I found Esther.

I almost wanted to write this on my New Generation sign up form:
"If you know of anyone from my school (LASALLE) who attended this conference, please inform me."
Unfortunately (or fortunately), I didn't.
Instead, God pulled a little special of His own.
The first day at Ignite, I realised this was the golden opportunity to find someone from my school who was passionate about reaching the lost! Easier hoped than done - there are 1600 of us, and LASALLE doesn't even have a school uniform.

I was queueing for the toilet on sunday during the break. Due to an overwhelming need, the ushers opened up the male toilet for the long loooong line of ladies (of course, they shooed out the last guy in the toilet first, and rerouted any unsuspecting dudes to the other toilet on the 12th storey).
So there I was, queueing for the female toilet, and it was going to be my turn next, when the ushers announced that the male toilet was now available for the ladies' usage. A group of ladies next to me immediately trooped over, and for some strange reason, my feet moved and I found myself following after them.
For a few minutes, I was absolutely baffled by why I did that. I couldn't explain it. It was like my legs were in auto mode.
Eventually, I discovered why.
I found myself queueing in the male toilet instead, this time with one person in front of me. Behind me stood two friendly-looking girls who looked quite alike too. Turns out they are sisters. How do I know? I asked.
Ok not quite.
The first thing out of my mouth was, "What school are you from?"
After exchanging a few sentences, she (Jolene) returned the question, so I told her I'm from LASALLE.
Her response I could never anticipate.
"I have a friend from Lasalle! Right here at this conference!"
We went through the whole "Oh my gosh are you serious? I can't believe this! This is such a coincidence*! Let me introduce you to her! Oh yes please!" routine, and after we left the toilet, she brought me to meet Esther, who was as excited about getting to know me me as I was about getting to know her.
She told me she is in the Faculty of Visual Arts, I told her I am in the Faculty of Performing Arts. Between us, we have the whole school covered (save the teaching staff and fancy titles).
We exchanged numbers.
That was yesterday.
Today, I was reading my bible in the morning. Lo and behold, I came across this verse:
"Joab said, "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to rescue me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will rescue you. Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his sight."
1 Chronicles 19: 12-13
Such an encouragement.
Our God rocks.
Like, totally.

*oh but we all know with God, there is no such thing as a coincidence.