Sunday, June 18
just came back from tribe camp...and i experienced one miracle from the Lord the moment i came back...my internet connection was down for 2 weeks (that explains the lack of update)..and i felt pretty handicapped w/o being able to use during the weekends..i was wondering why the connection will fail out of a suddem..but just last week, i figured the Lord meant to teach me smthng through this...then during the camp, i realised that i desparately need to use the internet for some admin stuff n i figured out i'll have to do smthng abt it next week if its still spoilt when i come back..at the same time, i had a convenant with the Lord..i had learnt the lesson that He has taught me and i'll fulfill the promise that i had made if the internet connection is back again...it really shocked me when i came back that indeed, He has not failed me and rmbed the convenant that He has with me...thats why i really thank God that i have this opportunity now even to blog this entry as well as the previous entry...
back to events of the tribe camp...its a combined tribe camp comprising my tribe, SJ tribe as well as JB tribe at first toa payoh sec sch...i missed out on fri's activities due to camp commitments...but sat was really a fulfilling and evening day...it was an opportunity to know more pple not only those from my tribe but esp those from JB tribe...i really thank God for the grp that i was placed in...i was able to engage in hearty conversations with many of the new friends...joshua chong, serene, audrey, marcus, wei rong, murphy, weiling...although the games were the usual camp games (which can be quite turned off at times) but somehow i find myself enjoying the entire combined tribe activity...partly, it can due to the great chemistry that my grp shared...and most imptly, i know this is a family activity, where we play and enjoy ourselves as one family...it was really a different experience from the past camp activities that i've taken part in...
and from this onwards, the chemistry i had with the individual grp menbers developed..esp those from SJ tribe in my grp...nv had chances to meet pple from the tribe during service but it was indeed many wonderful moments spent with them..they are a different category grp of pple which i had little opportunity to mix with usu in church...and it surprised me when we got along so well through the 2 days that i kinda missed them when they had to leave for choir duty and was even hoping the duration of the camp was longer...there is the cute little marcus, adorable in his actions and looks...his caring, charismatic "babysitter" serene...audrey, the girl who doesn't look lk she's 23 today (happy birthday, girl!)...murphy, the boy whose appetite is justifed by his puberty growth and nv fails to humour us with his quirky remarks...joshua chong, the first person i know in fcbc who stays in bishan...it was actually amazing in the sense that through this camp, i get to know a lot of pple who stays in the bishan/amk area where in the past, everyone seemed to stay in the east/north-east region...its just a reminder that part of my spiritual family is just nearby in my area...
during one of the lessons, ps belinda mentioned abt how God is faithful in our lives, that He will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear...we have control over all our sins and problems and all these can be overcomed through the Lord..i guess that was a strong reminder for all the stuff that i went through those weeks..that i need not give up or surrender cause i have the ability to handle all these as long as i have the faith...and its also a reminder that i need not be fearful of future challenges...during the ministry yest night, the Lord has brought upon me a higher level of peace which i thought i wld nv have experienced...for the past few weeks, i've experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions and i felt extremely unstable and vulnerable...but during that time, all i need is to surrender all of myself and commit to the Lord, to have total dependency on Him..there is no need to seek answers/solutions to all the questions...it'll cause stress instead...His peace will be with me at all times as long as i believe and have trust in Him..that was a valuable lesson which i have experienced that allowed me to be refreshed once again to continue to conquer the kingdom for Him...
there are many testimonies for this camp and its nv enough to list but all these testimonies are reasons why i am here in the camp and these are lessons that the Lord wants me to go through...i guess through this camp, emphasis is also not abt our both individual tribes, but tog as one family, we conquer multitudes and spread His love and glory...it was a great unity during this camp and also a rare opportunity but i do hope for future opportunities to get tog, esp those new friends i get to know those this camp, that the end of the camp wld only mean the start of lasting friendships to come...
jel; 7:41 pm
