Elevate 2009!!

Elevate 2009 was so good! Why was it good? Because we had a longer time of worship, compared to Sundays. Also, Joel Houston & Darlene Zschech shared the vision of the church to us and everyone got pumped up, which lead to more worship & singing. Lol!

We worshipped and had other stuff in-between like 'Elevate News' & the sharing, but I think worship alone took up almost 1 hour of the whole 2 hours we were there. We heard quite a number of new songs too because Album Recording is coming up in March so we're all learning the new songs. The new songs are really nice, so I'm really excited about the recording!

There were some setbacks about the night though....

Cause of Setback:

-Too many people going to Elevate from the City Campus.

-Not enough room on the buses.

-Sandra had to sit at the back of the bus.

-It was HOT because of the exhaust pipe under the seat.

-Baby cockroaches crawling around.
-Stuck in traffic jam with cockroaches & heat from exhaust.

Effect of Setback:

-Couldn't sleep on the bus.

-Was late for Elevate.

-Missed the first 15 minutes of worship.

-Almost fell asleep when Joel was sharing.

Photos!!

The back of the bus.. This is my good friend Alison.. *Note the traffic jam at the back*

Taneli (the blond) from Sweden & Corrie from the US. They were suffering from the heat at the back of the bus too.

Sean/toast (because of his skin) from Malaysia.

Felipe Palma from Chile. He's a huge football fan & also Sean's roommate.

Summer from Korea. She just came to Hillsong in January 2009. Really nice & sweet girl.

The guys were gentlemen and gave their seats to the girls, so they stood for half the journey & sat on the floor for the other half.

Our crowded & hot bus. See all the guys standing??

*Hillsong Church - Hills Campus* "We're here!!!!"

Elevate news brought to us by Ben Fielding & JD (Jonathan Douglas).. Hehe it was really funny with a lot of Aussie humor..

This is the Main Auditorium in the Hills Campus. This is only 3/4 of the room & there are more seats on the top. These are the people who are part of the Creative side of church, including musicians, production people, Choir, etc etc.. All the creative people from Hills & City are gathered here & of course the pastors are here too.

Of course the platform is bigger compared to the one in the City. Hehe and those people are Ben Fielding, Jad Gillies & Gabriel Kelly (from left to right).

Random picture of some HUGE drumsticks I saw outside, but I think it's hollow inside because it was pretty light..

That's All!! Cheers people!!