SM09 is over. Done and dusted. And I miss it! Summer Madness is a Christian festival that I always go into with a negative attitude and leave skipping singing cheesy worship songs and loving life and blessing everybody that walks past. God is a funny one! He watches me walk into the festival complaining about everything and everyone, lets me fester for a little while, listens to me talk about it with all my fellows and He knows exactly what He's going to spring on me!

In all seriousness, the festival was fantastic. It was a great time for team building with all the camping, and the long lazy afternoons. I was able to re-connect with the friends I wanted to, my relationship with the young people going to Toronto in 16days was strengthened, attitudes were transformed and God challenged us to find the respect we'd lost temporarily. It was a very personal experience for most of us and we were able to share it together and that is why God is good. The same way a soccer player sets up the perfect goal, God sets up the perfect situation for us to respond to Him, to confront Him and to let it all go for Him.

I will never be able to watch Harry Potter or eat honey, berries or cream without thinking of everybody at SM09. I will avoid taking down tents in large groups and I will never be able to hear an australian accent without thinking of paedophiles. Clean-up rota's are in my Top10 most hated things in the entire world ever and I will never get over not being able to eat Crofty's mums chicken bake on the first night.