hey! i kinda feel a lil guilty cos i have friends that actually blog about the whole camp and i was just there to blog briefly. so here i am again to blog entirely about confirmation camp. so here i go.
Day 1:
so lets see, i went home, totally not excited about the camp, lazed around for hours and only started packing at 5.30pm. amazingly, i lazed around even more. haha. so conclusion? yes, i was late. arrived at SAPS at 7.30pm. (camp starts at 7) and i saw Adriel and i walked with together with him in. went to check in and group 4 was my destiny. well, not really excited cos i wanted group 2, reg's group or kat's group. my group only had Ivan, which im no even close. but heck, we played speed dating where i speed dated kellee, joan, carol and katt. oh and my facils were francis and laura. so played dog and bone and it wasnt really fun. haha, after which, we went into the AVA room and that was where we shared about the holy spirit and confirmation etc. i shared honestly about my opinions. haha. then we went for night walk and the only thing we could solve was the mr queen puzzle. but the answer was quite smart actually. so yeahh. so we had supper, like almost expired biscuits and butter/peanut butter. cam whored a lil with michi, kat and reggy. dom, gabe and JT came and we played this game were the forfeit was between 2 ppl where one of them has to lick of the butter/peanut butter off the other's finger. haha, reg and gabe owe us! haha. then after that, pressed the snooze button.
Day 2:
day 2 was the most memorial day of the camp, and it was a day i will never ever forget for the rest of my life. had P&W in the morning and as usual, AWESOME. then we had this session where we had to act out skits from various distractions? that distracts us from growing our faith with god. my group had to do FEAR. almost to destined huh? haha, and surely enough, we did a skit.(prolly gna post the skit next time i blog) alot of ppl loved it and my group had serious fun. after that, we prepared to go to xiao guilin. we had to walk there fyi, but i didnt mind one bit. walked with kat, rizal, natalie and few others. wen we reached the place, we ate our lunch there and my group did sharing again. we had to find out what powers i had and it was EXPERTISE. kinda cool eh? haha, thank you lord! (: my group is obsessed with pics i tell you. haha. they took aot of jump shots and just shots and group photos. haha. went to 7/11 before walking back to SAPS. crapped back with my friends and new friends. when we reached the sch, we played a mini soccer match in the classroom. dont get me wrong, it was FUNN! haha. we eventually son 6-2. haha. went up to the AVA room and we went to have a P&W session i think? but i know later that night, they prepared us for reconcilliation.(sp?) had P&W, songs were extremely great. i opened my heart and let the holy spirit just rush through me. i went to talk to kat and reg and all of a sudden, reg cried, obviously i comforted them and i just kept thanking them. comforted natalie and a random girl too. when i was ready for confession, i went to line up. while waiting, many things dwelled in my head. and when i finally got to the priest, i released EVERTHING. i told him everything. and when i listened to him talk, i just broke down, cos i just felt an extreme comfortness and when i said thank you the priest, he said. "your welcome, i will pray for you." and i cried evenmore after that. i felt extremely light and i was overjoyed. i was just all smiles. :D then we got stuck in the room cos smth was up and we got locked up till 12 plus. we couldnt bath cos they restricted us to go to the first floor. then when we got the news that we could bath, we dashed to the toilet. hahaha. chilled out with kat and reg, then went to canteen where kat deliberately spilled her milo on her shirt. hahaha. then went to play a game with rizal, thaddeus,chelsea,amanda,mel kam and some other girl. lights out was 2.30 but i slept arnd 3 smth. my goodness, i cannot forget this one. i was abt to sleep when suddenly, JT said sorry! hahahaha. and i was like "john, the heck aare you talking about" and there was no ans. haha, i figured he was sleep talking. hahaa. shane and nicholas S heard him too. hahahaha. then it was lights out for me.
Day 3:
this was the last and final day. i was kinda disappointed really. cos at the back of my head, i knew it was gna finish. sighh. so ya, i woke up at 7.10am. yeah i know, late. haha so i didnt bath, since i alr bathed at night. went to AVA room and sang praises to the lord! haha. then we had to go to our respective PA groups. Junior cats did a skit and we presented out proposals. fun, fun, fun. then we went to the canteen and i ate with dom, mich and germaine. it was funny cos we were making fun of each other. and germaine was asking me many Qs. haha. so after i finished my food, i had pieces of meat stuck between my teeth. so what a normal person with a normal reaction would do is to take is out. but it seemed so funny to germaine and she laughed at me really hard. well, all of them did. haha. retarded really. haha. after that, i went to bath with dom(separated cubicles) haha. did area cleaning then it rained really heavily. we had to do some affirmation thing and was supposed to have mass. but father couldnt make it cos of the rain and the drive way was blocked by a fallen tree. oh well. :/ after one last P&W, took photos and went home.
Kat, i would thank god so much for sending such a wonderful friend like you to me. oh how blessed i feel really. you never gave up on me, i've made plenty of mistakes, but you never stopped believing in me. your so wonderful in so many ways and i promise that ill be here anytime you need anything. especially if you need it in a guys perspective. i love you soo much pare! ((:
Reg, another fantastic friend of mine. 11 years and counting. although i never really got close to you in primary sch, im so glad i realised how a wonderful person you are. you never fail to be there when i acually need somebody to lean on. our friendship wont ever end. i loveee you parree! (: haha.
Nat, Amanda and others, im just so glad to have watch ya'll grow your faith in god into new levels. continue letting god be the centre of you respective lives. remember, LOVE is the greatest miracle. cos LOVE is GOD. (:
After a while you learn
The subtle difference between
Holding a hand and chaining a soul
And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn
That kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes ahead
With the grace of a woman
Not the grief of a child
And you learn
To build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is
Too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way
Of falling down in mid flight
After a while you learn
That even sunshine burns if you get too much
So you plant your own garden
And decorate your own soul
Instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers
And you learn
That you really can endure
That you are really strong
And you really do have worth
And you learn and you learn
With every good bye you learn.
Veronica A. Shoffstall
beautiful isnt it? compliments to Orbeta.(:
Power Through HIS Spririt.
HEYYYY!!! i just came back from CONFIRMATION CAMP! one word to describe it? BEYOND AWESOME, you see? you cant summarise the camp by only one word. haha. well, it was amazing for me because i got what i wanted. and i realised that god has gave me gifts. and furthermore, i went in the camp as a broken being, now i feel that the lord has made me whole. im am so thankful for the for everything. i never will once regret going to camp. i bonded with quite a number of friends. and i totally feel like a new person. wrong doings have been made right and right doings have been affirmed. i amm just sooooo happy right now, there's no word to explain this. im in gear 6 for moving on. full speed ahead! haha. for all those who feel lonely, dont ever feel lonely. your never alone. NEVER.
As for Kat and Reg( one of the most wonderful friends i ever had), they've grown. and im so glad that i was there to experience it. i realised that the work of god is just so amazing. he gave us a powerful power. that's freewill. that's why we must make mistakes. and it is only through mistakes that we grow and become even stronger. its only through mistakes, that we learn. so i urge all the others who need companionship, pray. and those who have companionship. pray too. the time will come and we will realise how hard it is to stand up when we fall, esp when we fall very hard. the only thing that matters after that is how we stand up and walk again.
life is long, be patient. that's what god told me. (: I LOVE GOD! hahaha. and im extremely thankful.