Wednesday, July 15, 2009
"Lego Me Brother - after thoughts" @ 5:01 PM
So the camp came and went in a whoosh! feeling and had everyone giddy with excitement of new bonds and strengthened friendships, of God's loving encouragements. Some still bears the mark of brave injuries taken during the brutal games too, lol.
Just about everyone is blogging about it now, guess this is my turn. (: I thought about what I wanted to write really hard on nights I couldn't fall asleep early enough, and so I spoke to God about camp and my brother covenant with Him a lot. What it meant to me, what it meant to the people around me, what it meant to Him. In the end still I'm not quite sure what to write, its just one of those moments where my thoughts are so full and all over the place I don't know where to begin organizing it. So I just leave those thoughts cluttered in my head the way only I can understand it, the memories and lessons learned in camp I will hold on to inside. :)
But there are special things that I want to share too. I want to so badly tell you how much I felt God's presence there. That strong wind that blew on the 2nd morning, it blew away the gloomy clouds threatening to rain. I knew our prayers for good weather was answered there and then. I knew that He was saying He was there in our midst as we seek Him, strong and mighty like the wind in the morning, tranquil and quiet like the sea breeze in the evening.
He was especially there for me when I sat alone by the beach staring at the endless horizon. My little private time with God. (: He showed me the itsy bitsy crabs at work against the tides and what it meant. He showed me also that all I had to do was have the courage to walk out, and everyone was there waiting, that I was not alone as long as I had the courage to not let myself be alone.
I learn so much just by watching observing the leaders too, people like Abel, Woon Hann, Japheth, Victor, Joseph, Li Wen, Rachel etc. Although, Joanna our CF president is the best-
lah, I just HAVE to mention this. She's helped me to grow so much spiritually and as a friend, teaching me how to listen and learn and to be there for people and all. Her comforting hugs are the best-est too, and I *hearts* her 'apa khabars' (:
I'm glad I went for CF camp this year. Fun as it was, it wasn't a complete merry-go-round for me, as certainly as it was not easy for everyone else. Hence I want to thank each and everyone who gave me those encouraging bear-hugs, those thumbs ups and words of 'hey, its okay' and 'good job'-ness each time I fell and fell behind, each time I opened up or could not match up. Thanks for embracing instead of judging me.
we each left a footprint in each others lives
bonfire fellowship on the last night
Us
I must admit this is my fave, lol.
all camp photos in this post were taken by the amazing x2 Chris Sam and the Corny Cupcake.
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Listening to:
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