Today was the East District Training Day, enjoyed it loads.

The whole event was planned out very well, though I know it was pretty last minute. The whole thing was only finalized the day before. And, I was only informed about being a game master the first thing I woke up in the morning. However, everything still flowed smoothly and I guess the objectives were met, people were trained.

Being the game master was honestly easy, compared to the others. All I needed to do was to be there earlier, be briefed about the thing I need to do, help out abit here and there, and give the teams instructions on what to do during the station games. That was totally slack. But thank God for that, I do not have to suffer the torturous 200 pushups and 200 jumping jets. Muahahaha. And I seriously salute all those who did that. They really persevered and endured all the pain. Sherman is one that I have to give my highest respect to. Though his palm skin has already peeled and it hurts really really bad, he did not give up but persevered to end. Three cheers to him man. He deserves the most persevering award.

The war game was really fun too. I love war games. How I wish I am in the ancient times when people fight war with weapons, so fun. I love the strategic planning and whacking ahead kind of feeling. CHIONG AR!!! I can feel the adrenaline gushing in my body when I run forward and digging my way through the defense and hitting down their stronghold. Man, all man should love this kind of thing man.

Then after the war games, Dennis talked about this whole training class and how each station represent it characteristics of every servant of God should have which was taught in the church camp. He brought it across to in a way that links back to our lives. How we should keep enduring the hardship of persecution, strength to carry on, and courage to evangelize. I pray that everyone will really grow in these characteristics and be a powerful servant of God.

After the whole has ended, was the beginning of another war, a war between every single individual who was still around. It was time for some water splashing fun. Everyone began to gather water and pour on one another. The whole place was in chaos. People refilled water from the sea, imagine how unlimited the resource was. Until a point when some got tired of transporting the water, they just went to the beach and pushed one another down. No one left the place dry, those who were still around. And for some, they are the ones who are always being targeted at. Though already all drenched, people still love to pour water on them. Reason? – their expressions and reactions are priceless. Not forgetting the photo taking session. I love taking photos with people. I consider myself abit of a sentimental person who likes to keep this kind of photos for memory sake.

At the end of the day, we all left the place physically drained, I was. But one thing for sure was that I enjoyed the fellowship and time spent together with others. And the most important thing of all is that we have all played enough. It is time for some work to be done, schools to be won, people to outreached, and our service to God.

Woah! Ii slept from 230pm to 730pm. haha. This camp was the only camp i did overnight the last night because i was sick!

This camp was so.... just so.... indescribable! I bring brought home a lot of things! haha... God spoke to me during the camp! First it was something very simple yet impactful. It was the love of God, the love that God had for me. It really touched me when God told me that He loves me. He also reminded me that His love is enough to dispel all my fears, my guilt, my sins, instead His love will give us courage, strength and confidence. As i look back into my life i felt that i was really unworthy of God for all the things that i have done in the past and now. But God still love me the same and forgive me. God, i love you!

Second, do you still remember what animal you want to be? For me, it's the OX! I want to become bigger like the ox! haha, just kidding. Ox represent Endurance. I have been in church for near to 3years already and i am still in church, is it called endurance? Nope! It is only when i stay on in church, loving and serving God with God. Somethings i may be tired to do stuffs but i do it anyway, however it is serving God without God. I want to endure and serve God till the end of my life! It is not a statement, it is a prayer i want to make to God daily!

This brings me to my third point, Love again! I want to do everything with love. What do i mean? It is in 1 Corinthians 13. If i have done everything single on Earth for God but i have not love, it is in vain. Amen.

In this camp, I ask God to show me what He wants me to do in the future, i asked him for something big! Then God showed me a very cool vision. I saw Africans, the underserved, the oppressed, the people in starvation. It was the compassion of God on His people. When i saw the vision, i just broke down and ask God, "God what then can i do?". Then God told me to save and heal them. I do not know how or when i will be fulfilling this vision but i will definitely go to Africa one day and spread the love of God. I want to be rich for God, i want to heal them! So i got to study hard now! I got to outreach more! I will to say this prayer to God daily, "God, haunt me with the vision you gave me!"

Lastly, This camp will be the lowest point of my life this year, you know why? Because i will be even more close to God than in camp. I will listen more to God and obey God more. Bigger breakthroughs of my life, here i come!

I really enjoyed this camp a lot, with all the mad things that the caregroup have done. I'm so so so proud to be in EastD1, this family of god! This camp is memorable!

I just reached home not long ago. Unpacked my stuff and had a refreshing bath. Now, before I move on to sleep, I know that I have to journal my experiences and learning first. I want to take note of these things while it is still fresh in my memory.

The overall camp, to me, was rather fruitful and meaningful.

At the beginning of the camp, I remember I was telling God how expectant I was to meet Him and wait for Him to speak in my life. I stated my objectives clearly to Him. I was eager to experience the kind of church camp ‘feeling’.

My objectives in camp were:
• To focus on Daniel, getting to know him better and getting him more connected to the Caregroup
• To have God use me in a different or new way e.g. word of prophesy
• To have God speak to me on where He wants to lead me to next

Unfortunately, besides the first objective, the other two was not met. I waited on God since the first night till the very last night. Every praise and worship session I was asking God to meet me and don’t pass me by. But I do not know why, I just cannot seem to focus at all. Partly because I can’t sing the songs because of the bad condition of my voice, partly I believe it was also I am distracted. But when I actually reflected on it, I was not exactly distracted. Rather, I am expectant of God and was in continuous prayer to God. “So what is the thing that is stopping God from speaking to me?” I wondered.

Then God actually reminded me this – camp is not the only time God can speak to me, if He wants to speak to me He will speak to me at the correct time. Why be so anxious about wanting God to speak? True to say that it is this kind of eagerness and desire that will allow God to speak to us. But, another truth is that sometimes are we too eager that we get ahead of God and do not allow Him to speak in the correct and perfect timing?

Besides that, another thing that God reminded me about was that it is not the kind of camp ‘feeling’ that I need to look forward to. Truth is that this very camp feeling is just merely like adrenaline that hypes us up temporarily. This very camp ‘feeling’ is not the feeling that will sustain me through my whole Christian walk with God. Feelings are not stable, they fluctuates. One day we might be happy, another day angry, another discouraged. When these negative feelings come, will I still make decisions to do the right thing for God? Thus, it is not the camp ‘feeling’ that I need to seek. It is a commitment. A commitment to love God whole heartedly, serve Him wholeheartedly and give to Him whole heartedly. Decision that we make in life not based on the feelings that we have at the current situation or circumstance, but based on the commitment and loyalty that we have pledged to God during camp.

Though God did not meet my objectives in camp, he allowed me to realize that:
• Growth does not take place only in camp but daily in my walk with Him
• Decisions should not be based on our feelings or emotions at the current time, but on the pledge of commitment that we have to God

These are just mere two points that I have received during camp. There are so many other points that I need to grow and change in.

Hey, I encourage you also to note down points or areas that God had spoken. Certain specific areas that God wants us to grow and change in, note them down. Things that you have learnt during the sharing of the word, note them down. Practical application points, note them down too. So that we are clear on what we learn and need to grow in.

AND!! Remember the challenge made by Yiqin to the Caregroup, and Dennis to the district.

Yiqin challenged us to fulfill ‘Project 123’, which affects 3 groups of people:
• Those who are alone in the school to build a seed group which consists of at least 3 people by the end of this quarter
• Those who have at least two in the school to have a Caregroup with around 5 to 7 people in the group by the end of this quarter
• Graduating people to serve in an free lance outreach, outreaching to any school as and when it is best

Dennis challenged us about 3 things
• More good musicians to rise up in the district
• More people who are able to help out in the IT and media side of the district
• New generation of leaders from the lower secondary

Think about what you or I can do to make these things come to pass.

That aside, I really enjoyed this camp a lot. During the camp, elements of fun and family were well displayed by the Caregroup. The nights when we had our ‘turn table’ were really sadistic, but very enjoyable. The ‘alien game’ that we played repeated and sabotaged people on stage to do forfeit, those were memorable. Especially those sharing at night and how we squeeze in the cozy room were very warmth filled. Not forgetting the ‘feng shui’ spot that we talked about. These things had created great memories which can hardly be removed.

I cannot deny that our Caregroup had grown a lot together during this camp. There were greater bonding amongst the people and people serving one another e.g. getting the food. I believe even the rest of you noticed it the change. Really have to thank God for it, now that we are growing more and more like a Caregroup. However, we still have to work towards the perfect standard demonstrated by the early churches in the book of Acts.

The whole camp was enjoyable and memorable because of every one of you. You make a difference; you are part of us EastD1. I pray that we will continue to grow even more together.

One parting thing to remind you people is this:
Cultivate spiritual habits such as quiet time and prayer to sustain this spiritual life.

Love,
Winstar

ohhh mannn! UNSTOPPABLE is already arriving!! it's really unstoppably arriving in just 3 more days! i really pray all of us are constantly preparing our hearts to really meet God and experience God during our 4 days 3 nights camp!

but seriously im so looking forward to camp! we have so many ppl going for camp this time round! we have at least 15 full timers! and 2 - 3 more part timers! this is camp is surely surely SURELY not to be missed!


not just that, i have a special information for those looking at this very blog right now. for all ed1 campers, part or full timers, there will be something REALLY special for us (positive special, not negative) and if you haven't or are still unable to sign up for camp yet, keep praying ! camp is really really not to be missed. and i can't say enough of it.


lastly let's pray for a few things together for the next few days
1) That God will really prepare and soften our hearts
2) For all the camp volunteers involved in the running of the camp, for them to really stay healthy, strong and full of energy and that the preparation of camp would go smoothly
3) For all of the rest of our brothers who haven't been confirmed to be able to sign up for camp yet! i only know of alfred at this point of time, please tell me if there's others so we can all pray tgt! for God to soften the parent's heart, solve all money issues
4) Pray for God to be in the camp! otherwise we would totally be wasting our trip there, pray til all of God's presence fills downtown east from 12 to 15 of june!



oh and yes! today a few of us went with vylan to check out this value shop in pasir ris, i bought 12 packets of hello panda in a package and guess how much is it? ITS $1.95!!! and how much are the cold canned drinks?! $0.60!!! and so with the super duper uber freaking cheap prices, we're gonna head down there on the camp day before camp to store up for the next few days so we dun need to visit expensive shops like cheers! once again! rmb to pray for the 4 things above and i'll see u at unstoppable camp!


check out http://www.unstoppablecamp.blogspot.com for more details on to bring list and how to get there etc.=) anything unclear can ask me, winstar or qin or your shepherd=)

-Dearest, Aloy.

“It was memorable” – Jemson (our beloved new addition)

I am certain none of those who were in Caregroup today will ever forget the experience we had back in Pasir Ris Park. I too, had memories stained on my mind.
I was late for Caregroup today, sadly. Missed out all the fun they had disturbing Yi Hao I guess. When I arrived, many were gathered near the ‘web’ sitting down on the rubber floor, being entertained by people whoever was down on the ‘sand stage’ (obviously it was Yi Hao…again). Then Alfred did a stun – squeezing through the small square hole. I tried…and my big butt got stuck.

We moved on to the ‘web’. Everyone climbed, except Yi Hao. He was reluctant. He knew that we would disturb him. Only after much persuasion that it was too dangerous for us to play, he relented. Obviously, as if we guys were so merciful to let him off. We disturbed him of course, details not to be disclosed.

Soon, Yi Hao, him again, got hungry and wants to eat. Don’t you guys realize he is always the one initiating to eat?
Here comes the picnic part. Mat opened, food positioned, people sat and ready to dig in!! Foods that were present include hotdogs, ham, bread, egg, lettuce, chips and crackers. Thank God for Yi Hao and Vylan in particular for preparing the food!! And thank God for Alfon and Yi Hao for stacking our sandwiches for us. Mandon was weird, he actually took the chips and sandwich it. tsk tsk tsk…. His shepherd must have been feeding him with weird food. Oops….

Chit chat chit chat, people started to get restless. At least they proved themselves to be boys, they can’t seat still for long, their butts just have to get off the ground and move around. They needed something more active than just mouth exercising, something wild.

We climbed the coconut tree and pulled down the coconut, four of it. Then, we used Alfon’s broken scissors to cut off the first layer, and penetrate through the husk, creating a hole for the coconut juice to flow out. The best part is, we savored it. After finish drinking, we even broke it open by smashing it onto the rocky platform, then, Prana Alfred and I tried the flesh. Nice. Others were not so courageous to take on the challenge. ‘Peh hor’…

Well, that was unquestionably wild and an experience that we Singaporeans could rarely gain.

Ultimately, I believe everyone enjoyed the Caregroup and a memorable one indeed. Thanks to all who were present, you all are part of the memory. Let’s all continue to create more memorable Caregroups in which we all can reminisce in the future.

Love,
Winstar

Hello people. Me again. I have good news and bad news. Which do ya wanna hear, I mean see/view /look/glance at first?

Bad News: Good News:
I can't come for camp. I'm coming for part-time! At least got come.
Aww.. Which slot? Too be Confirmed!!

Holidays are here again people. While you guys are diggin LAN, Tamp1 and all, I am like so totally stuck home. Why? My friggin results sucked big time. Seriously, not what I had also expected, failed 2 subjects? Hahas. Not since I remembered. L1R4 of 19?! I got pissed by the papers man. Hahas, fast and pray are the best thing one can do in my shoes which I am doing. Its so totally crazy. Rotting at home. TV then PSP. What a life. Rubbish. I know you guys are having a good time man but really, in this holiday, there's WFL, crazy shepherding times and all to keep your spiritual health at full burst. Heard that there are 2 guys that joined us at/on MASQUERADE. Really hope that you guys would not shit around just because they are not the people you bring but get them really to be a family to us, just like how you were treated when you came. Remember the times when we first came? What kept us here? Let's all do what we had been did and pray that I can still meet the two guys. Hahas. It sucks staying at home all day but with God, I know and believe that I will not spend this holiday well, lousily.

-Mandon(Oliver) ASK ME WHY!!!