Church camp made me miss being work-less and school-less all over again. But it was a good spiritiual refreshment; it’s been too long since I properly sat down quietly and managed to reflect effectively. I’ll put up the pictures later.
This year’s church camp saw more new faces than old, which was still great since it encourages all of us to interact with those we have never did. The camp theme: Glue-ing in Fellowship. The speaker, Rev. Timothy See, brought us back to the heart of what a ‘church’ is. In a nutshell, a ‘church’ is a body of people, each given gifts in different areas, a la body parts. So in order for the whole body to work together, it has to be in agreement and know each other well. Which leads to the main reason for fellowship. And in order for the church to work outwards (i.e. Evangelism), the church must first let Him work in them.
This camp was mostly run by the Youth Fellowship, and I as music coach was in-charge of the worship segments. There was a bit of a scare in the first worship segment, but the PA problem was soon solved before the next. The rest of the worships went well, albeit the fact that we had no personal monitors after those technical issues. Kudos to the Logistics team (led by Rose for her first time) for doing a good job in making sure things ran smoothly. 
The games were fun — too vigorous for many of the adults — but they were already very easy by the YF standards! Well even if they were ’xiong’, the adults were very fun, spontaneous and competitive in their own right. Most of us agreed that being competitive (in games) is the Glory culture, from young to old ones alike.
My group was Ang Ku Kuey (we were named after popular local fare), a vocal group that had really deep discussion topics, ranging from pre-destination to talents and spiritual gifts. I gained a lot of insights from the adults, and it was especially heartwarming when they shared about their struggles, even if only briefly. Even the baby of the group, 13-year-old Marcus, was being his articulate self. I hardly see anyone at his age this willing to pray out loud, clearly and with hints of wisdom. (:
And yet again, the burden of learning to love those who are hard to love always nagged at me. The number of cases around me requiring such attention have been on the rise. I know how it feels like to be treated differently, and God probably had His reasons for letting me experience it some months ago. And my tongue, my tongue. It’s a weakness I have to really watch.
The ‘highlight’ of the fun I had (apart from Wii-ing) had to be the buggy I rented with Aaron! We went crazy — I was warned not to be reckless by countless number of people — and even erm, off-roads. Heh. Hey I wasn’t that bad (or reckless) a driver.
Thank God that the weather was great. I was so glad to be able to soak up the sun and play my heart out once more. So yes. Pictures up when I get sufficient ones! Praise God again for a great church camp! :)
