(cont.) NYG Days 3&4...and 5...

I am going to try to get through this all, so I can be caught up, but I am not sure that is possible. My time is limited again this morning, but here goes...
Day 4 (Sunday) mass event was once again, great. For us ushers it became a night of injuries, but for the crowd it left many tear filled. We had a youth (or DCE, my facts aren't totally straight yet) hop a railing on the first floor in order to beat the crowds. The seats in certain sections on the first level are only accessible over catwalks from the hall to the seating. There is open space around the rest of it that drops down 20 to 30 feet to the ground floor. He jumped the railing and was surprised that there was nothing to stand on. He fell that 30 feet. Luckily, he was conscious and coherent. Taken to the hospital and after an update from last night, he only suffered a mild concussion and was released yesterday. Praise God. But, we also had, throw-up, an epileptic boy have a seizure (same boy for the second night in a row)and our very own team captain getting his ear piece of his radio stuck too deep in his ear and having to go to the ER to get it removed. Despite all of that, which, in retrospect, turned out to be hardly serious, the event was great. The Skit Guys came out and had us laughing so hard tears were falling. We had an illusionist recreate the story gails of fishing boats in biblical times. He was totally decked out with a sail, wind and he reappeared, seemingly out of thin air behind the sail that was flailing in the wind. And our speaker for the night brought the emotion. She told the story of her daughter, a promising ballet dancer who was tragically killed in a car accident when on the way home from a photo shoot. Many individuals left the stadium with tears in their eyes. These events bring every emotion to the surface with one common theme, praising God!!
Monday morning started just as the first morning started, with bible study. We are in the same auditorium every morning ushering. The groups that enter our auditorium are different as well as the speakers. But, the theme is the same. The Gathering is broken up into 'Tracks." The track themes are LOOK, LISTEN, and LIVE. Every gathering participant has one day with each theme and the activities, speakers, concerts and events for each relate to the different themes. Since we are in the LIVE auditorium for bible study, we heard the same verses about life from the book of John once again yesterday.
But, once again, I have to get off to our third and final full day of Gathering excellence. Catch up with ya'll later. to be continued...