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I just had to share this incredible story a leader in Townsville (1500kms from Easterfest) Peter Thomas Hall shared with me about their experience at the festival – that ended a little different to anything we expected! (see previous posts) Testimony of the “One Heart, One Mind” Easterfest 2011 Tour “As Iron Sharpens Iron, so [...]

You can catch up with Part one of the crazy saga that unfolded at Easterfest in my earlier post – A bitter sweet Easterfest. “What are we going to do to make sure we don’t get a repeat of Saturday nights flash flooding at Easterfest next year.  I really want to come again but I [...]

Finally getting a moment to reflect on Easterfest 2011.  Enjoy! Festival was going amazing. Ticket sales were record breaking. The campground had sold out days before the festival even started. The vibe was absolutely amazing. Anticipation was at an all time high. Thursday I spent the day in youth camping welcoming people to festival – [...]

Hey Friends… Just wanted to check in and say Easterfest is seriously just round the corner.  Our office is a mad house and we’re hoping to get everything organised in time…. but whatever the case… whether we keep up or not it’s all happening.  We’ve got crew already living on site (on the park) nine [...]

It’s 8:30pm on a Friday night… I’m still at the Easterfest office…  the dad jokes are getting worse – considering all the males in the office have ACTUALLY gone home early tonight! There is a nervous sense of excitement looming as the days before ‘bump in’ close in on us.  The program is being designed… [...]

I’m Running out of creativity… Easter is getting closer… Work hours are getting longer… Easterfest is just round the corner… Hopefully I will find something more meaningful to say before all my readers run away! PS… are you coming to Easterfest?  Free Premium ticket upgrades are available till Feb 28!  Or if you just wanna [...]

I’m so grateful for my job. The past two weeks I have driven thousands of kilometers…. All the way to Cairns to now where I find myself writing from the quiet country town in Central Queensland, Longreach. For those of you who don’t know I am taking care of PR & Marketing for Easterfest, a [...]

It really has been way too long since I’ve written a proper update… so here goes.  I’ve been back in Australia now for nearly two months.  It’s been great catching up with my family and helping my little sister prepare for her wedding which is next weekend!  She turns 21 tomorrow and then gets married [...]

Today I’ve found myself reflecting on Good Friday, the memories associated with it and why this day is so significant to me. First things that come to mind… Family8am Good Friday church serviceCadbury Easter Eggs (not Hersheys )Easterfest – The best Christian music festival I’ve been too. Last night – as I was chatting to [...]

We just had an awesome time in Chicago! Alabaster Box was asked to come up and play at an outreach event at the Gurnee Mills Outlet mall just north of Chicago. It’s one of the biggest in the US apparently. They promoters were amazing. They showed us round Chicago quickly the afternoon we arrived and [...]