GY Camp 2007 .:D.I.E:.

Here's my take of GY Camp 2007. The four days there in Cameron Highlands really went by fast and almost every single minute was used up for activities or grappling for rest. It's my first time going to GY Camp and my sum up of the whole affair is...

... it rocks!!!

Here's the First Day happenings...

We boarded the bus at USJ after having a looooong delay of fetching the GRC students from PJ (sorry for the late arrival guys and gals!) and we ended up detouring back to Grace PJ to guide the other two buses to pick up the PJ campers. After that, we went on our way to the camp site. On the bus, I entertained myself by singing, walking down the bus to visit my kiddies and making sure no one threw up on the way.

The bus driver, out of his creativity took out his DVDs and I was giving thanks until the TV screen showed the dreaded words... BLACK SHEEP. A movie depicting zombie sheep that eat humans and how a bunch of humans restore order in the place. It was utterly disgusting and some of the girls were grossed out. It made me hungry though for some reason. Baaa...

After settling down our luggage when we arrived at Camerons, we proceeded to go for lunch and then went on our first activity... the Treasure Hunt. We didn't manage to finish the hunt but for what its worth, it helped our team - KFC - bond. Huffing and puffing we were as we teared around the campsite frantically looking for the first clue which Benny Wong mysteriously told us, "Lonely woman crying by a waterfall..." When we finally found it [a framed picture of a waterfall] we'd already lost time. Nevertheless, our group grew closer thanks to that because everyone had to think and use our brains.

Our name tag for K.F.C. (Kingdom for Christ), designed by Sophira Chong

My Team (I'm missing)..
Joshua, Gerald, Moses, Eugene, Sophira, Ta Yong, Brenda, Jern Lynn, Jared, Aaron, Fong Hei and Lee Chean

Second Day Rocked ;)

We had a workshop where Pastor John talked about friendships and what makes or breaks a friendship, the qualities you look for in a friend etc etc. But of course, the highlight of the second day was probably the fact that everyone was looking forward to Hydrowar. Because there were 20 countries in total, we were split into four continents. Ours was the colour yellow which comprised of - Kampung Bikini Donuts, Kampung Chillex, Teh Tarik Republic, Thousand Island and KFC. We had a great time squirting at each other and at the other teams. At one point people just started pouring water on others. Thanks to the rain, the first few teams who walked up to the battlefield (a Convent school) were drenched and shivering. But as the war started, the temperature rose as we fought valiantly for our bases and tried desperately to keep it dry.

Glory to the Yellow fellows! We came and we saw the other teams kill each other, and then we conquered the rest who were still alive! Muahahaha....

YEAH!!! WATER IN YER FACE!!!!

Third Day: Encountering the King of Kings

We watched a movie called Amazing Grace depicting the lives of two best friends. Pitt was desperate to become Prime Minister and Wilburforce wanted to abolish slavery. Youth was their trump card, and they were too young to realise that things were impossible... an observation that I liked very much. Here's a question to pose to ourselves as we get older every year...

"Are you too old to believe that you can do the impossible?"

The day session with Pastor Henry (the senior pastor) was enlightening because he talked about pornography, abortion and the purpose God created a man and a woman in the first place. I like his statement, "Once in a lifetime... not one at a time!" Besides that, we saw pictures of how babies looked like physically when they were aborted at different stages of their short lives in their mother's womb. The boys were grossed out, I could tell. Also he stressed to the girls to marry a man, not a boy. And the four steps a guy needs to go through before he can marry a girl he loves - be straight in every aspect in life, walk with God, get a job, get ready a home. Guys, hear that?

Did you know, that when a doctor inserts the scissors into the womb, to cut the baby up, the baby gives a silent scream of help? Pastor Henry's words haunt me whenever I think of abortion now...

"But does anyone hear the baby cry? No."

Pastor Henry observing the crowd of teenagers

But what I remember most was the third night's worship. In fact, every night there was just a strong presence of God. I didn't really join the crowd inside the hall because most of the time I was at Heaven Eleven (the tuck shop). But even there, the presence of God would be so strong that tears would flow and my throat would be all choked up with emotion.

That night, God called me to remember His plans for me. I tried to run away time and again. In fact, I've been running away for the whole of 2007. At camp, I had nowhere else to run because He was there face-to-face. I could see many had fallen under God's power, Bryant was baptised in the Spirit, many were crying and deep in worship. God's presence was so strong some couldn't even get up. It was just... too awesome for words to describe.

The last day was packing up and getting ready to board the bus. The funny thing I was left behind and couldn't follow the buses but it was a blessing in disguise actually because I followed the camp committee to eat SCONES, BUTTER, CREAM and STRAWBERRY JAM! Yum... not to mention hot cocoa as well!

After that, I proceeded to make my journey back to KL in Aubrey's car with Eunice. But we only made our way down around 6pm after stopping by Kea's Farm for some fresh vegetables, Cameron Tea bags, jam and also to the farms to checkout the strawberries. We only shared a box there with some ice cream as most of the berries were sour and mushy thanks to the nonstop rain and lack of sunshine. But it was cool. At Kea's Farm I also tasted this delicacy which you don't find in KL.... honey covered sweet potato balls that are deep fried until they are hot and crispy!

I finally reached home at 11pm and alls well that ends well I must say! I praise God for providing for this camp and touching many lives including mine. I never expected to hear so specifically from God and be cornered by Him at camp. It was painful but I find my freedom in Christ as always!

Thank you to all the committee members and to those who took the time to chat and be friendly to me, I'll never forget you ;) I'm definitely pumped up for next year's camp!

*my next post will be about certain individuals I observed in camp and my pictures taken at Kea's Farm and the strawberry farm :)