"A blessed morning to all of you!" Benjamin said over the mic. "Welcome to our Encounter! I guarantee you that after this, you'll never be the same again! So first, let us start our praise and worship. Come on guys, let's stand and sing praises to the Lord!"

We all did as we were told and I watched as the music team joined Benjamin on stage and began playing. We all clapped out hands to the beat and started singing the lyrics we saw in the projector screen.

Let praise awaken
Put your hands together tonight! Heeeyyy. For He is awesome!

Let praise awaken!
Inside of every heart
For He is awesome
Our God is awesome

We lifted up our arms and jumped from time to time. I just danced with the usual sway and clap move but I was pretty active!

Everyday of my life I'll praise you
Every moment I'll bless your name
You have given me love unfailing
Hey hey hey!

My palms were hurting from all the clapping and my feet are growing tired from all the swaying but I did not stop. I danced and sung until the end of the song which was shown by the drum roll.

Suddenly, there was mellow music and the worship leader, Benjamin, told us to feel God's presence right now. I closed my eyes and raised my right arm and began to sing.

I'm forgiven because you were forsaken
And I'm accepted, you were condemned
And I'm alive and well your spirit lives within me
Because you died and rose again

I don't know why but it seems as though I know the lyrics to this song. My eyes are still closed and I sing like I've listened to this song a hundred times but the truth is, I have just heard this now.

Amazing love
How can it be?
That you, my King would die for me
Amazing love
I know it's true
It's my joy to honor you
In all I do I honor you

I never really noticed until I opened my eyes that I was crying. And not that one tear thing, I've cried a puddle. Seriously.

From this song, the Lord's love is clear. It's like I've been touched by the holy spirit. It's amazing. I have cried so many times but this cry felt liberating. Like a huge weight was being lifted off.

Then the song came to a close. The lights were turned on again and I could see everyone wiping their eyes. We all were seated.

"Again, welcome! Before we do anything else, we will have a brief orientation." Benjamin said.

"Okay so first, turn off your phones as they serve as a big distraction. Surrender them now to Marimar who is carrying the phone box."

As soon as Marimar approached my seat, I put my phone in the box. Kind of reminded me of High School Musical 2 when Mrs. Darbus collected the phones of her students against their will only this time, it is not against my will. Haha.

Anyway, once the phones were collected, I listened to Benjamin once more.

"..phones to silent mode. Respect one another and the last one should be a promise. A promise of secrecy. What's in the encounter, stays at encounter. You are not allowed to tell anyone what you did here for it will spoil everything. Even if you are a character in a story, you should not narrate about everything."

Oops. It seems as though I can't narrate everything. I just sit back and empty my mind as Encounter started.
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I'm standing in a garden beside a tree. This is wonderful. Flowers are blooming and grass are everywhere. The grass are the type that is not itchy.

"Hey, son."

It was then that I realized that I was holding someone's hand. I looked beside me and the one holding my hand became bigger.

Or I was getting smaller.

I looked at what I was wearing and whoa. I am wearing a cookie monster tank top with blue shorts and it seems as though I now have little hands and feet.

I'm a child again.

I looked up to see who that voice belonged to. He has this bright face so I cannot see His features. But I could tell He is smiling.

He's Jesus.

"Let's play!" He said.

"Yaay! What game?" I asked. Wow. Baby voice.

"Hmmm. Tag, you're it!" And he poked me and started running in a pace that my little feet could catch up.

We both laughed as I chased Him, and when I tagged Him, I ran as fast as I can and He ran in a slow but playful manner.

I ran and ran with my little feet. And when He caught up, He carried me and I laughed so hard. He laid on the ground and we laughed.

I could tell He was making a funny face. I can't see His face but I knew that He was making me laugh. And it worked.

I crossed my eyes in an attempt to make Jesus laugh. I failed miserably because I just made myself look cute as He pinched my cheeks... While laughing.

When we stood up, He pointed to where there were many flowers blooming. I ran but after a few steps, He carried me. This time, I was seated above His shoulders.

As we went, I touched the wonderful leaves of the tree and some butterflies landed on my head and one landed on my nose.

He brought me down as soon as we arrived and all I could say is "Wow." I have never seen these types of flowers before. I cannot see a rose or some other flower I am familiar with.

We walked through the flowerbed as He held my hand. My right hand brushed through the flowers as we walked.

After that, we went back to the tree and as usual, Jesus carried me. And when He brought me down, He got down on one knee and looked at me.

He smiled.

Is this Heaven? Is this what it feels like? It's an amazing snippet.

I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I was back to reality, crying after a session.

It was all a vision.

A very amazing vision.