Singing in the rain at Newday

It rained. It rained a lot. I have not seen such a downpour for a long time and when you are camping downpours are not good. Fortunately we have invested in a very good mini marquee for the Camberley site where we all enjoyed good-humoured games, spontaneous retro-worship lead by Ollie Laslett and cups of tea supplied by Lauren.
Even during the main meeting in the big top it rained. A lot. So much so that it was hard to hear Julian Adams speak or Matt Redman (now at Passion church Atlanta) lead. Julian persevered and was very good indeed on the Father's love. The young people cheered and clapped, whistled and whooped at his good theogical points - where else would you get that?!
But the highlight for me was seeing our young people worshipping God despite it all -wet feet, damp clothes - singing in the rain at Newday. Arms aloft, arms outstretched, heads turned towards Him. Precious beyond measure. Newday is great even in the rain.
See the BBC website link for their Newday report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8878000/8878336.stm