CAMP

alright... to begin with.... taby's back!!!! hehe, i must refer to myself as the third person to emphasize this =P



radical camp was absolutely amazing! God really proved Himself all powerful and amazing beyond words right even before the start of camp. Here's how it went:



Sunday, 1day before camp...

it had been 2 weeks of breakthroughs, back to back, non stop in God, but foolish little me was still anxious about what was to come for camp; for good cause, since this would mark the start of the first camp in which I was serving as a member of thecommittee. You know how Jesus prayed and cried till all the tears and blood came out just before He was crucified? Yeah, I had  that feeling. I poured out all my anguish to God in a total of 3 worship sessions through out the day. (2 for service, one for the end of SP empowerment). After SP empowerment, just as I was about to leave, God sent a guy (whom I had known for seconds) to come up to me, literally holding his bible. "Excuse me," he began in the most awkward fashion, "God has a word for you." Putting down my things, I paused for a moment to turn to him.

His bible was turned to the first page of Joshua. "Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, for I will never leave you nor forsake you." For the moment, I was stunned beyond words.

"Thanks." I replied, after finding out his name. "I really needed it."



Monday, Day 1 of camp...

things were hectic, stressful, yet amazingly exciting and fun at the same time. Tails was my group leader (most unfortunately), and he began by introducing a stunned and shell shocked me as "the camp com girl" when I finally had the opportunity after the morning's rush of sign ups to meet my group. The journey there was.. amusing. In our typical fashion, we had *ahem*accidentally brought our cell culture of the "6th love language" up to be demonstrated in front of a bus full of 40 quiet members, with Bro Andrew whose group was at the back included. As if that wasn't enough, we still had problems finding the right hotel Selesa out of all the other hotel Selesas, which we just discovered existed upon reaching JB. Bro Andrew lead our entire bus in prayer, and we found the place; eventually. But during that time I got to make friends with some of the younger girls of our group, and that was great!

It was a mad rush upon reaching; as camp comm I was activated immediately to collect the challenge boards and shoe boxes, have them all up; with the help of my camp comm and then we were to rush down to set up for C and C games of day 1. There were quite a number of mess ups with logs; timings and so on (we had arrived late from searching for the right location), and I was busy trying to help my friend set up Freedom (the game) in a really windy place, so it kept toppling, until, in my frustration, I commanded the wind to stop out loud. It did, for a while; but God caused us to find a pile of bricks near by which we could use to stabilise the structure. God granted us divine speed in improvisation and operation, and we got everything done up just in time for the campers to run in for us.



Tuesday, Day 2 of camp...

After sleeping at 3plus from camp debrief and waking up at 7, we got up to set up the morning activity in the hall and to play with our groups. I was so happy then, because that was the second chance I got to hang out with my group that day, and I missed them terribly. It was really fun hanging out with the lower sec of my group, because I soon realised that one girl copied me; action for action, so I guess I subconsciously seized the opportunity to model what God has taught me for her.

Game set up was a little trickier, because we were supposed to go to the kite museum that day; which I must admit, wasexceptionally windy, and my poor neighboring station called "Fashion sense" kept having it's frame topple repeatedly in the wind. Once again, God gave us divine speed and resourcefulness, and things; though hectic, turned out well.



Wedensday, Day 3 of camp...
hehe, God promised me a number of things; including the salvation of a beloved friend of mine this IWCP as my bDay present from Him; so I was like, hehe: God, we got a deal here; I HEARD YOU. =P Also, P. Dorm dropped the huge bombshell of P Gary's new calling to the worship Ministry in Trinity; which means that from next year onwards, we are to share P Derick as our youth pastor with the folks at Paya Lebar. So we sent him off in prayer as an entire Ignyte ministry.

Thursday, Day 4 of camp...

the last day; we had a huge going away lunch; and a toast to send off our beloved pastor. On the way back, I got to sit beside another p6 girl from our group; and we had tonnes of fun making up all kinds of names for imaginary families under the sun; beginning with the Stones and ending with the Whites. Full of random, nonsensical fun; but it pulled us together; and when we were comfortable enough and had quitened down; I *innocently* asked which ministy she happened to be interested in. So she was like, "what's a ministry?"; so I explained all the different platforms in Ignyte in which we could use to glorify God, like tech team, or drama team. "So.. which one are you in?' she asked. (and I was like, "muahaha, got ya!" ;P) So I replied PTF, and explained what it was to her upon her further questioning. Random stuff; really, but when you choose to dedicate your every action to Him, He will cause you to sense and seize strategic opportunities for impacting someone else's life. As we passed Ngee Ann Poly, Tails, Bro Andrew and I prayed, declaring multiplication in that place. So yep; it was a fantastic camp.

taby