. I’ve seen miracles take place - two close friends became Christians last week. Another friend had his wrist healed which had been nagging him for months. I’ve also chatted to a mate about setting up a new online Christian arts project. It’s something we plan to work on over the next 6 months or so - expect some quality CSS design!

God’s amazing.