Church Camp (Rainy)
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 4:27 PM
I have so many things i want to talk about right now. Came back from church camp yesterday. Had lots of fun there. I know more people there now. This is great isn't it.Set off for camp on 18 December and camp officially ended on 21 December (4 Days 3 Nights).
First Day of camp. Had to reach church at around 12.30pm so i went out of my house at around 11.45pm. Planned to go to the shop near my house to buy some sweet for my angel mortal game. But, somehow, none of the shops sell sweet that is packed in one big pack. So in the end i called Justin and luckily he had some to spare. Rushed to take a taxi and guess what, i just realize i forgotten to top-up my ez-link card. In the end, i asked the taxi uncle to take a detour back to the interchange. Topped-up my card and i left like 10minutes to reach church. Again i rushed to take a taxi and the queue was so long. So, in the end i was still late but luckily, the briefing had not started. Thank God. I spent like more than $10 for the whole trip to the church. And this left me like $20 after i top-up my ez-link. This seem like a lot to me when it is written on the packing list to bring around $10. So i was glad. Reached the campsite and it look so wonderful as compared to those campsite i had been to. Well, it did turn out to be so splendid. No words can describe the campsite. We slept in room with air-con and the toilet were so clean. My room was so spacious ! And the best thing was, my room-mates is so nice ! Well, it turn out to be one of my best camp in my whole camping life. Whacko was the first game that we played and i totally suck at it at the start. I only knew like 2 to 3 people in the whole big circle and guess what, when i finally became the whacko, I was so slow and i became the clown in the whole circle. But still i had lots of fun. The first day was a short one but i already had so much fun. The night service was really great. I love Pastor Chris Friend (The whole of Chris Friend is his name). He is really a great paster. Oh, before i end this first day of camp, my group is called Algum during the camp and my group-mates are the best. They are Dennis, Thedore, Hanna, Jayne, Rufus, Shermine and Justin. Our leader was Justin.
Second day of the camp, Rise and shine. Woke up at 6.00am and i was totally half-dead. I tried so hard to pull myself out of bed but i failed. So in the end, i only woke up at 7.30am. This is like 1 hour 30 minutes past 6.00am. I am so lazy ! Anyway, there is morning exercise and it is so fun already. The morning service was so good too. In fact, none of the services are bad. I really feel closer to God now and the feeling is great. And guess what, i am so into services right now. I will surely try very hard not to miss any Sunday services. Oh ya, the first group devotion start on this day too. The theme/topic was on ''Youth can hear from God''. The first high-light for the camp was also on this day. It was amazing race and it was really fun. We went to Orchard-Centre, Ion-Orchard, Esplanade, Bishan stadium (It not one of the station but we did went there due to miscommunication) and then to Junction 8(Bishan). Well, although we arrived fourth(It a better word than last), but still the joy we had can be use to compensate for the ranking. Was really tired after the race but the night service really spice all the youth up. It was really amazing. We were all so tired but yet, the service was really good. We actually worshiped God with songs for the whole service. It was truly amazing.
Third day of the camp. Woke up at 7.30am this time. I knew i will not be able to wake up at 6.00am so i just set it to 7.30am(Learn from mistake). It was a Sunday so the group devotion and service was held at our church. We set off from our campsite early morning and arrived at church. The topic/theme for the group devotion was ''Life's Great Choices''. The youth were all praised by the pastor of our church for being so wonderful the night service in the previous night. Well i think we really deserve the praise as it was also my first time feeling so near to God(The feeling was really wonderful). After the morning service, we all went to have our lunch in our group and soon, it time to return to the campsite. The second high-light of the camp was called ''Fun in the Sun''. The game was so creative(As i had never played it before). There was 5 parts for this game and i enjoyed all the parts. There is too much to say and hence, i shall skip the details. But i want to say this one last time, The games was SO GOOD !
Continue on third day of the camp. As for out dinner, we cooked out own meals. Each group are given different type of food and we have to cook it and share with all the parents and youth. The whole process was really good except for maybe some mess-up during the cooking. We had our dinner and it was time for the last high-light for the camp. It was the Camp finale. Each group was to prepare a skit and the theme for my group was ''Joy in the lord'' It took us awhile for us to come out all the plan and stuff. Although it's not perfect but it was perfect to me. We had so much fun while preparing for this skit. After the skit, there was this last activity called ''Life journey''. I think i spent the most time in this activity as compared to other youth.
Anyway, most of the youth did not sleep that night due to it being the last night. As for me, i was so tired when i finish the ''Life journey'' and i went to sleep. I was really very tired.
Fourth day of the camp(The last day too). We had our morning service as usual. It was good too ! After the service, it was time for us to pack our stuff and prepare to be dismiss. It kind of sad for such fun to end so fast isn't it. My group came in third for the whole point-system. Glad we did not come in last. After we were dismiss, most of the youth went to Ang Mo Kio's S-11 for lunch. We chat there for awhile and it's time for home sweet home. Reached home and expect myself to be having a great night but guess it didn't turn out to be one. I don't want to go into the detail but i just want to say, I AM REALLY VERY SORRY THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN OUT FOR THE BARBEQUE (For my primary schoolmates). I DID NOT WANT IT THIS WAY TOO. SORRY GUYS !
"We keep the beat, with your blistered feet."
