History Maker 2008!

Alright so History Maker was one of the most amazing weekends ever. It was so much fun hanging out with everyone, and on top of that, there were great bands and some incredibly powerful experiences.
So we drove our fleet of vans to Chilliwack on Saturday morning. Darby and I drove with Shanan and listened to awesome tunes all the way there. After about 4 hours, we finally made it to Karen's mom's church, where we were going to stay. We unloaded all our stuff and then went to the kick-off thing. Revolution Band played. They were okay live but I doubt their recorded stuff is any good. :P Then we went to our Hubs, which are like, little sort of seminars. Darb and I went to the "Girls Only" one, which was pretty much only because we didn't want to do any of the other ones. That wasn't too bad. Then we went to one that was supposed to be "spiritual journaling" but the guy didn't show and instead there was a missionary that spoke and some girls who fell in the hole at the Starfield concert (if you don't know what happened, Google it). They're story was really awesome!
Soooooo....there was also this awesome speaker, Mike Pilavachi (sp?). He was this AWESOME British guy. He was sooooooooooo funny! :P He also had some really great stories and at one point, he had anyone who wasn't yet a Christian come up to the front and everyone prayed for them and they all got saved (why do they call it that?). That was very cool.
Then we went out to eat...mmm...endless fast food. (EW.) Anyways...so we went to see Stellar Kart (!!) at the late concert that night, which was awesome! We were in this huge mosh pit! It was awesome! Darby and I each bought a Stellar Kart button and I got a t-shirt, too.
Sunday, we went and had showers at the rec centre and then we went to the morning service, which was amazing. We all did communion, which was really cool because there were like, 2000 of us all doing it at the same time! Then Revolution band played some more and then we had our Hubs for that day. Darby and I went to what was supposed to be "making the band" with Parachute Band, but turned out to just kind of be a "how to give God the glory of your creativity" sort of thing, which was still very cool. Simon, the guitar player, and Sam, the drummer, were good speakers so it was cool. Plus they're from New Zealand and have amazing accents. Then we went with Preston to the "leadership" hub called "leaving a legacy", which was kinda cool. Some of it didn't really apply to me, though.
Anyways, so after that, Parachute Band played a bit and Omega, their singer, told the story of how he was born without a nose and had to have operations as a baby and he's always looked funny, and he hated it. He was going to kill himself but then he heard God speaking to him. It was really cool.
Then! Mike-the-awesome-Brit came out and was talking again, which was not as funny as the day before, but still very, very good. He had anyone who wanted to feel the Holy Spirit come up to the front and he had everyone pray and all the youth leaders come and pray over everyone. Darby and I went up and we just stood with our eyes closed for a long time. There were so many people trying to get to the front, so we were glad we went up right away. Sandi prayed for us and another youth pastor prayed for us. There were girls crying behind us, and we weren't entirely sure why and then suddenly, Darb and I both started sobbing, and I wasn't even really sure why but it was amazing. The most incredible experience ever. And then the band started playing a song and we were all just swaying to the music. It was incredible.
And then this annoying speaker came out and started taking. He wasn't very good. He was trying to be too cool. I only agreed with half the things he said. But hey, he was the only downside to the weekend.
Monday morning, the host-of-the-weekend guy came out and talked to us. We all got glowsticks, which represented all the miracles that were going to happen in us and through us and for us and it was so cool to look around and see thousands of "miracles" (which was the theme of the weekend).
Then Dilirious played! They were amazing. I'd say the best of the weekend, even though I love Stellar Kart. It was so powerful! They same some great songs (although not may favourite one) and at one point, the singer jumped down into the moshpit and got a security guard to give him a boost and then he was literally kneeling on the crowd. They were holding him up, and then he started singing and it was so awesome. The video is at the top of this post.
Anyways! So then we ate lunch and headed home. Our van LITERALLY rocked out until we got home. It was so cool. :P
SO THAT WAS HISTORY MAKER! There are pictures on Facebook for those of you who are my friends. If not, too bad for you. :D Anyways, have a nice day!
-Kristen