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JC Generation Retreat: SUPERNATURAL

Besides a short report about the retreat, we would like to give you a testimony from a young man who was in our service / retreat for the very first time: Anggi Prabowo from Belgium.
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It was a truly blessed supernatural weekend with the youth from Friday 2nd till Sunday 4th October 2009. There are four sessions and in every session God spokes to many youth which is really amazing. It started on Friday night with Pastor Victor Faraknimella session, which was continued on Saturday morning. Afterwards Johan van Looij gave a great testimonial about how the world is and tips for the youth on how to be a Christian in daily life, which is marked with the sentence “Watch out!”

In the afternoon, it was the time for the youth to have fun together with the games, they were really have a lot of energy and relax time after that. After dinner, the third session began with Praise & worship lead by Sandy van Zuthem, the worship was really great because the youth has felt the presence of GOD and it was really beautiful. It was followed with the words of God from Michel van Zuthem about the vision to save the lost no matter the cost. Then he asked the youth who stands behind Pastor Victor & Pastor Vivie Faraknimella to come to the front and pray for them. It was a touching moment to see all the youth stand around the pastors and pray for them. There is a strong unity within the youth and God has touched every heart.

After the session, the youth really felt energized and they begin to have some fun and dance together which followed by the campfire. God is amazing, during the campfire, the rain was stopped and the moon shine brightly that night.

On Sunday this retreat was close by a session from Pastor Vivie and a lot of youth was (re)committed again for their relation with God. Look back for this SUPERNATURAL retreat, it is really a SUPERNATURAL weekend with God and the youth. Everyone who has been there is been refreshed, powered, energized, fired up by God. And of course, they are looking forward for the next step with God.

Testimonial: Anggie Prabowo

Heyy.. JC-generation!!
Maannnn, you guys rockk! Keep it rocking 4 Jesus like that, even more! ;)It was the first time for me to join and to meet you, guys. But I can tell you this: My weekend was awesome last time. WooeHhooe..!! =D I love the fact that in God we are one! No matter who you are, from where you are, which language you speak, etc.

Okay, just for the background, I actually came from a broken family. I was raised by my beloved grandparents, and after they are passed away I lived with my aunty. After finishing junior high school, I moved to a boarding school (SLAPUR) in Malang. -It’s the same school of Bro Glenn Janis by the way-. So as you can see, most of my time I spent without my parents (because my mum had to work in a big city). I knew I had such a good mum, a prayer and a cool girlfriend for me. But as a child, the most I needed actually was their present in my life. And I missed it!

As a child, of course I had dreams. But because of my circumstances, that dreams seemed to be impossible. I was broken from the inside, felt emptiness or rejected and had such a great ‘hate’ feeling deep inside my heart. I liked to blame everyone who loves me, just because it seemed I had to do it all by myself (everything, everywhere and whenever) without their help. I loved to fight and did everything against the rule. –For example, once I was suspended from the school for 2 weeks after they caught me fighting with my friend-. That situation was getting worst when I heard from mum that she would get married with a Belgian businessman. What a ‘good’ news for me! ? “I barely got her llove, and now I had to share with somebody else!” I thought. My life was really a mess, I was the source of the problem/conflict of this new family every day.

And God is soooo Great! To make the story short, In July 2006 I met Mrs. Mieke Handojo (karen’s mum). She said to me that God loves me so much and that I have an incredible future in Him. You know what? I used to have a rebellious heart, and didn’t like to hear somebody’s advice to me at all, but that time I just stood with tears on my cheeks, closed my mouth, and listened to a strange madam whose name I barely knew. Hahaha…

Since then, I’ve joined her bible study which most of the members are ‘mothers’. And I am the only one ‘good looking’ young guy present. Hehe.. But I don’t care, Even I’m (most of the time) the only man in the bible study. I have never felt like bored or something. The Words that sown in my heart teach me how to love God, my family, my life, my future, my friends etc. The matter is not my background, but what really matter is what God has in store for me. I started to love God, my self, my mum, my little brother and my stepfather. Even for some area, I like to follow the example of my great father - sorry, it’s hard to call him ‘stepfather’, I prefer to call him father :) -. I am interested in what he is doing in business and the discipline minded he has. And I’ve been praying for that.

In our bible study, the last 3 weeks, I was invited by Mrs. Mieke to join this camp. Through my natural eyes I saw that I would be very busy that weekend (I study on my last year of college right now with lots of paper, group work etc) , didn’t have enough budget, and is sometimes a bit difficult to ask a permission from my father to join any Christian meetings. –But this I know, that one day my father will believe and serves God as we do. Help me to pray for him, guys!!!;) - . On the other side, through my eyes of faith, I saw that I will have a supernatural weekend with this event, I will make a very good investment for my life. I invest my time, my ‘money’ etc for something that’s very much worth it. So I go there with such a big expectations from God.

And yes!! God answered my expectations. I was touched by the present of God in every session. My vision was strengthened. The ‘funny’ or miraculous moment was in the last session. Pastor Victor was praying for me when I rededicated my life again to Jesus. And you know what? What he was praying, was exactly the same with what I’ve been praying since long time until now. You know already, I told you before that I’m interested in what my father doing in business/company/ management or something like that. So my first reaction when he was praying, was: “Okaaay.. This man has already heard that I’m studying management. Cool! Andddd.. Oouuww.. This man knows I love to talk about God with young people too.. hhmm.. And on and on…. =D
* In my mind that moment, I was still thinking that he maybe got some information from Mrs. Mieke before.*” Which that is not true.. hehehe
And the climax was when he said “Market Place”!! I fell down and couldn’t help myself on what happened to me that time. I cried out loudly. And yach.. I don’t know, I gave up. This man said the keyword, my secret word, my dream word. Nobody knows this keyword, even my mum, tante mieke or my friends! Nobody!! This was a secret word between me and God. It’s only him whom I share this word with. These two words are very interesting for me which I always try not to expose to anybody at all. But you guys know it by now already.. my keyword.. uhuhu..

BUT.. it’s not important!!
My point here is: It is impossible if it wasn’t from God. I have never talked personally with Ps. Victor or something, because he was kind of an important person :D. Besides it was the first time for me to be with you. No one knows me (except Karen) before. So.. It just feels so great that God –the Creator of the whole universe, the King of kings, the Big Boss of every human alive- is standing to backing you up, walks along with you, helps and supports you just so that His name will be glorified in your lives.

With God, everything is possible. There is supernatural healing, supernatural breakthrough, supernatural opportunities and supernatural doors in Him. The broken heart can start to dream again and the broken dreams are taking their place again because God will finish what He started.

Once, I thought that the marriage of my parents was just the start of my bad years. On the contrary, I realize now, it was just one of the supernatural doors that God wanted to show me. Supernatural door so that I can study in Europe, supernatural door so that I can accomplish my dream, supernatural door so that I can walk in the divine purpose God has for me and a supernatural door so that I can share my testimony with you, guys! So that we can boldly declare together that we serve a very cool and faithful God. Yeaaachhh …

I miss you guys… and God bless you !!!!

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