Day 7. Hairy Creepy Guy. - Thursday, 24/11/2005
Today we had to prepare for Date Night. I'll explain Date Night a little better when it comes. The guys found out what groups they were in today, but the girls won't find out what groups they're in until Date Night itself. Even the two Tims, who are arranging it, haven't worked out the girls' groups yet. Jim, Tim L. and Rob B. were in my group, and we drove around buying presents and choosing where we were going to go.
Today Kirsten gave a talk on What's wrong with Religion. Carla and Luke gave their testimonies at lunch, and Lindsay gave his at dinner.
Tonight, Chris, Emma, Tim M. and Jess C. would have been in my group, but as it was a group of five, it was working in the recharge zone, and it was decided that Norm should be in that group because of his injured foot. So I was swapped with him, and ended up in a group with Jim, Bethany and Marika. I've never been in a group with Jim before.
Marika had to meet up with a guy she'd met a night before.
There were several factors that made this night particularly quiet. One was the fact that we always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, another was that I was completely out of it, trying to recover from the night before. As a result, the Schoolies' perception of me seemed to change from being the cool guy with the wicked beard who couldn't possibly be there to tell the Schoolies what to do because he's one of them but in a yellow shirt, to being the really creepy, quiet, hairy guy. Other things were cramping my style too, tonight.
We are not there to tell the Schoolies what to do, by the way. We have no authority to do that. We are there to help them. When they are in trouble they usually run to us for help. We are just there to do as Jesus would have done at Schoolies.
We've had to be patient all this week for the Schoolies to finally realise that we are not there to police them (that's what the police are for). Next week we'll have to start all over again when the NSW Schoolies come. A lot of the QLD Schoolies leave tonight.
Today Kirsten gave a talk on What's wrong with Religion. Carla and Luke gave their testimonies at lunch, and Lindsay gave his at dinner.
Tonight, Chris, Emma, Tim M. and Jess C. would have been in my group, but as it was a group of five, it was working in the recharge zone, and it was decided that Norm should be in that group because of his injured foot. So I was swapped with him, and ended up in a group with Jim, Bethany and Marika. I've never been in a group with Jim before.
Marika had to meet up with a guy she'd met a night before.
There were several factors that made this night particularly quiet. One was the fact that we always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, another was that I was completely out of it, trying to recover from the night before. As a result, the Schoolies' perception of me seemed to change from being the cool guy with the wicked beard who couldn't possibly be there to tell the Schoolies what to do because he's one of them but in a yellow shirt, to being the really creepy, quiet, hairy guy. Other things were cramping my style too, tonight.
We are not there to tell the Schoolies what to do, by the way. We have no authority to do that. We are there to help them. When they are in trouble they usually run to us for help. We are just there to do as Jesus would have done at Schoolies.
“"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
John 3:17 (NKJV)(See also Romans 8:34)
We've had to be patient all this week for the Schoolies to finally realise that we are not there to police them (that's what the police are for). Next week we'll have to start all over again when the NSW Schoolies come. A lot of the QLD Schoolies leave tonight.
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