Follow your bliss

It's exciting to think about our church growing and maturing. I remember Kim MSN always encouraging us to run with horses. We've had kingdom-mind/heart-themed retreats for the past three years. I feel that we've been talking about growing for so long. It's exciting to learn practical lessons we can apply to truly be a church as God intended church to be.

Blissful moments:

• discussing blissful moments with Ames, Angie, Jane and Laura.
• singing praise songs with Dan, Ames and Aria.
• Aria busting out with the hand motions to "He's Changing Me".
• heart-to-hearts.
• talking about hope.
• speed scrabble.
• making fun of Sam for creating ridiculous new words. He's so lopey.
• laughing at Friendrew for creating ridiculous new words.
• watching Kristine practice breathing for swimming.
• washing off the pool saltiness in a nice warm shower. Why was the pool so salty?
• Mina being superstitious and flipping out.
• laying in bed listening to Jane describe her exciting dream that involved a theft, mystery and sombrero.
• watching Angie in the bouncy house.
• jumping in the bouncy house.
• taking notes with my new thin brown pen.
• Sunday worship service: As we sang "Did you feel the mountains tremble?", my imagination began to run wild. All the images were so vibrant in technicolor. I imagined the students at the Islamic boarding school in Indonesia singing their hearts out. I saw children in North Korea smiling and laughing. I saw the people at my homestay village in South Africa dancing upon injustice. I was overwhelmed by joy. It was more than bliss.

Open up the doors and let the music play,
Let the streets resound with singing,
Songs that bring Your hope, songs that bring Your joy,
Dancers who dance upon injustice.