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Monday, June 23, 2008, 10:19 PM :

writes:

ok, i officially claim that i am NOT the blogger type.. never was, never will be... i'm just lazy that way.. :p but for those of you who are reading, i wanna share wat happened during camp.. :)

so i was so bz preparing the games for camp that i kind-of neglected to prepare myself.. as the camp drew nearer, i got more anxious and nervous.. i hardly gave a thought for my worship slot.. so as u can see, i came quite unprepared into camp.. the first day was rather interesting.. we played the ice-breakers that we planned, but there was so much time left that we had to spontaneously think of something else to do.. so we went for the usual 'broom game'... i think ppl still love that.. hehe.. then we had another ice-breaker at night.. that went well.. i think.. on to the next day...

we had a series of tasks for the campers to do, and they had to find the respective stations and leaders.. the best challenges were to down a whole bottle of coke, eat half a loaf of bread AND half an onion.. HAHA... bad combo tho.. some felt sick after that.. but oh well! good experience... hehehe.. i think it was rather messy, considering the time frame.. the campers had to rush arnd as each task was abt 5 mins.. oh well.. so we gave them a piece of a puzzle after they completed the task.. the puzzle pieces made up pur baby pictures... how silly, as soon as campers saw chubby babies, the first person that came to mind was Ron.. they even claimed that my pic was ron! HAHA.. funny.. hoped they had fun..

the afternoon games were the worst.. so messy.. and very very dangerous.. not gonna go into details.. hehe.. but i think it was alright over-all.. there was a session where Mr.Mark (the speaker) asked everyone to sit on the floor arnd him.. and Ron sed it was as if it was like how Jesus preached to all the little children.. (got an image now?).. there was a cross positioned infront of everyone.. and when it was time to pray, i closed my eyes, and i suddenly envisioned Jesus at the cross, with open arms.. in my mind, i saw myself going up to Him, and i gave Him a hug.. right then, i had a warm feeling inside and a sense of calm washed over me.. as i said b4, i was stressing out so much coz of the games.. but that moment really helped me.. that was encounter no.1..

i was to play the keyboards for 3 sessions in a row.. 2 night sessions and one morning.. so we had to have practice and all that.. add it together with being on my feet all day, and i got the worst back+feet ache ever.. so on the last night after practice, i started to feel dizzy coz of the pain, and an empty stomach.. i was wondering to myself, 'how would i able to stand the pain for the whole worship session?'.. but God had a purpose for me (and the worship team) that night.. Mr.Mark didnt even have to preach; it was worship all the way, and so many fell on their knees and encountered God.. such a touching sight.. and we were up there for so long.. just playing our hearts out.. thing was, all my physical pains were gone! i felt absolutely fine the whole time i was up there! God healed me and i was able to play on during the whole time.. encounter no.2...

it was the last morning and it was my slot to worship lead.. being the last day, i wanted to end things with a 'BANG'.. but i only had abt 3 hrs of sleep the previous night (and was freezing my ass off for the time i DID get to sleep... ) so yea.. was pretty much a wreck.. the last song was 'rain down' and as i sed, wanted to end it with a BANG.. so it was almost the end of the song and we were all belting it out when Wes's drum pedal broke! so everything started slowing down... i panicked and asked the keybaordist to continue playing.. and then.. i heard HIS voice.. He said to me 'This of not of you, but of Me.. dont worry..' He also said that 'lives still needed to be touched...' so yea... many fell on their knees and worshipped God.. how amazing.. encounter no.3...

OH.. and i forgot to mention.. on the last night, when i was finally able to rest and was dismissed of my duty (playing keyboard that is... hehe) i felt like i needed to pray for a friend who was not a christian.. so i went up to her and started talking and explaining things... i've never properly prayed for anyone as i dont really know how to, or i should say, wasnt really prepared.. but that night, i believed God used me to talk to the girl as so many things came out.. things i've never said to anyone else.. and it all made sense! so yea.. that was another purpose He had for me.. encounter no.4...

over-all.. the camp was (as terence would say) 'SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!' haha.. absolutely wonderful experiences and memories.. for those of you who didnt go, i wish you did.. but anyways, it doesnt take a camp to encounter God.. we can encounter Him daily thru prayer and devotions.. :) hope you guys will get to know Him as we do now...

COOLNESS!!

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