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My experience at the LSS
The LSS changed my life.
It touched my heart and my soul; it was the greatest experience of my life.
At
the beginning, I thought that the LSS was boring. Like other seminars I been
to. They were boring and their speeches couldn’t really get into my head. I
wasn’t quite happy about it and I was planning to skip it until Uncle Michael
said it was compulsory. It was held at the new parish hall. So I went but I
complained a lot that week.
But
it wasn’t anything that I expected the praise and worship, the seminars, the
whole lot. It was a lot more than I could have imagined.
I
remembered one of the aunties said “for every sin we commit, we owe a debt to
the demon.” Those words think of how many sins have I commit. And how many
times have I really wanted to repent and how many times have I tried to reject
sin.
One
of the aunties taught us how to forgive and forget the right way. Close your
eyes and think of Jesus, give him you’re your anger and your sorrows. Picture
him embracing you as you step into his arms. When I did this, I cried, a lot.
I’m do not really cry in public but I did, a lot. When I stopped crying, I felt
peaceful and calm.
I
went to the stage to light my candle and I placed the candle before the cross
and I prayed to God. I held the cross like I was holding for my dear life. I
felt something brushed my hands. It was Jacob’s, covering mine, praying with
me. I felt happier with someone praying with me. I continued on praying and we
both came down the stage and went to one of the aunties to be prayed over. At
the time, I felt something pushing me, hard, trying to get me to fall. I
resisted.
Then
I heard melodic sounds coming from the auntie’s mouth. I then figure they were
praying in tongue. It was a peaceful and melodic and I liked it. After some
time, fighting the urge to fall back, they sent me back to my seat.
I
was quite disappointed when I saw everyone fall except me. My friend, too, did
not fall. So we went to ask the aunties to be prayed over again. I did fall
this time. I saw a bright light and I can hear everything around me but I could
not open my eyes yet. After a few seconds, I did.
After
that, I felt so happy, so energetic, I felt tons of weight lifted off my
shoulders, I felt like flying and I felt like serving the Lord in every way I
can.
Before
we went to sleep, Uncle Valentine came into our room. Telling us it’s okay not
to fall, that we don’t necessary need to fall. I felt so foolish. But after a
while I thought the next time we do this, I will not worry if I fall or not.
The
next day, I had a headache
. It hurt so much. And at
the seminar I couldn’t think straight and I was in pain already. When the
auntie preaching saw me, she asked everyone to hold out their hands towards me,
and they start praying. She was praying in tongue, it was a nice sound. It
calmed me and my headache and I felt a bit better. The auntie sitting at the
back passed me her water bottle and asked me to drink.
We
did the resting of the spirit again, this time I didn’t resist, I fell, I saw
the bright light again, and then I got up after a few seconds. After we did
this, we tried receiving the gift of tongues; one person in my class had
received it. Bless him.
After
that, everyone was up, except for a guy. The aunties and uncles were praying
over him for he had an evil spirit in him. I was fascinated at the same time
frightened for him. He was struggling, twisting and turning. Shouting at
unknown languages that got me really scared for him and for me. I feared this
could happen to me in the same way.
We
prayed for him, prayed the rosary and I felt my face heated, I couldn’t
concentrate, I wasn’t sure was the Holy Spirit trying to take control or was it
the devil trying to stop me from praying. I kept focusing on moving my mouth,
to make a sound. When I lifted my head, the heat traveled to my chest. It was
warm and itchy. I ignored it and concentrated on my praying, but my focus keeps
slipping away from me. It subsided eventually. And I was not sure to be glad or
sad. It could have been the Holy Spirit. The screams and struggle subsided. It
was a good thing. Uncle Michael said it was because of us praying the rosary.
After
that, we had our play, although we did not have any practice, it was quite
impressive, all the groups. We had 4 groups which meant 4 different types of
plays. My group’s play was about Jonah. It was not bad, we skipped a few lines
by accident and they threw Jonah off the boat and threw the cargo at him, which
is not supposed to be like that. Other than that, it went smoothly. At the end
of the day, they announced the winner; they are... all four of the groups!
Ha-ha.
I
enjoyed myself at the LSS, and I know that everyone else did too. It was fun,
and it has changed my life. Well, this is my experience at the LSS.
Faith Teng
Form 3 Faith Formation Class.