
" So I'll stand with arms high and heart abandoned. In awe of the one who gave it all. " Camp Eternity WOW! My eyes still get moist thinking about this weekend. I truly saw God's great victory and for that I am greatful to Surrey 2 for inviting me to be a part of this camp.
-arrived at campCapilano super early avec Justin my music min Counter Part =) -chillin at the registration table and playin with the stickies with Louie-- Ostrich eggs! NO! -me and Locsin's re-enactment of Prince of Egypt -- " they must've had waterproof baskets back then?" -Menelaine asks me to do a share. I was like "what? ok fine" whoa go me!! mission ready=) surprisingly since i suck at talking.
-teaching of songs.. Girls vs. Boys haha! THAT got them to sing loud. -the girls wanted to play games.. but the Boys wanted to learn more songs? niice -me n menelaine are Ian Ventura's girlfriends -late night song practice, then jus singing random songs like white picket fences -- Anton told me to calm down -late late night talks with Menelaine =) -- Oh menlaine sumtimes i think ur alot smarter than me -Chara's mermaid dance with the sleeping bag -when I stood up still with my sleeping bag around me ...chara: yay missy finally gets up missy: NOPE! and falls ontop of everyone on the floor. teehee
-In the girls dorm girls: hey missy hoos ur cc? me: i dont have one they're all too young for me girls: but arent u like 16? me: sigh* no im 19 =( -Steve Ching's ReFaHeFo - awesome awesome talk. His words and his examples got my full attention from the start til the end and my reaction most of the time was " woww " -Gino gave a great sharing. Made me cry -I kept havin to go pee... i guess its because I drank lots of mocha and I was nervous for my song -sang Strong Enough by Stacie Oricco while the participants wrote letters to their parents. This is one of the few songs where I took the words that I was singing and really felt the message. I was already in the mood after listening to steve's talk about Repentance Faith Healing and Forgivenes and this song jus really brought out the message.(to me at least if not neone else) " Is he not strong enough? Is he not pure enough? To break me pour me out and start again "
-I finally when to confession after like... a year? ... was good and i finally got a priest that talked to me about it a little bit which felt really good.
-One of my highlights was when I was sitting down waiting for my turn to go into confession and Anton comes out of the room and sits beside me. He puts his arm around me n says "I love you" n I sed "aw I love you too " =).. n then he walks out of the room. wow How awesome was that? How often to you get a friend to randomly but sincerely tell you that they love you? for me never. It such an awesome feeling n I couldnt stop smiling. I was kinda nervous to go into confession but after that, I went into confession with a big smile on my face. Thanks Anton=)
-Pray overs went really well and I saw in all their faces how truly touched they were. Out of all the reflection songs we sang that night... I sang "God is the strength" with the most passion. I love that song. -Gotta love late night POO talks with Louie Locsin and Ria. Louie and Ria were drooling all over the place! hahaha! -More late night talks with menelaine. She always falls alseep on me and omg! she wudnt come with me to the washroom! and told me to hold it in til the morning. The stupid thing is, thats what i did. -So proud of Menelaine for delivering a great talk -Growing in the spirit -Locsin's sharing about the Hobbits and how they've grown made me cry -- Good job Locsin -My sharing was about the challenges of being a christian leader and all the negativity outside the community. I also shared about my relationship with my brother and how I look up to him sumtimes even if hes younger than me. During times when I question If all these challenges we hafta face is worth it, I look at my brother and see how strong he is in his service and how happy he is, I say to my self yes its worth it. Its funny how the songs that Ive sang this weekend and that I really felt, God is the strength and Strong Enough, are all songs about strength,faith and trust which is also what I shared about. I challenged the participants the same thing I challenge myself to do all the time and it is to be strong no matter how many ppl bring you down, have faith and just trust God. -and always always my favourite part of the camp... when the parents come -seeing the participants talking to their parents, crying, reading each other's letters, really brings tears to my eyes -I noticed for sum reason its easier to sing after you've cried... jus saying -another favourite part is when the participants get to share about their experience in the camp. -and the awesome thing was each and every single participant who shared were crying, and each and everysingle one of the parents were crying too especially the dads! niice
-in the end we sed our goodbye's to the participants and went over to the bonfire to burn all the lists of ppl that they have hurt and the ppl that hurt them. "careful steve! you might burn urself, jus let pinto do it" HAHAHAHAHA
praise the Lord for this camp
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