The Alpha Course

Came home from the church's parish hall (Sacred Heart Parish Hall) just now. Attended the Alpha Course.
I'm kinda lazy to explain what the Alpha Course is all about, so click HERE to find out more about it. :)

**NOTE: Please do not believe the "bad things" mentioned about this course as these "bad things" only exist because selfish people want to take advantages of other things.people. (which is just so freakin' lame...)

Anyway, back to the topic. This course has reached its 12th round here in Kota Kinabalu. There are all together about 12 sessions in a round. After these 12 sessions, it resets. Hence, a new round.

Today is my first day to attend this course (which is the 1st session). Last Monday was an introductory session.

The course began with a dinner at 7PM followed by a short singing session with the choir and at 8PM, we (those present) were welcomed with a short speech by a guy which I dunno his name... Hehe.. After that, we watched the Alpha Course video with a talk by Revd Nicky Gumbel.

The talk is titled: "Who Is Jesus?"

The video was about Jesus (obviously..LOL..), and what he did to produce evidence that he really existed. I'm not gonna explain so much though, it'll be too long..

The video ended at 9PM. Then, all of us were split to small groups for discussion. This is where the real fun begins. :D

Met new friends. Laughed. Understand the talk. Gave opinions.

Dunno whether you believe this, but our group leader is Atama (local Sabahan rapper and a DJ), whose real name is Andrew for those who didn't know. He's a funny guy with high charisma. He really lead us well.

We played an intro game. It's a game of knowing and remembering our friends' names.
Bla bla bla and it goes on.....

During the time of discussion about the talk that we watched in the video earlier, all of us were surprised to find out a Buddhist was with us. I mean a pure Buddhist, non-christian. She said she felt that she was experiencing something nice that really made her happy when she was really in a tensed situation while at a research work in the jungle. She mentioned, every time when she talks to herself, complaining and trying to figure things out, she gets a sign for the answer and felt as if someone talking back to her.

And when she told a friend, or somebody (can't remember who) about what happened, that person suggested her to attend this Alpha Course to try and seek her answer.

It looks like she's beginning to understand but still confuse. Can't blame her though. It's just the beginning of this course and she'll learn more in the coming sessions.

"You have the blessing", said a guy in the group named Aaron.
And all of us including the young lady agreed.

Well, that's all I can type for now. Kinda sleepy. Need to go to college tomorrow. So, I'll update again on the 2nd session of this Alpha Course that I'm attending, hopefully next Monday. Hehehe..

Chow for now!

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