great! youth camp was jus over!! =) came back ytday. glad it went well. thank God for the good weather tat we had so that we can play all the games the youths had put in effort to plan. and i'm glad there were no injuries during the games..only that Jerold fell at the ramp area and scraped his knee. thank God for the sermons and the breaking of ice both within my chr and with the other churches.

well, i was glad to see Elieen and Joyce again. i'm glad we can talk and get along quite well right from the start. met them long long time ago and so glad to see them again. both le ying and i asked if they are comin to chr this sun and they said they wld! i do hope so. they din repond to the altar call but outside the villa, i saw aunty geak hong talking to the 2 of them about salvation. it brought me to mind that my job is not jus bringin frens to chr but it involves more than that. it involves telling them about the gospel personally and inviting them again, even if the pastor had already done so. you know how much courage it takes to raise that hand to declare the conviction or to step forward to ask for prayers. esp in a small grp. so one-to-one is always good.

sermons were not bad. all in all, there were 4 sermons. on leadership. using moses as the example we draw from the Bible, Pastor Timothy Phua spoke in a very entertaining way. showed us clips from Prince of Egypt, on Nick and Martin Luther King. well, i was actually hoping it would be more bible-based ie learning about God's Word but it turned out to be more lyk a leadership conference. and sometimes he jumps until i "huh". i rmb there was once jethro and i huh-ed together. but we jus accepted and hear wad he has to say. oh well. i guess it benefits people whether now or in the long run.

we played all the games that the sec 3s, sec4s and le jing & jethro planned. glad it all went well. no crop-ups except for one tiny part. but glad there was shade and had lots of fun playing the games! besides the planned games, there was time to play Taboo and pictionary (the right way). and in that camp, i realised the good thing about Taboo! it helps to break the ice as it forces people to talk. as everyone in the group gets to go up once, it really forces the shy ones to do their best and talk it out. it also helps me to see that those shy ones can also really talk well deep down inside. and the different styles of how ppl conveys the words :)

playing pictionary was fun. and we had to modify a bit. cos there were 3 groups and sometimes all 3 shouts out the answer at the same time. me being the judge, it makes my job very tough. so after a few rounds, i'd to call out 2 other judges. attach each of us to the 3 grps and raise the hand or alert me if their grp gets it first. haha. and tat's SO much better!

all of Jethro's frens introduced themselves as Peters. and the ALBC youths really start calling them Peters. haha. but i had the list of their names so i slowly learnt to match the name to face. i lyk weng fai. that guy with white specs. one of the more active ones. willing to tok. and he does have a handsome feature. and also Ben Lim. he's in my grp and has a broken wrist. came to camp with that cast and bandage. i was thinking "oh no. have to take extra care of him". but i'm glad nothing serious happened. and he can catch water bombs with jus one hand! superb! =)

glad to see Jerold again. prob on the second day into camp, then i realised that he seems to be looking at me. hmm. i wonder why but jus be cool and talk to him. yeah. and i should have insisted to dress his wounds with the yellow lotion! i offered and told him so but he said don't need. he being older, i naturally listen to him lor. then, the nxt day, eleena and evelyn dressed his wounds with the lotion. ha. i shld have insisted if i'd know he'll agree that readily. haha. but it thought me one thing: to bring cotton buds and cotton pads nxt time to put the yellow lotion! plasters are not enough!

not to forget, we celebrated Le Jing's birthday!! the gals all wanted to hide behind the curtains in the toilet but LJ woke up too early. then, we jus entered the toilet one by one to use whiteboard marker to write on the mirror =) then, led her outside the room and shouted happy birthday! gave her a hug each. and we had such a hard time dragging her to the toilet. that's cos she's still in a daze having drop dead on the bed when she arrived at the villa. and when she finally entered, she got a big shock. seriously. but she was very very happy. we din rub it away all the way till the end of camp :) there was also a small cake celebration for her and lydia whose bday is on 31 dec.

had a short chance to interact with ACTS baptist church people. during group work of 2 sessions. had shawn who's 12 yrs old, yan ting who's 13 and Julian who's 20. le jing was in my group too! and we did have a good time. they invited us for a good breakfast on the 3rd day! the food spread was splendid! they had aunties/mothers to cook for them. there was a big pot of porridge, one container of honey stars, one container of coco-crunch, one big tray of nuggets, one big tray of sausages, one pot of boiled eggs, one pot of chicken and mushroom in dark sauce, one big pot of ice milo and 4-5 packets of fresh milk! wah! imagine tat! i can't believe it la. such splendid food! haha. they are really blessed. and i thank God for them in willing to share food with us. and of course, i did manage to talk to some of them. made frens with the gals. and played a little game with them too :) it was quite hard for me to leave them when it was time to go. wish there was more time to interact with them!

i showed the overcomers the video i made. i'm glad they all lyk it. and it was nice. finally the efforts and time i'd put into it paid off! and i do hope to see those that joined us for the camp to join us at the events and outings that we will have nxt year. and i pray tat God will give me strength to organise it even though i may have been quite battled and worn down recently. below are some pictures both with ACTS baptist church and within ourselves. do check out the "it's about the cross" video at the previous post!