The epic-est moment of my life.
It was the first concert I went to, and oh how excited I was, when I entered Supermall Ballroom yesterday. Hillsong songs was played as I lurked around the room with my sister and my mom looking for 3 empty seats. But not long after that we finally got ourselves 3 very nice seats. It was pretty much in the center of the room and I can see the stage clear enough. Beside me was a well-said mysterious girl. She wore a lot of black, and seemed like she refused to communicate, or just interact with anyone in any way. She was quiet, and the only movement I saw from her was when she used her phone, and when she stood up then stood down again (as what the MC told the audience to do).
The event was amazing. It's to raise awareness on making a change to the generation. But before all that, you should know that the part where we all got excited was when the big chandeliers above me faded away the light that once was shone through. Everyone applauded.
Then a guy (well he's not the tallest, not the skinniest too, and he wore a well put beret on his head) walked onto the stage. He already had a microphone in his hand and started greeting everyone who by the way gave him a big applause. It's starting. It really is.
Almost an hour filled with the man's humorous acts such as : Inviting a few people up on stage to sing a song from Hillsong Live, giving the audience sound practice which practically was like "Aaaaaa.... A-yayayaya.."
And similar to that. Anyway, after all of the laughs and comedies passed, there was Tracy Trinita and one other man on the stage with her. But he didn't say too much, so I forgot his name :/ sorry.
Anyway, Tracy Trinita was a fashion model, who got a scholarship to Oxford University and got to travel to Europe and the US too. She was a stunning woman, because I liked her story about how a long time ago, she was very much against religions or Christianity. Then, one day, God came into her life. He found her and answered all her questions, which was very touching...
After some more questions, they showed us a video about the generation. About this city. And about pretty much everything else involved. They stated that 54% of the teenage girls around are no longer virgins. How one-third of the people who had abortion were actually teenagers. And a lot more to that.
I realized how exactly broken the generation right now can be. But I also realized that I could change that, in some way I'm sure. But anyway, teenage boys these days are basically like, "Have you slept with a girl yet?". And that's just plain sad.
But.. Enough about them :P
So, a group of 4 people from Indonesia's Hillsong College performed to us a song that they made. It was a very nice song, they have talent. Which made me realize what an amazing college to go to, Hillsong.
After that, Hillsong College of Australia performed more songs and it was amazing! But sadly on that part I was stuck in my seat, I wanted to join my friends but some other girls standing beside the mysterious girl near me just sung out the words of the songs and they danced so passionately (even though I'm not sure whether or not they memorized the words to the songs, and the way they moved around their body was energetic, but a bit disturbing) and I can't find a way to get through them to get out of my seat and to my friends.
And so in the end, I was like "Excuse me, sorry, excuse me, excuse me." then I rushed to be with my friends at their seats. We then walked to the front of the stage and first off, we just found an awkward but nice enough spot in the very right corner of the stage. We were still confused because there was a spot way in front of us which was more to the center but I'm not sure how we can get through. That's when this American gentleman wearing the event's T-shirt (and was bald, I assumed he was part of the committee) poked me on the shoulder, made hand gestures to show me the way to that spot we wanted and then I let my friends go down through the other people. I said "Thank you so much." and he simply nodded like "No problem." but he didn't exactly say that. It was definitely nice having a complete stranger be nice to you initiatively.
We then enjoyed the concert, but I had spent too much time being confused how to get out of my seat that we only got to be there for 1 song. Then we went back to our seats. Of course I didn't go back to my previous seat, I then joined my friends.
After Pastor Lee Burns (principal of Hillsong College) made a sermon, with a translator as usual, Hillsong Australia performed again! We were so excited once more, so we got the opportunity to just rush to the front, and the night ended really well.
We jumped up and down to the beat of One Way. We were enjoying an epic concert, we were praising Jesus, and we were rocking with the jam from the Hillsong band all at the same time. It was the most amazing night in my life. Everything felt so fun and just perfect.
I felt like a teenager. Isn't this what teenagers do? We go to concerts and have fun, rock out. And what made me glad was the fact that it was my first concert, and I was rocking out with my best friends. And instead of Justin Bieber, Linkin' Park, or Avril Lavigne or something like that, it was Hillsong :) So that means we praised Jesus for it.
And everything else felt perfect.
After the event finished up, I waved goodbye to my friends and then headed outside the ballroom with my sister and mom with a less-than-clear hearing that lasted for a short while. Well what do you expect? We were in a concert. So yeah.
We. Were. In. A. Concert.
Jammin' out. Having fun. But what makes this all better is:
It. Was. A. Hillsong. Concert.
