During my Easter holidays, I went to an event called spring harvest with lots of friends and it was incredible.
{That is it summed up very briefly but if I were to explain everything and all of the feelings I had then I wouldn't really know how too...there was to much}
The 5 days at spring harvest helps people to connect with god and experience wonderful stories and understanding of the power of the Son, the Father and the Holy Spirit.
So I am just going to try and summarize everything using a load of pictures from the week and a few things which I did:)
This is a photo of everyone before we set off on our car journey to Butlins in Mindhead, Somerset. Some people I had never met before and some people I have known for ages and I loved being with everyone.
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| {look at me in the middle not even looking at the camera....} |
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Katt has a pretty amazing long board so I tried having a go on it and although I'm a bit wobbly still, I can actually ride it and I didn't even stubble off that many times:) I got so excited when I managed to fully go round a roundabout on it and I've found something that I may be pretty good at if I practise which does mean I now want to buy one:)
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| {wow check me out...} |
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Whilst we were there we were free to use all of the facilities at butlins which included a swimming pool with slides and also the funfair:) The swing ride was so much fun as you can tell from all our excited facial expressions:)
Whilst we were there we were free to use all of the facilities at butlins which included a swimming pool with slides and also the funfair:) The swing ride was so much fun as you can tell from all our excited facial expressions:)
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| {Josh // Simon // Katt & Josh // Kira & Me} |
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mindhead is right on the north coast of somerset and is really close to the beach so on one of the days everyone took the opportunity even if it wasn't the warmest to have a trip there.
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| {this is one of my favourite photos ever from the whole weekend. even after many attempts of trying to jump at the exact same time whist taking a photo...i love it. it is just such a happy photo:) } {kira & me} |
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| {i also really love this photo, again, it's just so happy. i was trying to look warm even though i was freezing because shorts really wasn't a very good idea} {kira, holly & me & ali popping up at the top:) } |
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| {look at how angelic and beautiful kira looks posing on the rocks and then me just stood awkwardly not really knowing what to do....} |
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| {mostly everyone decided to have a race to the sea and back. I was of course last because I am such an incredibly slow runner and joe (my brother) seemed to take his shirt of half way through and run straight into the see...how can he even do that...it must have been FREEZING} |
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| {many attempts to make a human pyramid...I was on top because I'm the smallest but it kept falling down):} {PERMERD simon especially liked saying pyramid in the 'er mer gerd' meme voice} |
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| {so then we had a race with the boys and girls and the girls won oh yess:) |
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| {what...standing up on top...what's going on here.. // I don't really know what I'm doing in the last photo probably about to fall of or something..} |
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| {then I decided to sit on joe's shoulders and ollie was on ryan's...I don't really know what we were attempting to do but at one point ollie did have me in an arm lock and multiple times I was nearly pushed off} |
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| {me and holly whilst we were about to jump on katt's bed and wake her up in the morning with music {we're such kind and thoughtful people} // me and kira in happy moods on the beach // me and holly on the beach} i realise that i don't look great but these photos are funny and remind me of moments:) |
About to go and play crazy golf....cray cray. I was very proud of myself because I managed to get hole in one which I was very happy about:)
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| {look at ollie posing in the right corner....:)) } |
Yes it was so much fun going on rides at the funfair and going down the slides at the pool with my youth group but the main focus for spring harvest is to bring people together to meet with God. Each morning and evening there was a meeting full of worship, signing, bible studies and prayer. Everyone didn't just have to go to one place though, you could choose what style suited you the best.
On the first evening I went to the BIG TOP which is absolutely huge. When everyone sang it was incredible because you could hear everyone and it was like being at a concert signing along to the band which at the BIG TOP was worship central which is an amazing worship band:) I loved how there was so many people and the bible message was also really strong.
The next morning and evening I went to I-SCAPE which although there was less people there, I found it more relaxing as everyone was laid back and sat on the floor so I found it easier to connect and I felt closer to God. Each day the talks and bible messages were very influential an I learnt a lot about myself, confidence and loving God. {In the future I may do a couple of posts on some of the things which I learnt.}
I loved being given the freedom and choice of where we wanted to go and we weren't forced to go to a specific place which I liked because I felt much more comfortable in I-SCAPE.
On the first evening I went to the BIG TOP which is absolutely huge. When everyone sang it was incredible because you could hear everyone and it was like being at a concert signing along to the band which at the BIG TOP was worship central which is an amazing worship band:) I loved how there was so many people and the bible message was also really strong.
The next morning and evening I went to I-SCAPE which although there was less people there, I found it more relaxing as everyone was laid back and sat on the floor so I found it easier to connect and I felt closer to God. Each day the talks and bible messages were very influential an I learnt a lot about myself, confidence and loving God. {In the future I may do a couple of posts on some of the things which I learnt.}
I loved being given the freedom and choice of where we wanted to go and we weren't forced to go to a specific place which I liked because I felt much more comfortable in I-SCAPE.
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| {at the BIG TOP. the bright lights and loud music was so overwhelmingly great.} |
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| {this was at I-SCAPE (ISCAPEEEEEE) which I found more relaxed and laid back and so I felt that what I got out of the meetings was more powerful. at the last evening and morning worships, i found it the most incredible, i was really touched by love and felt an overwhelming rush of happiness amongst everyone whilst we all jumped around and sang.} |
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| {during the evening, we would sometimes go into off on our own or in groups and reflect on the message. one of the activities was to paint on here with 'i am hopeful'. this was if we felt hopeful for ourselves, and life in general. mine is the one in green at the bottom with the heart <3} |
Each year there is normally an app or a game which one person gets and then everyone downloads and plays it. This year it was the game '2048' and here seems to be a photo of 7 of us playing it at the same time with nobody talking and obviously being very sociable.
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| {it is a good game which you should download but I still haven't completed it which is annoying me greatly} |
Everyone must have heard of secret-santa before where you get given someone's name and you go and buy them a present and secretly give it to them. We did something like however as it was no where near chirstmas we decided to call it secret-Jesus instead:) It was so much fun as I loved trying to find a special present for my person and I think they really liked it;)
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This was right at the end of the 5 days, when everyone was about to leave to go home. After spring harvest everyone was in such great moods and it was so lovely to spend it with such beautiful and amazing friends. During the 5 days there were emotional, funny and happy moments which made it very memorable:)
This was right at the end of the 5 days, when everyone was about to leave to go home. After spring harvest everyone was in such great moods and it was so lovely to spend it with such beautiful and amazing friends. During the 5 days there were emotional, funny and happy moments which made it very memorable:)
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There are couple of people from my youth group who wanted me to write something about them.....
SIMON - Simon is Irish and everybody loves his accent and also the way that he says 'ER MER GERD' at everything:) He loves KFC (especially the gravy) and is also a fan of country music singers such as Kacey Musgraves who I also like which makes me like him more:) If you secretly take a photo of Simon (or just any photo), he is probably pulling a beautiful photogenic face which can often be extremely amusing.
SIMON - Simon is Irish and everybody loves his accent and also the way that he says 'ER MER GERD' at everything:) He loves KFC (especially the gravy) and is also a fan of country music singers such as Kacey Musgraves who I also like which makes me like him more:) If you secretly take a photo of Simon (or just any photo), he is probably pulling a beautiful photogenic face which can often be extremely amusing.
RYAN - Ryan is very tall which has meant I have often walked/bumped into him accidentally which probably hurts me more as I bump my head into his elbow or arm but I still decide to say sorry.... For his secret-Jesus gift he received a puppet which is named Pedro (I think) and I think Pedro is one of the most hilarious person I have ever met:)
HOLLY - Holly has amazing dancing skills, is funny, and is also a big fan along with me of the 'knock knock, who's there, you, you who, yoo hoo big summer blow out' joke:) She and Ryan often call me MegMeg together which from anyone else I would absolutely hate but I just think it's funny and cute from them:)
KIRA - Kira is funny and a great person to talk to about anything. She loves hedgehogs and her hashtags on twitter never fail to amuse me:) Whilst at spring harvest, she bough an elephant called Jerico who is one of the cutest people I have ever met. She likes listening to Nina Nesbitt who I also love:) Kira was also part of the ISCAPAAYYYY team who was the people who went to i-scape each evening:)
JENNY - Jenny is still taller than me but to be honest she is still quite short which is nice for me as then I'm not the only one who is known as 'the short one'. Whilst walking around she likes shouting out 'DUCK' which means everyone has to lie down on the floor right where we are which often confuses people around us but I just find it funny. Jenny was another of the ISCAPAAYYYY team:)
KATT - Katt has amazing blue hair (as you can see in photos above) and is a great person to be around whether that's driving together in a bumper car at the fairground, riding on her longboard or just staying up until 3am having deep, meaningful chats and playing cards. Katt was another of the ISCAPAAYYYY team so we have loads of memories from that:)
{i would say something about more of you guys but this post is already incredibly long...love you guys so much though}
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{wow this is so mega long sorry}
So yes, this was my trip to spring harvest:) In the future I may do more detailed posts on experiences and things which I learnt:)
So yes, this was my trip to spring harvest:) In the future I may do more detailed posts on experiences and things which I learnt:)
I hope that you have a great morning/afternoon/evening/night/whenever you are reading this and check back again on wednesdays for a new post and sundays for something crafty:)
megan x
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