Carrying on From Before about NYHP

In the evening of the 2nd we were doing some worship in the meeting when Matt's grip on his prayer cross suddenly loosened and he dropped it. I didn't think much of it at first but was slightly worried as it fell to the floor. I had previously been thinking that Matt was praying but I knew that when Matt prays he holds onto this cross very tightly. Nonetheless I picked it up and put it back in his hands. He promptly dropped it again. I was now more worried but I tried to comfort myself telling myself that it must be God working. Sam had just been up to the front to talk about the drastic measures God used to talk to him (eg loss of leg movement so he couldn't run away) so this helped me a little. Now I look back on it I do not think that it was a coincidence that this thing with Matt happened at this time. The timing of it filled me with confidence due to Sam's words. I slowly lowered Matt to his seat and felt like crying. I sat next to him praying for him and getting more and more scared as the 'symptoms' seemed to be getting worse. He was staring around the room with a blank look on his face, every now and again he would put his head in his hands and look really distressed. This continued for about 5-10 mins and during this time I asked Lynette to pray for Matt although I did not tell her anything specific. In the end though I found that I needed to talk to someone so I showed and told Lynette what was going on and finally I began to cry. Lynette stayed very calm and decided that we needed to take him out of the orangery (the worship room) and so we carried him, putting his arms over each of our shoulders. I can't remember exactly but I think Sam might have been with us at this point. Even if he wasn't he was definitely out by the stairs with us quite soon after we took matt out. Lynette prayed for Matt and me and told me not to worry as it was probably just God trying to talk to Matt. While I had my head bowed and my hand on Matt's back praying for him he was really restless. Finally he came to, it was as though he was waking up and he looked around in a daze. He was very confused as the last thing he could remember he was in the worship room singing and now he was out sitting on the stairs with a sore bum (he hadn't been very easy to control as we sat him down on the wooden stairs). He remembered just before the nothingness there being something someone (or something) had wanted to say but he had not wanted to hear it. He had been trying to block it out. I wasn't in much of a mood for talking as I was still in tears. Sam and Lynette did quite a good job of calming Matt down. When it came to what had actually happened I tried to explain but I don't think I was very coherent as I was trying to stop my tears from flowing and my throat was a little sore. Sam went to get a bible as he felt that there was a bible verse he wanted to share with matt. The verse was Leviticus 3v12. Later on in the evening, when some of the campers were doing a dance that they had been practicing throughout the week, the same thing happened. This time I felt better prepared to deal with it. I immediately told Lynette and we took his out. Learning from our previous mistakes we lead his to a comfy seat which we gently lowered him onto. A few minutes later Lynette went to get Sam as I remembered that Matt had said he wanted Sam to be there if it happened again. While Sam was gone I prayed and whispered into Matt's ear in the stupid hope that it would change something. Me, Sam and Lynette were sitting round matt praying for him when Matt suddenly said 'Samuel'. (Sam and Lynette both think that Matt actually said 'Sam' not 'Samuel' but 'Samuel' is what I heard and so this is what I have written as what Matt said. It was this word which gave me the passage of scripture about Samuel) Sam had taken it to be his name as Matt had stared straight at him but, as I was looking down, I had taken it to be the story of Samuel from the bible. I looked up the verse when Matt came to again and passed on to Matt what the verse said.

I will continue this later...(theatre studies beckons)