Day 1
Met my grp at clementi mrt. was really lost cos they werent holding any signs or smthing so i was caught in the middle of two grps which, after some time, i realized were not my grps hahah. met this really funky girl who started smiling at me & after we found out that we were both gg to the same camp we asked arnd so as to look for our grp. hahah. found my grp members after awhile(CG09) - Limin, Joey, Ming Han & DAVID (im sry i left you out!! =()
ok now i feel that im blogging on details that are really quite unimportant.. lol. so i'm gna just summarize the day and talk about the experiences i had and the stuff i've learnt, and my general opinions about this camp. :)
upon reaching the camp site, two other grp members arrived. one of which was Wee Shi aka Grace. now THIS was such a coincidence, cos she was from GM - two years my senior- and she was from choir!!! when we saw each other we were shocked laaa hahaahah it was a really pleasant surprise to see her again. :) a divine appointment i must say. the other grp member was from AC, which was also called Grace.
for the rest of the day we had worship, ice breakers, games, sharing, supper..etc. the sharing & praying for each other part was fantastic. i was really encouraged by all the testimonies & experiences tt CG9 had. i had a great time getting to know all of them. they're really really nice pple.. heh. and the creation of our cheer was a really funny experience i must say... hahaha. all those crazy ideas...
slept arnd 12plus.
Day 2
woke up at arnd 7? had morn worship & message.. games.. grp bonding time.. sharing.. had this really cool activity where the leaders roleplayed as representations of pple from different pple grps eg. gays/lesbians, clubbers, pluralistics, atheist, emo.. etc, and we as a grp had to try and reach out & evangalise to all these pple. this is one of the highlights of the camp for me. this is my first time doing street-e (trial run) and i felt that it taught me the tools of how to reach out even more effectively. Limin, my grp leader, pulled me aside after that and asked me to share with the camp about how i felt about this, and what i learnt.. i almost declined cos i was really really scared, nervous and all (hundred over pple lah =S) . hahaha. but turned out real fine (although i made a few mistakes out of nervousness & was laughed at sigh) and i had a free book! thank God. supper.. card games ( w everyone ) & heart to heart talks (with wee shi and limin) till 4 plus in the morn. made more friends cos of interactions between grps & spontanous convos & mutual friends...had fun while at that.
Day 3
woke up at 6plus/7 feeling exhausted but still in high spirits.. started brainstorming for our presentation like half an hour before performance time.. some of the performances were hilarious.
ok those were the summaries. (haha got quite tired of writing them as you can tell from the diminishing length..)
Experiences.
1) my first time worshipping in a setting outside church, outside my usual comfort zone. it was a really diff worship experience - it felt abit restricted. but i could sense God's presence all the same. this camp got my exposed to fellowshipping with bros and sistas in Christ from different denominations. interacting w pple from a diversity of denominations made me think, alot. and i think God was trying to show me how impt it is for the body of Christ to stick together, and to get to understand one another better. to embrace the fact that although we have different belief systems, we share a common denominator - Jesus Christ, and a personal relationship with Him. i saw that in almost everyone i met, most of them from diff denominations. their testimonies, their intimate prayers to our Father, their openness and super nice personalities all testify to the fact that they love God, and they have a close walk with Him. it doesnt take manifestations of the Spirit or supernatural stuff to be a true blue Christian. what matters much more is the sincierity of our heart in pursuing Christ for who He is... and our desire to draw near to His side. i was greatly encouraged at the sight of this, and i felt that the Holy Spirit was trying to emphasize this truth to me using this camp. i feel that it was also rather timely that before the camp started i talked w Joel (Hannah's bf) online about the diff denominations and stuff. it sorta opened my mind up and got me thinking and sharing with him what i felt about it - that it's so impt to keep an open mind, and to build inter-denominational relationships. it's the love of Christ that binds us together :)
2) my grp was wonderful. seriously, theyre super nice pple! and our grp leaders, Limin & Joey.. I TOTALLY LOVE THEM. more meet ups coming up!!
3) evangelism. campus crusade is all about evangelism, and im so glad that the camps' emphasis was on that. so really truly glad. while the role-playing was taking place, i felt my Spirit really crying out for the saving of souls - this camp shook me to reality - the reality of millions out there who needs to know the living God. even tho it was role playing, i felt myself crying internally esp for the emo person and i think God breathed a certain hunger in me to want to do street-e. this part of my Christian life has somehow been dormant for quite awhile. although i've always been wanting and longing to just give out tracks on the street, or to do street-e with friends and all, i've never ever found the courage to & i keep thinking about the govt and stuff, and how it's banned in Sgpore, and the sensitivity about racial stuff and everything.. but im trusting God to open out opportunities for me to sow seeds into prebelievers...
all in all, this camp was an eye opener to me. in fact, uni life is rather different and new to me.. exiciting yet scary(NUS is so big + im so bad at directions = LOST) but im trusting that He was provide the next step for me (wht courses should i take..) and He will lead me to taking the right CCA too...
next up, Varsity Christian Fellowship!! :)
P.S: a shout out to Hannah - sry once again for missing your flight. am with you in Spirit. & cya soon ;)
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