Youth Camp 2007

This is the awaited post for you readers which I promised to blog about in the previous post. Hehe.

Gotta start off by letting you know what was running through my mind when I was first told about my church organizing it's first youth camp.

The thought of going for it got me feeling slightly very reluctant at first.
[Work of the devil, perhaps]

Instead of thinking of the positives, I started listing down all the negatives I could ever think of.

The biggest 'what if' bothered me most.

'What if I get bored and don't enjoy myself at camp?'

I then asked Dad to not force me to go and wanted to forego this camp. When my senior pastor heard about this, he came up to me and asked me why am I not going and asked me to go with a 'please la' behind.

After much thought, I decided to join them.

We left on Sunday after church service. Pastor Ann was talking about how our dormitory will not have air conds since she was there before several years ago. I was like 'OH NOOO!'

Our camp was held at the Golden Sands Baptist Assembly in Port Dickson.

Anyway, the theme of this camp which is 'I Am Not My Own' simply means we don't belong to ourselves but Jesus.

I may not be a pastor but I believe God has a purpose for each of us. That is why we're living on this Earth He created.

The girls room which has 8 bunk-beds. And look at the top of the pic. Air conditioners! HALLELUJAH!

Our youth advisor, Yvonne came in the room and asked if we want any blanket and I hurriedly said no need since I was sweating profusely and it was so so so hot at that moment. Later that night, I was actually freezing. Serves me right la for answering so fast without thinking.

Oh, besides that, we had an invited guest staying in our room.

A RAT. Yes, you read right. RAT. Reason we found out was because our food was hijacked by the rat and it nibbled a big piece out of the bun. It also tried to bring the cookie out cos the cookie was found at another corner of the room. Also, we heard a tiny squeak coming from somewhere but couldn't figure where. So yeah, we freaked out but did not know where that rat came from.

We were also given bed sheets to make our own bed. Besides that, we also had to put our plates and cups to a certain place after our meals. Pure discipline for 4 days!

The food were unbelievably delicious albeit the amount of dishes served were only 3 for each meal. I don't know why but the drinks were always diluted.

Our guest speaker was Pastor Victor Gonzales, a Filipino who is serving God in the youth ministry here in Malaysia. He's such a funny guy he made the whole sermon so interesting with his funny gestures and facial expressions each time he explains something from the Bible/preaches.

He was also saying about how Filipinos get mixed up with their P's and F's. Like instead of Part of the Family it becomes Fart of the Pamily. Hahahaha.

Us having fun playing Captain Ball. Or whatever you call it.

Below are the pictures taken from the game which Fiona and I organized. It's some station game where you're supposed to complete a task at every station. We named it Amusing Race. Hahhaa. Not trying to blow my own trumpet but I think it was the best game la. Hehe.

Michelle and Jojo trying to build sandcastles as shown in the diagram on the small blue paper.

Some transferring sea water into another pail through a funnel thingy. It's not easy. This team took the longest time to do it, approximately 7minutes!

Fixing jigsaw puzzle.

This one requires you to bury the tallest member in your group.

We're just so nice! We asked them to finish up a coconut as sort of like a pit stop. But the clock was still ticking of course.

Hahaha. This picture looks so obscene. The guy in white, Kuo Hao made it even more obscene by saying 'Yeah man, hold me tight like you love me.' Lol. See, church people can be fun too. Don't think we're pretending to be holy or whatsoever. Because we don't.

It also pays off to have a big tummy. That way you can grip the water balloon better. Hahaha.

We took so many of these type of jumping pictures.

Like siao zha bor.

Last day of the camp so must do what we do best.

Bollywood wannabes.

I'm signalling for Orlando Bloom. He came up to shore and then I ran away because I was too shy.

Craps aside, other than the 6 sessions we had with Ps Victor, our free time was spent by bonding with each other. Before I forget, we were all divided into different groups on day 1 namely Asher, Levi and Simeon. I was placed in Levi. So all the scores from the games we played were taken into account. My team mates and my kiasuism showed it's colour as soon as we were told about this. We did whatever it takes to win every match were so kiasu. Because of our kiasuism, we also wanted to be sure that we're gonna emerge as champions for the Talentine contest. The rehearsal [read that again, it's singular. yes, it was a spontaneous thing.] caused us to lose marks in our punctuality. Hahah. But it was all worth it because true enough, we won! =)

On the last day after accumulating all the marks, Levi won! woohoo! Guess what we got?!

Behold! We were presented with a... stapler! Yes, my readers, don't look down on this stapler because it has dual functions. It plays its role as a stapler and a keychain. HAHAH. [Yes, I know quite lame but whattado] The other 2 teams got some TwinTowers keychain. Double HAHAHAHA.

Nevertheless, I must admit it is not about the 'present' that mattered most. What I learnt from the camp was some life changing experience with God because I really felt His presence which was so strong and cannot really be explained but have to be experienced for yourself.

I am certain that the rest of us had as much fun as I did, maybe even more.

To those of you who would like to join my youth group, feel free to drop by at our church during our youth meetings. Cross Power Tabernacle, in Taipan opposite Big Bookshop. The youth group is called GAP [God's Amazing People] and our meetings are held every Saturday 8.30p.m.

Thank you for taking time to read this. God bless you. =)

P.S If you're wondering why we're doing that sign in the last picture, well, it's because we're trying to emulate Hiro Nakamura from Heroes. According to our theme, [though this may sound lame] it's true that eventhough we're Zeroes, God still sees us as Heroes in His eyes. Can I get an Amen to that? =)