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My experience at the Life In The Spirit Seminar

Hello to everyone who is reading this. Praise the Lord that he has arrange this programme I want to thank Fr. Vincent Chin, Uncle Michael Hii, Uncle Valentine Teng, Uncle Valentine Harry, Emmaus Community, BSC Youth Ministry, and others who put their effort to organize this LSS. It’s a very special experience for me to attend it. I also want to thank the people who provide food for us during this LSS (actually it’s really nice =P). This is my experience in the LSS.

It goes like this:

The week before the LSS (life in the spirit seminar), I felt nothing, like I don’t feel God at my side. I ask my mom why and she told me that God has prepared something great in front of me and He’s waiting for me to experience it strongly, and I did.

During the first night (that is on Friday), I rush from my school to St. Peter Church, and I went there with curiosity in my heart. The first night’s programme was O.K. But I didn’t slept well (probably because the air-cond is cold and the floor is hard).

Then came Saturday, I woke at about 5 a.m, feeling sleepy, I wash up myself and went for breakfast. After breakfast, we went for Talks (allot). After that, we had our lunch and we went for confession and counseling, that is to prepare us for that night’s “Special” programme( that is the Inner Healing Session). After some more talks, we have our Inner Healing Session.

Starting during the Inner Healing Session, I felt burdened, and I wanted to let everything go( but I cannot do it in one time). So I let everything off slowly, I lift it up to the Lord. And I prayed for my family, my friends who have problems in their lives (e.g. family problem, friendship problem). I followed the singing during the healing part and I felt like a wave in me, flowing thru and fro, causing me to fell. But I stable myself, I hold on to it ( probably because the people around me were not having that feeling, so I was quite shy). After praying, aunty asks us, one by one, to go up to the cross, light our candle and pray. So I did it. I went up to the cross, light my candle and I prayed. As I wanted to touch the cross and pray, I felt unworthy to touch it, for I came to mind that I was a sinner. So I let my hand slip off the cross (During that time, I have a feeling that my hand was heavy), and I just lift everything up to the Lord in prayer, without touching the cross. After I’ve prayed, I kiss the cross and I went down and I let one of the uncles to pray for me. Before he pray for me, he ask me to “let go and relax”, and I did. As he was praying for me, I felt the wave again. This time, it’s stronger. I “let go and relax” myself and the next thing I new, was my tongue was moving uncontrollable and I rested in the spirit with my tongue moving, I was given the ‘Give Of Tongue’ ! Praise the Lord!

During my resting in the spirit, I also see a bright light. ( I normally see this bright light, mostly during the Praise and Worship at Youth Gatherings conducted by Empowered Ministry weekly). The bright light only came to me when I give myself all out to God.

After the Inner Healing session, when its time for us to hug the Aunties and Uncles, tears just burst out from my eyes. I felt a great joy and peace in my heart that I never felt before. I felt the love of God flowing from and thru the Aunties and Uncles to me. After the whole thing, Aunty wanted us to share about our feelings during the Inner Healing Session, I wanted to tell my friends all about it, I wanted burst all out, but I keep it because I know that I wouldn’t stop if I start talking about it. After that night, I cannot sleep. And after talking about it with Uncle Valentine and Uncle Harry with few of us, we manage to sleep well (Well, not really).

The third day came, and few of us woke up at about 4.30a.m and we went to sleep again. We woke up again at about 6 a.m, so we wash up ourselves. And after having our breakfast, we went for talks again. This time is about the ‘Baptism Of The Holy Spirit’. After the talk, we have this programme called ‘Baptism Of The Holy Spirit’. And again, after I was being prayed over, I rested in the spirit and this time I didn’t saw the bright light but I let my tongue move. When it’s the part where we “train” our tongues, I just roll my tongue without need of saying “Abba”, “Alleluia”. Then, I confirmed that this is the ‘give of tongue’ that the Lord has given it to me.

After the programme, we went for mass and we cleaned up our places and before we went home, we were sad and complaining because this LSS only lasted for 3 days and 2 nights. Uncle Valentine Teng told us that it’s just the beginning, not the ending. We have been renewed, our “old” self has gone, and the “new” self has come.

This is my experience, anyone that has read it; I encourage you to try to go to the LSS. It’s a great thing. God is waiting for you and wants you to experience his love. I am looking forward for more LSS to come, are you?

This is by ;

IAIN RAPHAEL BONG

LSS 2008

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