Wednesday, June 18, 2008

hitting the mark(:

ok haven updated after camp cos i was lazy,busy, and unwell. thank God my fever went down ytd(: rly dont like to lie in the bed, stoning and feeling disorientated. hahaha

this arrow camp is named : Hitting the mark. (:

and its been really dam awesome u know.

first of all, in my camp group, there were my cg girls (because the guys are serving) and the 3 boys from another cg. n initially i was like 'ok crap. everyone's the quiet type. nobody's gonna share, everyone's gonna mind their own business' yeah really had that feeling and part of me didnt look forward to the camp.

but God does amazing things, n u dont even have to be an amazing person to start with. sharing sessions initially were really dry. like people withheld, didnt want to be vulnerable and all. but it just got better and better (: n the last sharing session (from abt 11/12am to 4am :D ) was just so blessed. because we just say whatever we want, we were willing to be vulnerable and just confessed everything. n no one looked at each other differently, because we can identify with each other. yeah so its been so rewarding and remarkable (:

yep so new friendships made and old friendships strengthened! haha the 3 guys were usually isolated but they began to mingle and the girls started bullying them HAHA :P but yeah they've always been gentlemanly lol. oh n our camp group name was...PISTIS..LOL funny name. but it means 'faith' in hebrew :D

we had this poolside party and the jc ppl are dressing up as sushi! and for my group we're octopus sushi :D so we made like suppeeeeeerrrrrr cute lil octopus hats HAHA and yeah we just look delicious. n HAHA i drew braces for the octopus mouth for some ppl xD

and yeah i really received from the services.(:

its not like tons of revelations bombarded me all the time, but its just that at some points i would receive something. actually for some services, i was really tired and yeah i was shutting off, even for praise sessions.HAHA some people said that they were swaying from side to side cos they would fall aslp if they stood still. xD yeah but i agree with room-mate who said that sometimes even tho we're shutting off, the message will still get to us. its like... something that we needed to know. so it'll still get thru. somehow.

n really thank God for my roomies phoebe and serene(: its like no matter how tired u are, when you go back to the room and rest, they're there to listen and share ANYTHING and be so 'brutally honest' (quote from phoebs haha) n even in our own chit-chat sessions, i can receive. its been really really awesome staying with them yea. miss those 'lie-on-the-bed-and-share(n EAT SINFULLY)' sessions haha. and really just got to know them both better(: i love you guys!

after the camp i had a different perspective. and i came back awashed and renewed in faith (PISTIS :D) n i began to love my cg more and more (: we do have people who understand, encourage and are vulnerable to share about anything, deep or shallow, important or trivial.

Praise God(:

Posted by jm(: at Wednesday, June 18, 2008