Today, I moved cubicles at work! I now no longer view the office entrance from the lifts but now have a window seat with a view to the Carlton Crest, King George Square and east down Ann St.

 

Another small moment of joy. Sorry, Adam.

The months of preparation paid off and Scripture Union Schoolies finally arrived (Nov 19-25)

 

What a great week! The leaders and directors started up at Coolum at the Luther Heights campsite Sunday afternoon for training and team building prior to the event actually starting on Monday.

 

Most schoolies had a great time and a safe time. We had some great messages, experiences and built some awesome relationships with truly quality people.

 

My role as Site Director this year was interesting. After having previously been a leader on a camp, it was good to try a different and more challenging role.

 

Thank you to my prayer partners over this period. It was amazing to see God working in the lives of everyone there. There were numerous times that I could see God moving powerfully and also involved in the day to day running of the camp. Particularly in the Site Director role, there were so many more things to consider and organise and to go wrong. He would just make this work together and previous fears I had were allayed as God was faithful and provided for our needs and so much more.

 

Well, after about 12 months of waiting, anticipation, desire and delay, the U2 concert was the sweetest thing!

 

Kristin, Jess and I started lining up in the General Admission cattle yard about 2.45pm for a concert that started at 7pm and it was worth it! We managed to just get into the front section and stood just 3 people deep away from the left stage catwalk into the crowd! This meant we were literally no more than 3 metres from Bono, Edge and Adam Clayton (bass) who walked out with great pride on the catwalk during the show. The elevation of the stage made it easy to see but most of the crowd was in vertigo from the silver and gold sounds coming from the stage. Brisbane certainly became the city of blinding lights as the massive TV screen behind the band lit up.

 

The crowd was treated to a long set full of favourites and some debut live tracks from previous albums, followed by 2 encores.

 

My favourite moment was when Bono strutted down the catwalk while singing a fav of mine, "Sometimes You Can't Make it on your Own" and another favourite when Edge and Clayton played together on the catwalk.

 

The only disappointment of the night was the supporting act who was a rapper and not a good one for the style of show. Some would say they still hadn't found what they're looking for or were stuck in a moment they can't get out of but overall, it was fantastic.

 

The street with no name was Kessels Rd after the concert which turned into a massive pedestrian crossing as 40 thousand people poured out of the stadium with or without you to walk on.

 

 

 

 

For those not U2 fans, the italicised words are U2 songs :)