So much happened during the four days of Eurock that each of us probably was able to only participate in a 1000th of the excitement experienced by all. But in this short entry we’ll walk down memory lane of the past several days of Eurock to relate at least a small portion of it for any readers who were not able to attend.
I dare say something that happened a fair bit during this event you can get from the following photograph… When on your way somewhere you spot a couple of lovely ladies (or guys) coming your way who either send a warm smile your direction with a cheerful “hi� and even occasionally a loving hug which brightens your day considerably. What a wonderful Family we’ve got.
Another one is the “damsel in distress in the pouring rain� scenario which I got to personally experience to where you’re scuttling along in a fretful stampede get to the concert hall when a handsome gentleman appears out of seemingly nowhere offering to escort you under his umbrella or ingeniously hand held “blanket cover from the rain contraption�. The simple joys of life…ah! When it rained, it sure could pour.
Another thing you could be sure of after pulling yourself out of bed in the morning and groping out into your dining area (everyone ate at their own house) was to see a faithful and beautiful someone setting your breakfast table, putting out a nice hot pot of coffee for you (if you were over 16), sweeping your floor and making sure you were well taken care of at each and every meal time. To our caretakers – you were awesome, thank you!!
Inspiration was the next thing all enjoyed each morning soon after a bite to eat for breakfast. Every day different people led us in a rousing time of praising the Lord through song in the huge tent that the staff guys put up for us.
Some pretty hilarious
skits were also acted out each morning that always brought a good point home.
Each morning and afternoon,
classes were held for each age group; Junior Teens, Senior Teens, YA’s and Staff. The topics that were covered were prayerfully picked for each group and were extremely power packed and well presented. God bless all those who took the time to prepare them and share them with us.
After the afternoon class it was
get-out time. Now, I’ve gotta hand it to the football organizers. There were 7 football teams running in a championship throughout the duration of Eurock and the grand prize and second prize winners received their medals on the last day. Taking into consideration that it rained nearly every day during get-out time, those football players were pretty die-hard and earned their wins.
Besides the championship, there were also two big games played; both featuring those living in
West Europe vs. East Europe. If you're wondering who won, I can leave you with the hint of: “Where the sun doth rise*, there the winning team lies�
(*a little bird told me: The sun rises in the East)
Football wasn’t the only fun being had during get-out time at Eurock, there was also a
Latin Salsa rhythm moving in the YA house where Jesse led a large and lively group in Salsa dancing.
An awesome miracle of the Lord’s supply was that Abner came down from Denmark with a wonderful amount of provisioning for all to partake of. You saw people walking out of there with plenty of clothing and more.
Eurock 2006 T-shirts were made available along with the
Eurock DVD 2005. If you haven’t bought one yet,
you still have the chance!! What I thought was very creative and appealing is what
Salt of the Earth were selling aside from their album and it wasn't a t-shirt. Way to go with advertising! Ladies, if you ever see Salt of the Earth perform live, make sure to pick up one of their CD's.
Every single evening was chock-full of spirit-filled music. Check out the daily log of concert evenings for more on them!
After the concerts the techies would all get together for prayer and discussing the following days' plan. They were amazingly faithful day in and day out – through the concerts, through get-outs, everything. They were certainly amongst the Eurock HEROES!
Speaking of heroes there were definitely some that got some well deserved heroes' acclaim at Eurock – the
2006 AIP winners!!
In the EEA the top prize winner was Olivia (17) in Ukraine! The Grand Winners Golden trophy was passed on to her from last years EEA AIP winner Joe.
In three and a half months Olivia got:
- 17 people to come to weekly 12 FS classes (the minimum of two classes per person)
- Actively participated in 26 COL/Bible classes
- 16 Activated subscriptions
- Made 153 follow up visits
- Personal witnessed 148 times with song
- Won 1180 souls
- Got out 261 Activated mags and 73 tools
Tying for the Second runners up position were the brothers
Jeremy (15) and Steven (16) in Romania! And thrid runner up was their sister Stephanie (12). For more info on the stats and competitors in this year's AIP go to:
EEA STATS or
WE STATS.
In Western Europe the top prize winner was
Katrina (14) in Spain, first runner up was
Daniel (16) in Italy and second runner up was
Anna (17) in England.
God bless each and every one of the AIP participants, you sure changed a part of the world for the better and sent the devil screaming this summer!
