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DARE Adventure Camp 2006
all i can say is...
IT ROX!!!!
was so glad tat i was able to go for it... amidst all the not-in-budget, only-singer-there issues, God made e best out of e whole situation.
n tat's wat e whole camp is about. God.
on monday when e worship team was having a chat before we led worship for the servers, there was one common thing tat we all talked abt, n tat is tat we want to see worship be lifted to a whole new level, n that everyone in camp, be it e youths or e servers n helpers, will see Jesus as the centre of their lives. n man, God exceedingly, super-abundantly, overdid Himself.
it was one thing to see e worship being lifted to a whole new level, but even e skills of the musicians, ME even, improve, is totally awesome. n most importantly, e youths. as ronnie said, their level of worship, in regards to seeing Jesus, really leaped up to a whole new realm, n i totally agree. it was not just great to see them jumping to the praise songs, but as ronnie said, waves after waves of His love just went out to them, n their praises just felt so much more... 'targeted'. pardon me for my lack of words here. but seriously, i can feel their hearts just yearning n crying out for His love, crying out for His grace n mercy, n just shouting n yelling out His praises n glory. no word could describe how i felt. it was altogether just... marvellous.
other than worshipping, the whole camp is realli shiok too. the sharing with ronnie n e guys. it was realli great sharing session, learning tat the christian life is not abt just living a life on the platform, not just worshipping Him n forgetting everything else, but it's more than that. it's abt living a life of Christ, a life of love. n tat is so in flow with wat i have been reading so far, abt how Jesus lived a life of SERVING others. how He loved others so much, that He came down to die for them, to save all those who came along His way. how He reacted to the words, "mercy". He reacted to sinners of all kind, of all sorts. no prejudice, no preference.
n to e youths, that's exactly how i feel. my heart goes out to them. knowing now abt their problems, their issues, their obstacles. my heart goes out to them. but i love their real-ness. how they see a problem n just talk abt it plainly, with no disguise on their part. no 'dun worry, God will take care of it la...' but not believing in their hearts. wat they think, feel, do, they say. tat's wat i love abt them. realness is e way to go man. n when i hear, or see of their problems, i seriously want to help them. i never had that in me before.
i used to just like them for the way they worshipped Him. but after sitting in the previous few DARE meetings n going thru e camp, after pastor dan's preaching, realli, i'm starting to realli see as wat ronnie says, loving others. n my heart realli goes out to this bunch. not becos i'm as dynamic or as 'jumpy' as them, as someone says, but rather, i sort understand wat they r going thru, as i went thru them myself.
n thru-out all these time, i keep asking myself - wat's so special abt these dare youths?? why do i have this 'special' heart for them?? n inside, i did my own 'analysis'(as tigger always does, but mostly never accurate he finds :p) n came across many points... maybe it's becos he's still a kid underneath(true. *nods head vigorously), maybe it's becos they are more real(no cover-up. wat u see is wat u get. tat's wat i call cool.)
u know wat? in e end, i give up. there was no particular reason tat i should like them. i just do. so ya lor. *shrug
k, why did i go there?? kk, back to camp.
well, there was the jungle trekking on the first day, which was super short IMO, but then... a lot say it's long, so i shall keep quiet. it's my fault, i just love to walk yeah. :p but it was fun singing jay chou's songs with angel-voice-anjo, to e left-n-right swerving of a bicycle, n with a broken voice(mine, due to all the 'flying' n 'soaring'. where eagles dare to frrrryyyyyyy... :p).
and man, who can forget the camp dance - 'crazy for love', now complete with a whole new 'funk-hunk remix'. cliff!! you rock!!! do it again for HM yeah?!?! or next dare service!! yeah!! k, i have a feeling i'm going to be killed for this. :p
k... wat else... OH YES!! WATER FIGHT!! muahahaha.
it was just pure mayhem, violence and drama. hehehe. guys just love it. i wonder why. tat's why they play WOW. muahahahahaha........ *evil look n laughter...
water games was one of the highlights of the camp for me definitely. anyway, let me explain briefly how e game goes. there were 4 groups for the youths, so each group were supposed to defend a 'base'(which consisted of 2 pails which were to be kept dry at all cost), whereby they r supposed to stop opponents from filling their 'holy pails'. and of cos, last but not least, e leaders group, which consisted of all the helpers n committee members at camp, was the mafia group. we basically... kill everyone on sight. think of us as... emmm... world enemies. terrorists. :p so yup, we attack EVERY base, make EVERYONE we see wet, n in e process... ourselves wet as well. haha. oh, point to note to self, the water soakers were realli good, wonder where did they get e toy manufacturer. proof?? not an inch of me was dry. n i already 'siam' all the bombs liao lor!!! oh, talking abt 'siam'-ing... yi xin, if u ever read this, next time, lower the umbrella k?? :p *runs away. *wink. kk, shall stop being evil. back to proof of good water-soakers... after attacking e bases in my usual nonchalant way(i just walked up irregardless of who is shooting at me, n just aim at e pails. muahahaha. i'm evil.), i was entirely wet. thru n thru. n when e evening breeze came, i think tat e Lord's idea of me getting a little more fats on my hide seriously sounds good. wind + wet clothes = cold anthony. somehow tat equation does not sit with me. *shakes head.
okok, here must deviate a bit. a SALUTE to all the youths for being able to defend all the mighty men. you guys are power la!! DARE TO SOAR!! :p ok, other than e guy who threw me onto e sand n nearly got me stampeded to death, u r not forgiven.
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*silence.
eh!! kidding la!!
:p
just goofing around.
cos... I'M AT THE END OF MY POST!!
i think.
so many things. haiyoh, type until i forget where n when liao...
but one thing i'm so happy n truly joyous abt for the camp, is tat Jesus' name was lifted high, n everything was made good. i mean, not much preaching, a simple testimony, n just a few words of love abt our Jesus. but hey, Jesus was never a man who could be described with words. He's a Saviour meant to be experienced. n i'm just so so so so so so so so so glad tat He was glorified ALL THE WAY. so shiok!!! woot!!! n i realli thank pastor dan, for his simple, but direct way of showing God's love to not just e youths, but even the leaders. if u see this pastor, YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)
ok, i'm really at e end. no more!! go away!!
as u can see, i'm seriously not making sense. maybe it's becos i'm continuing this post at 5 am in the morning after hitting lvl 26. weehee!! Meowmeow is tired... Tigger is tired too... maybe he should sleep before meeting kenny... *yawn
ciaoz...
shalom
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