YA SURVIVAL CAMP 2008.

seriously the BEST thing that happened to me this year.

i went in with a heavy heart cause i knew i couldnt stay throughout the camp cause i had to leave on Monday and on Wednesday.
BUT God is Good. and he removed that dread in my heart.

on Saturday we had YA Funfair at Ngee Ann Primary. i think Serangoon Club kids had fun.
Benny redeemed the Transformers toy to mine and seth's dismay.
and my dear Jiayuan was the first to redeem a car thats worth 70 points. and he was so sweet that he used the last 5 pts to redeem twisties for me cause i was hungry. to mine Benlee and Yanyi's happiness. in anycase, the kids left and we started our Volunteers orientation. we had dinner then proceeded to do briefing.
i was main counsellor of AZTECS 3!
in the beginning i was quite worried for my group cause my counsellors were all not from FC and erm. i was quite. alien to them. but that worry was dissipated later.
slept at 4 am cause had nice Macs Supper with pam joce ben shijun edwin and people.

woke up at 5.45am on Sunday morning and did my quiet time.
guess it was cool cause i managed to spend 1 whole hour just talking to God.
went up and took a half an hour nap. left for church. was cool. we prayed for one whole hour. and more.
then left back for Ngee Ann and prepared for the arrival of the kids.
slowly my kids all arrived.
Fidiyana, Anisa, Isaac, Han, Ryan, Sarah, Jia Wen, Jin Kai, Hasif.
they are really. cool.
like the first day they were cheering and stuff so i was really happy! ((:
the day went on really smoothly and we had the cool water bombing at night. was fun! ((:
AZTECS is reallly cooll.

anw, Monday morning i woke up at 6. read my psalms then woke the kids up for breakfast.
we had breakfast packed then the kids went off for Changi Beach walk and outdoor cooking while i had to go for band. which i fell asleep during sectionals. hahaha.
reached back around 6 plus. had dinner then took the kids ard for structured experience. once again. the group was really good! (: LOVE THEM PLEASE. at night, we had briefing. and we prayed really hard. that was when God really began to do a work in me.
Pastor shared something to us and it reallu affected me. it mademe angry upset and sad at the same time. we prayed hard and everyone was touched by the Lord. then after the briefing i sat down with Lijuan and just cried. really cried. for like half an hour or more. the both of us just cried. at that point time i really just. i think i really felt how Jesus felt. slept ard 4am.

Tuesday morning woke up at 6am and then brought the kids down for breakfast. then we took a TYA photo! ((: was quite funny. anw, left for Amazing Race. we walked from Ngee Ann to Marine Parade. and completed some of the tasks. on the way back, it started pouring heavily. me and my kids were stuck at one of the pavillons and they were kinda entertaining themselves. after awhile though, it started raining heavier with thunder and stuff, and some of them started feeling cold. esp. Hasif. he was coughing and shivering. i placed him on my lap and hugged him and the otehr kids were also cold. so in the end Yiji came to fetch the girls and Hasif back and then came back 2 more times to send the rest of us back. we reached back and we had campfire. we taught the clan some stuff and we performed it. was quite fun cause AZTECS just went crazy! ((: and i manged to talk to some of the hong ka people and made friends with yong hao and jordan cause they found my accent funny. in any case, at the end of the campfire we sang forever friends and some of my kids started crying. Sarah, Jin Kai, Fidiyana all started crying. what really touched me the most was when i saw yong hao and nicholas crying. i really felt at that moment. this camp really made an impact on their lives. i just hugged the kids and they just cried even more. even i did. and i really. knew at that moment. whatever i was feeling on monday night abt being insignificant was all gone and i knew at that moment, God was answering my prayers. he was using the insignificant things that i did to touch the lives of the children. and really. PRAISE GOD.

Wednesday morning i had to leave for Band. but i said bye to the kids and took pictures. i hope they miss me cause i miss them alot. ((: anw, the camp was really. awesome. as what Ben said. we Rest in the midst of the storm and God's blessing will be greater even with less. we rested in God cause we constantly entrusted things to his hand. and even though many of the activities couldnt be carried out to its full course, the impact we had on the kids was even greater. and God really Asnwered our prayers.

THANK YOU JESUS! 11:51 PM