M.A.D. - making a difference!
went to NTU for a Campus Crusade camp from 13-15 July. well, when i first met my group ECCENTRIC i was really tired & stoned quite a bit. yeah..guess that's why my group ppl thought i was kinda quiet. oops. haha. as my leader said, the seniors all felt i changed dramatically. funny why ppl always say that. i guess what you see is really not all you get...
which of course was the theme of the impactful message shared with us. i think the speaker was rad! he talked about us treasuring wordly possessions and not putting our God first in our lives where He should be. he told a good story:
a rich man was about to die and he prayed earnestly that God will allow him to bring his wealth into heaven with him. finally an angel appeared and told him that God allowed him to do so. so the man took out his largest suitcase and packed large gold bars into it. when he reached the gates of heaven, St. Peter asked him what he brought, and when St. Peter opened the suitcase, he exclaimed, "what! you brought pavement?"
imagine that. gold bars are pavement in heaven. yet we still treasure such wordly wealth so much here on earth. everything truly is peanuts compared to knowing Jesus...
where we used those peanuts as our currency in playing a game of scissors paper stone! i really won many times..think i can read minds hehe. we also went on a mad dash all around NTU. my whole body ached and still is. i really enjoyed the last night where we stayed up till 6am! played games like guessing the number, polar bear(ugh) and murderer. haha. drank 6 cups of water as my forfeit and had to go to the toilet 4 times. sheesh. and i only slept for 2 hours plus that morning. zzz
i thank God so so much for giving me such great group members who are so cheerful & enthusiastic in everything we did: zhixian, clara, enting, shiying, doreen, andrea, edlyn, gabriel, steward, roger, ee jun, wai yin, edwin. i loved the time we walked back at 1 am plus from the coffeeshop outside NTU to our hall where we stayed, singing christian songs all the way. i enjoyed our skit though i made a big boo-boo and said "SOBA" instead of "SABO" - severe acute body odour. haha! stage fright probs.
so at the end of the day, what have i learnt/gained? i am like superr encouraged by the example set by the CC seniors. they're all so nice & friendly & on fire for God. i've learnt to set aside my own reservations and actually participate in the games with vigour. and yes i desire to grow more in Him and closer to Him as well so i can be empowered to do what's required of me. yep, i don't regret goin fer this camp at all. thinking about it, i have only been to church camps so far. woohoo =)
okay time to gain back on my beauty sleep. cheerioo
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