 Vertical Reality Public Gigs Blog Calling all Nations, BerlinThe Summers and Jake yesterday returned from The Vertical Reality boys arrived late at night and spent the night sleeping in a bathroom and jake was outside under a ping-pong table, both very hard floors, but for the second night onwards they discovered an army surplus store and got some ‘roll mats’ (life savers - or back savers) Thursday was a glorious day spent in the sun practicing their circus skills and getting to know some of the people involved with kings kids all around the world. Friday was trip one to the Olympic stadium for a rehearsal with the psalm drummers and practicing positions on the track with king’s kids as well as becoming familiar with the transport systems of Germany. This also provided time for photos of the stadium and some juggling in the sporting palace. Having VIP status allowed Vertical reality to have a browse around the interior of the stadium, dressing rooms etc and the famous ‘atrium’ The big day arrived, very early, a long journey across the capital for a final practice with the psalm drummers and then out to open the whole event, as we began the place filled drawing people in from the stalls outside, an amazing sound of 80 people passionately drumming to worship God. “One of the best 16 minutes of my life” and the drummers headed back up the marathon tunnel to a huge round of applause from the stadium and the dancers waiting to go out “I was filling up” The VR boys along with their good friends Ben and Louise (there you go, said I’d get your name on here) chilled out and soaked up the worship and had a look round the outside of the stadium and all the stalls. Time for a bit of juggling in the stadium, Vertical Reality’s boys ran out with kings kids and joined the English team who danced wonderfully and combined with the circus skills was a real winner, and ended with VR freestyling in the middle of the dancers, what a way to worship! An unscheduled psalm drummers performance along with prophetic dancing from Louise took place near the south gate drawing a huge crowd and gaining a huge sale opportunity for the psalm drummers CD’s and merchandise, once again a fun, amazing and prophetic moment. Unfortunately the psalm drummers were cut form the finale as time had over run so Vertical Reality joined kings kids again out on the track were they could do nothing but stand in God’s presence with 30,000 other people from around the world. An amazing trip that Dave Dan and jake will never forget, the whole thing was amazing, and kebabs in Germany are so much better than in England, especially Blackpool!
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