alright this should have been before the previous post by chronological order.

okay so i have to say this.. the youth camp just RAWKS.. best thing this year.. the high point had to be the worhip.. the mass dance.. just so edifying and uplifting. alright so now let me try to run through the entire camp.. and do a little commentary on it.

marcus, nicholas, john and me decided to stay over on sunday night.. so yar i made my way at 8.30 pm from pasir ris to eunos and then to church. super fun, we then decided at 10 to go play lan.. went to katong one of the cyber cafes. played our way to 1.30 or 2.00. only reason we stopped was cause marcus got too bored of playing, good thing or else we could have easily stayed till 4am. okay so we left at supper at 7 eleven and headed back to church. played bit of cards listened to my ipod then went to slp, damn tired. next morning, suddenly some monster walked into our room, switched on the lights and started making a hell lot of noise. some morning call thanks to gerald, and john who reacted by bolting out of bed. reason for waking.. breakfast at the coffeshop, honestly we had rather had sleep for breakfast.

so it was day 1 of camp. cheryl & mark appeared in the morning, lnette and michelle the first few campers to appear too.. the guys got changed, signed in and went into the main building and into the band area. hence, starting john's obsession throughout the camp to learn new stuff. drums from gerald, guitar from jean, card tricks from royston, tooth pick tricks from amos... once most of the campers were present, gerald started off with his little revenge to sabo another camper since he was sabo'ed 2 years ago at Xscapade 'paid'. so a couple of ppl had to come up to play the game [explanation will take an essay]. and MARK was called up together with a bunch of other ppl. haha that started the beginning of a eventful camp for mark, as almost every day he was arrowed to come before the restof the campers.. haha so suay. okay so the MASS DANCE was introduced.. 'ONE WAY' by hillsongs was the theme for elpizo hope. games came next.. quite fun.. gave me a few ideas for troop camp that's due 4 days from now.

day 2 was sentosa.. everyone had to make their way to the island by their own means. Crunchie, my team, decided to take bus 30 while the rest took MRT. unexpectedly we arrived earlier. ate BK while waiting for the rest. round island game at sentosa was quite fun.. but time constraint disallowed all checkpoints to be completed. so everyone headed straigth to siloso for the beach games.. all the while, everything was damn fun.. fun amid all the screw ups that didn't seem to bother anyone at all! [something wilbeng should learn] so beach games started.. and Crunchie won all our games except one against Cadbury [yes team names were after chocolates - how cool] after everything, i had to rush to j8, get changed, and head to HQ to joing the CCA hike meeting, how sian. afterwhich went back home to shower and then took a cab back to church at 1.30 am. played abit of murderer, then went to sleep.

day 3 was the food hunt.. damn fun.. had 5 bucks but only spent 1 plus. not bad.. coz we ended up begging for the food or eating left overs. and one auntie was dame kind.. gave us a free cup of soya milk.. a lot of other hawkers gave us sasame seed, sliced potatoes.. then came night games which supposed to be a surprise. the camp committee and game masters all turned fierce and strict, in the attempt to teach us the value of endurance, and trusting in god. i must say it was really a great way, in the end, everyone was not discouraged by the physical and mental tiredness, but emerged stronger and with pride. everyone had a joyous time. i was really proud of the way Crunchie got together and cheered each other during the push-up station. every single on of us gave all we got to both cheer and do the push-ups. no one gave up, and gave every ounce of energy they had. only then could we complete 350 considering we had only 6 of us, that averages out as 60 per person. after that was supper.. where john went around testing his tooth pick tricks on fellow campers..

day 4 was the skits and MTVs.. which were extremely hilarious.. hippo-amos with his big orbs, andy with powerpuff girls and their 'shopping.. spa.. slimming', ALBERT with his TARZEN MTV which totally rocked the entire audience, mark with his funny hat.. good things just continue coming.. next was MEGAPRAISE. the camp's no.1 highlight.. there was jumping.. there was raising of hands, hearts crying out, people dancing, voices lifted.. it was just such a magical night..

then Andy, came forward to speak. what he spoke off was extremely apt to everyone especially me. he was a God send, it was God saying. Andy spoke of commitment, how it was so important in a christian life. we have to be reponsible taking charge of our christian life. that equates into putting God first in everything. the commitment to God is a divine one, one that is more important than any other commitments. because in the end of the day [when Jesus comes again] it will that commitment that matters most. not the commitments to the world. this message came promptly as my quiet time was on the rocks - done 2 to 3 times a week, and when at it, i find it really hard to focus and let God speak. Andy then called upon the campers to kneel down as a act of faith to commit ourselves to God. everyone did, and everyone was prayed for. the person who prayed for me, i really do not know his name [but he knows my older brothers], but what he said was equally appropriate. his voice, filled with confidence, prayed that God would give me the strength to walk the journey of commitment in Christ. and not be waivered by peers, even through their ridicule and persecution.

for Matthew 5:10 says "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "

it has been already written in the Bible centuries ago, it has already been said, that being a christian won't be easy. as the world heads towards destruction, as foretold in Luke 21:10 which says 'Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom'

its 1am now.. shall do quiet time.. b4 sleeping..