Youth Camp 2011

No doubt one of the best camps I've attended. The camp was centred on knowing God's Word. No bombastic activities, no outrageous games, just two video sermons per day, discussion and devotion times with our respective groups, and a fair bit of free time. On top of that, I was there simply as a camper. There wasn't a multitude of tasks for me to complete, neither was there the burden of having to drastically step out of my comfort zone. I know I shouldn't shy away from that, but at that point of time, the arrangement was perfect for me. And I thank God for that.

Thank God for the lessons learnt through the video sermons. It was a whole new style of sermons, and I found myself struggling to keep my eyes open at times due to the lack of interactivity. But God taught me so much each time. The main takeaway I got is that one could go so deep into the Word. By God's grace, I completed the Bible for the first time in 2011. But all I did was read it from cover to cover, without delving deeper. Now that I've got a bird's eye view of the Bible, it's time to dig deeper into His Word and truly read it purposefully as my "life manual". Once again, by His grace!

I'm thankful that I got to serve by doing the powerpoint. I really didn't want to, seeing that I made a promise to myself not to do anything related to slides for the next 6 months as I was so sick of them. But for some reason, it was such a joy doing it during the camp. I was greatly humbled when people thanked me for it, I wasn't expecting that 'cos after all, it was the least I could do. Thank God for the privilege to serve in little areas that needed help.

Last but not least, thank God for the people at camp. I didn't venture out to talk to a whole lot of people, but I'm thankful to have spent a little time with people I don't talk to in church over Bridge. (That is why Bridge is a beneficial game that links people together hahahaha.) Thank God for Eleanor going for the camp, it was great spending time with and talking to her. Thank God for Wanxin, whom I probably spent the most time with and got to know so much better. Thank God for the chats we had, and we found out that we really have a lot in common. So thank God for a common-interest buddy, haha.

After the camp, someone thanked me for helping her be comfortable around the youth. I was really surprised, as half the time I'd be trying to make myself comfortable, lol. But once again, I'm humbled. Thank God for what little help I could offer. Thank God for His showers of blessings over the camp. Thank God for the awesome roomies - Jean, Eleanor, Wanxin, Pat, Chia Wen, Yufang and Janice (for a night) - we made up the sick bay as half of us were ill, lol. Thank God for an amazing youth camp, an incredible ending to 2011!