Soul Survivor baby!!!

Hi guys!!!!

I'm back from Soul Survivor and I'm knackered!!!! I had to go to work first thing this morning so I couldn't even get a lie-in to catch up on all the lost sleep I've had! We didn’t get to sleep till 2.30-3am every night! Basically it was soooo cool! You all have to go next year!

Before we even left it looked like the girls (me, Char, Nami and Sam) were going to be staying in a 2-man tent!!! I blame this on Daza as he said his tent was a 6-man tent but then it turned out to be a little kids Tweenie tent! Anyway, fortunately Adam at the last minute (true Sanctuary style!) bought a 4-man tent in the morning!

Anyway, so Soul Survivor- it was amazing! There were about 8500 people there, maybe even more and all these people gathered together in a massive big top tent in the mornings and evenings for praise and worship and teaching sessions. The praise and worship was really cool. Tim Hughes led most of it but some days we had Delirious and also Hillsong United were there who were really good! Most of the time it felt like you were in a concert though because there were just so many people and whenever we got to the stage where you’re just quiet and getting deeper into worship, somebody always had to clap and cheer which was a bit annoying.

There was so much going on that it always felt as though whatever you did you’d be missing out on something! There were loads of different areas where you could hang out when seminars weren’t going on. There was one place called the ‘Underground’ where it was all urban music and people like 29th Chapter were there. There was also somewhere called ‘Lift’ which was like a skate park, which was sooo cool! There was a balcony where you could watch the skaters from above.

One morning me and char went to a girl’s only session and I could actually skate in a straight line and even turn corners! The next morning I went again and got a bit more adventurous and had a go on a mini ramp. I was doing well but for a split second lost it and fell right on my hip- it KILLS!!!!

Everyday there was a dance workshop and it was very good. The dancer guy was amazing and we might be able to get him to teach at our dance group, which would be cool!

There was a market place where they had loads of stalls and poor Lisa had to be there for practically most of the day! There were different cafes, which did the best cakes! One with comfy cushions (although it was always too packed to actually get a comfy cushion!) and one with live music (which was also packed out). There was another tent which was called ‘Mr Boogies’ where there was a disco full of cheesy music- soooo much fun!!!! AND, there was another place where they had gigs on every night. I went to see Hillsong United one night who were really really good, worth waiting to get in for!

So as you can see there was LOADS going on! I've probably missed loads out but there you go!