Monday Evening, August 4th, 5:55pm
Looking at my last post...we had just arrived in KL, Malaysia. Well, just 2 days later, we have already left KL and just arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia. So, you get the picture these first 4 days have been a whirlwind of packing, preparing and finishing the event, sleep (if you can, I have not) and packing again. Actually, I have not unpacked my suitcase yet. Just open it and pull 1 thing out and leave it packed.
Anyway, back to Manila for just a second. To leave Manila, we had to pay $750 Pesos to get out of the country. That equals about $20 USD, but everyone leaving has to pay that, so quite the economic stimulus for the Government.
Well, the venue in KL was great and quite the improvement from Manila. The Country Team people had a great group of people and it went well, Secuirty wise. I will get to the Hotel and hopefully have some photos up in the next day or two, but the Venue was at the hotel in a big ballroom type area. The Hotel was attached to a "shopping" mall, with an ice skating rink and a "Water Theme Park" that was to die for. A wave pool, cable line swing or drop into the pool. A "long" walking bridge across the whole area. Of course, I only know this from taking pictures from a "distance". The closest I got was the window from the venue, where I took the pictures from. No time available to shop or enjoy.
Charlie Hall's Band and guys got there a day early and had some time to look around. They are a great bunch of guys that are really great to be around and so down to earth. Two of them are having babies in the fall, so they will not make the 3rd Leg. Too bad.
The night went very well, again 1 big ballroom makes security and offering much easier. I also had a young Ft. Worth PD officer there and I had him help with the offering, which allowed me to breathe a little easier in worrying about that while at the same time I have to get the band guys and Louie back to Hotel, with 4000 kids standing around the mall. So, we had to take an adventure through the basement of the mall in a smelly and stinky loading and garbage dump area and find our way through a maze of doors so as not to have to walk through the mall with all the kids. The price of being a celebrity. Anyway, it worked out pretty well. I found a path where we came out real close to the hotel and only had to make a short dash to the hotel through the last part of the mall. The event itself went great with some rowdy kids from Malaysia. I guess you guys could listen to "some" of the talk on Louie's podcast from each event. Just go to 268generation.com and look for the live podcasts.
Ok, so we got out of KL pretty fast with about 30 of us tromping through the airports and Customs, always a treat, and on to the plane for only a short flight from KL to Jakarta, Indonesia. The largest Muslim population in the world. Christianity is pretty much frowned or disdained upon may be a harsher word. I am getting ready to go see the venue, which is a story in itself. They had to change venues last Sunday...that is a last minute change which is not a good thing. But, the last one had some issues, plus it was not big enough as there was not enough room for all the students that have signed up.
Attendance in these Muslim Countries so far: Manila, not a Muslim country: 8,000;
KL, Malaysia, 4,000; Jakarta, 6,500 registered already.
So, let me sign off for now, get some food and my normal 3-4 hrs sleep and get back with you when we are heading to "Joburg" Johannesburg, SA.
Pictures to be posted very soon, I think.
I hope I am not missing anything you want to know. If so, let me know in the comments section. The reaction from the students has been fantastic. They have posted more responses, which I have not seen yet, than any event before. Manila apparently had more than 300 responses the day after the event.
Looking at my last post...we had just arrived in KL, Malaysia. Well, just 2 days later, we have already left KL and just arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia. So, you get the picture these first 4 days have been a whirlwind of packing, preparing and finishing the event, sleep (if you can, I have not) and packing again. Actually, I have not unpacked my suitcase yet. Just open it and pull 1 thing out and leave it packed.
Anyway, back to Manila for just a second. To leave Manila, we had to pay $750 Pesos to get out of the country. That equals about $20 USD, but everyone leaving has to pay that, so quite the economic stimulus for the Government.
Well, the venue in KL was great and quite the improvement from Manila. The Country Team people had a great group of people and it went well, Secuirty wise. I will get to the Hotel and hopefully have some photos up in the next day or two, but the Venue was at the hotel in a big ballroom type area. The Hotel was attached to a "shopping" mall, with an ice skating rink and a "Water Theme Park" that was to die for. A wave pool, cable line swing or drop into the pool. A "long" walking bridge across the whole area. Of course, I only know this from taking pictures from a "distance". The closest I got was the window from the venue, where I took the pictures from. No time available to shop or enjoy.
Charlie Hall's Band and guys got there a day early and had some time to look around. They are a great bunch of guys that are really great to be around and so down to earth. Two of them are having babies in the fall, so they will not make the 3rd Leg. Too bad.
The night went very well, again 1 big ballroom makes security and offering much easier. I also had a young Ft. Worth PD officer there and I had him help with the offering, which allowed me to breathe a little easier in worrying about that while at the same time I have to get the band guys and Louie back to Hotel, with 4000 kids standing around the mall. So, we had to take an adventure through the basement of the mall in a smelly and stinky loading and garbage dump area and find our way through a maze of doors so as not to have to walk through the mall with all the kids. The price of being a celebrity. Anyway, it worked out pretty well. I found a path where we came out real close to the hotel and only had to make a short dash to the hotel through the last part of the mall. The event itself went great with some rowdy kids from Malaysia. I guess you guys could listen to "some" of the talk on Louie's podcast from each event. Just go to 268generation.com and look for the live podcasts.
Ok, so we got out of KL pretty fast with about 30 of us tromping through the airports and Customs, always a treat, and on to the plane for only a short flight from KL to Jakarta, Indonesia. The largest Muslim population in the world. Christianity is pretty much frowned or disdained upon may be a harsher word. I am getting ready to go see the venue, which is a story in itself. They had to change venues last Sunday...that is a last minute change which is not a good thing. But, the last one had some issues, plus it was not big enough as there was not enough room for all the students that have signed up.
Attendance in these Muslim Countries so far: Manila, not a Muslim country: 8,000;
KL, Malaysia, 4,000; Jakarta, 6,500 registered already.
So, let me sign off for now, get some food and my normal 3-4 hrs sleep and get back with you when we are heading to "Joburg" Johannesburg, SA.
Pictures to be posted very soon, I think.
I hope I am not missing anything you want to know. If so, let me know in the comments section. The reaction from the students has been fantastic. They have posted more responses, which I have not seen yet, than any event before. Manila apparently had more than 300 responses the day after the event.
1 comment:
Jim---you are AMAZING! I mean God is AMAZING! Wow..sounds like you have been running on fumes for the past week and you are still truckin along! Wow! God is the almighty powerful one keeping this up and blowing full steam ahead. What an awesome high to have out of all of these events! Todd misses you and Passion like crazy! EVERYDAY!
Love your blog!
xoxo
Lindsey
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