SS camp and YF camp

before i start, just wanna say...BLESSED BIRTHDAY SHELIA!!! haa...oh ya shelia, if you're reading, I thank you for being such a great friend to me. Thank you for all your guidance...err you'll get to read more in your christmas card. haa...but i pray that you'll continue to be a beacon for Christ wherever you are. God bless!!

ok...SS camp was quite alright...i stayed for the campfire and i find so many new faces in the groups. Actually i can't really say much about the camp cause i didn't really participated much in it. But hor, i got the camp t-shirt for free!! hahaa...i don't mind contributing my body shape again leh, can get the t-shirt..hahaha...I played with the kids more...esp when i have time to roam around the church while the rest have group meetings. haaha Gui fang remembered me!! just not my name. Anyway, after SS camp, i felt i was gonna get sick sooner or later. And i kinda knew that i would get sick during YF camp and i did get sick.
This was my 2nd YF camp and i really thank God i could attend. It gave me alot of spiritual nourishment. I'll keep it short, if not you'll most probably see the same thing in my YF camp testimony. God has been real in my life and i thank God i could listen to the messages attentively; knowing I was getting sick. God gave me the strength to listen to what Rev Tan preached and i learnt alot. One thing that really spoke to me was on excuses. There are many excuses we give in life, be it in school, work or even church. Sometimes we give excuses to serve God or even to listen to Him. I've learnt of the life of Joseph. Sold to slavery by his brothers, lived in house of potiphar, faced daily temptation from Mrs potiphar, thrown into prison. BUT he never gave any excuses to stop believing God and shared the Gospel while he was in prison. When he ruled Egypt, he had a forgiving heart and had no excuse to hate his brothers. Because he knew that it was the plan of God. It really brings me shame at times when i give excuses not to serve Him or study the Bible. Are you giving excuses not to listen to God or not obeying Him?? I think I got sick on the 2nd day of camp...but it wasn't really bad. So i still could sing in the full dress rehearsal. Oh ya...i also learnt to be my brother's keeper. To encourage others when they're down. We also had an activity where we recorded ourselves singing, reading Bible verses and for some, their personal messages of encouragement. Haa...this was done for those who have cancer. making it into CD and give them. It took up 2 days to record everything. One thing to give praise to God was on wed. I woke up without any voice. yupp lost 3/4 of my voice...But thank God for bringing my voice back in the afternoon. Well, i was supposedly to conserve my voice but i don't think i did. In the night, everyone was super shagged after pot blessings and i was starting to lose my voice again. And i was gonna do night devotions too. I remember jaime telling me to like chop chop the devotions cause she was tired. Actually I also wanted to chop chop the devotions. 1. say everything first before my voice die 2. i was also tired. Thank God for seeing me through the devotions. ohhh thursday was the bad one. Whole afternoon recording + full dress rehearsal in the night. But that one my voice couldn't take it and it died halfway. Thank God it ended early though. haa...oh oh kevin all of sudden started teasing jasmine and ____ hahahhaaa....super funny. Pig out at night...eat all the leftover food. What to do?? so many people hungry. keith, justin, daryl and i had a good chat till 2plus in the dorm. ahhh All the past times. So interesting to hear. break camp today and CANTATA tmr and sunday. I really hope my voice don't get worse. okk its been a long day and i believe this entry's quite messy.
Pray for Elder soo; lung cancer. Pray for him that God's will be done and that He'll lay His healing hands upon Elder soo. Pray for Auntie Elsie too. Pray for Youren and his dad that God will sustain them. Pray for Auntie Christine and Mrs Judy Chan. Pray for sheila and i as we think of a theme for cf/jf camp and also to find my camp committee. Pray for the mission team to northern thailand. PRAY FOR THE CHRISTMAS CANTATA. pray for my voice too.