i'm back from church camp 2009! =) Actually, I was already back on thursday evening.
Anyway, this church camp had been enjoyable in a new way for me I suppose. It's a different kind of enjoyment for me. Well, the emphasis was that church camp is a journey that's not to be focused just on the camp itself. Instead, it's an ongoing process from before we go up the mountain, to the experience up there, then to how we going to retain the word and bring the experience back to our valleys once more. Indeed, indeed.
I learnt quite alot from church camp this year and I'm glad to be a buzz group leader as it allowed me have more chance to ponder and reflect on the sermon preached so as to facilitate the morning word better. I was quite stunned that I managed to actually understand why in the parable of talents, the servant who buried the talent was wicked, like how Pastor mentioned it. When I went through it prior the session, I had the idea he was selfish and therefore, he was described as wicked. Then at night, pastor said just that too! I'm glad that I was right as it gave me a great sense of encouragement that I'm not all inadequate or ill-confident as a leader to my cell.
In the camp, I went for the altar call to receive the empowerment of the Holy Spirit as I felt tremendous stress this season. A part of it was also feelings of inadequacy. I really needed God's spiritual gift in leading the cell, which is by the way, very transient right now... Some other important take-home lessons for me was really about having the courage to do what God wants me to do and to follow His leading, and the courage to spread Christ to my friends as well. Hence, I shall be more bold to direct my friends to this Jesus that I know as my personal savior. One way's to get this blog more known. haha.. I guess it'll be good to post links to my blogposts on facebook. =)
Another reason I enjoyed camp was that I felt that I was learning to be more relational this year. I felt more comfortable being with RAYs, not that I wasn't but there's a greater breakthrough with them this time round. I showed sides that some were perhaps surprised to see and discover. Trust God to work since I admitted that I was jealous of people who are able to be just so relational with people. haha..
Well, overall, this mountaintop experience shall not stay up at the peaks but I will make an effort to bring them down to my valleys. =D
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