well, that was the name of the camp. to be frank, nothing of that sort happened. well, to me. i went there because ivan ge would be touching on tongues. but anyways, i will still blog about what happened. although i dont think many of you would be interested.
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so anyway, we reached late. we, my sister and i, were suppose to meet the rest of them at 8pm. but we were gonna be late, so we told them to leave first. so when we boarded the bus to the chalet from pasir ris interchange, we called them to ask where do we stop. we expected specific directions, like how does the place look like, or say maybe around how many busstops from the interchange? but guess what did they say? "guess la.." i mean hellooooo?! how do we guess a busstop? besides all the bungalows look the same. but anyway, we managed to find it.
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so we unpacked, lazed around, watched tv, and clean salted eggs. lols. there were SO many salted eggs. well, for easter sunday. why salted eggs? i heard, it's cheaper. anyway, we spent a whooping 45 minutes cleaning that black stuff from the salted egg. i wonder what is that. anyway, then the overnight prayer meeting started.well, it wasnt much of a prayer meeting, we prayed only at the last part. i'm not complaining though. praying for a whole two hours would be crazy, especially in the middle of the night! so anyway, after that thingy ended, i was so tired. totally shacked. i bathed, and slept with my hair wet. >.<>
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then it was morning devotion. at 7! well, it's at 8, but you still have to wash up and all that. so anyway, 5 hours is so not enough!! especially when i've been having 6 hours of sleep for 2 weeks TWO WHOLE WEEKS! oh gosh. i'm in dire need of sleeeeeep. but i cant sleep now either. i have tonnes of homework awaiting me. i can hear them calling me from the living room. >.<>
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ookay. i just sidetracked so much. after morning devotion, was breakfast, then some talk by ivan ge. anyway, after the talk, i approached him. i was very very very very confused about the whole tongues thing. and well, he pretty much cleared all my doubts. and he added on that if i wanted to change churches, go ahead. i guess my sister told him. else how would he know? he said that if i felt comfortable in another church, and i would grow there, then go. or at least visit all the mega churches, and some small churches. well, that was really unexpected. so anyway, then it was lunch, then the baptism service, and bbq. to be honest, i didnt really enjoy the bbq, the food was raw, i barely g muchot to eat, everyone left to cycle, leaving me pretty much alone. yupps. but anyway, while i was deserted and all alone, i wasnt that alone. heh. anyway, this 8 year old girl came to talk to me. well, actually, i started the conversation. i was so shocked when she started talking. she spoke so fluently. she's only 8! and i was even more shocked when she said she was from taiwan! not that i look down on people from taiwan. is just that i expected her to be more of the chinesey type. but she was sooo cute!! she started talking and talking, and i didnt understand what she was trying to say, i mean i understood what she said, but i just didnt get why she was telling me all those. so i just smiled. lols.
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oh ya! while waiting for the fire to start, a few of us went to pasir ris park. maybe that's why i didnt get to eat. anyway, we started doodling all over the shore. then we went to the swing! I LOVE THE SWING! although i still have not mastered the skill of swinging after all these years, i still had alot of fun.
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then after the bbq, we had this underground church thingy. it's a game, that you experience how underground church is like. well, you see, in china, people arent exactly allowed to have a religion. so these christians, have to be all sneaky when they go to church. poor things. i was half asleep as well. lols. then after that, was sleeping timee!! and yes, i slept with wet hair again. which explains the really bad hair day.
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anyway, at the debrief, my youth pastor started talking about youths who grew up in church. he said that, he didnt wanna take care of these youth initially. why? because they have parents in church. so if he scolded them, or say anything, their parents would ask him about those stuff. and he also said we are the harder ones to take care of. but helloooo? is that our fault? is it our fault that we're even born in church? i'm not complaining though. i think i'm fortunate i'm borned into a christian family. but he says these are the ones that usually dont turn up for events or activities. but it's exactly because our parents are in church, they restrict us. as in when they find that that event isnt beneficial, or we have more important stuff, they wouldnt let us go. now is it fair to judge us just like that? and i think this is exactly why the youth leaders are paying more attention to the new believers. there's nothing wrong with that. but what about us? in my church, the sunday school is useless. i can safely say i didnt learn anything in sunday school, all my life. ok, sure, we learn stuff like, dont lie, dont steal. all the commandments, the gospels. the stories in the bible. but not anything more indept. so if you ask me, i dont think we know much either. and these people just go around assuming that we're fine on our own. well tell you what, we arent. well, at least for me.
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oh yes, and amazingly, they realise they have been neglecting us. and the new comers as well. i did make an effort to talk to the little girls. well, the youth pastor was asking why we were more comfortable with the young adults (another ministry) then with them. well, actually more of my sister. but personally, i do prefer the young adults. well, i'm not really sure. i go to church feeling very indifferent. but they do have a very warm feeling there. and why we're more comfortable there? i mean duhhhhhhh. the youth are so cold, they just live in their own little cliques. so though we grew up in that church, we still are left out. that's another point my youth pastor pointed out. i mean, how do they expect us to just budge in like that. i'm a paranoid and a pessimist. well, maybe they dont even like to mix with us. then wouldnt it be rude just to budge in? tsktsk. so after he said that, they started being all friendly. look, if it's genuine, i appreciate it. but if you're just doing it just because you feel that it's an obligation, then i rather you not.
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anyway, after that, we went out for lunch, and my sis and i made our way home. M&M's great. the bus ride home was nice, it was just sis, me, and chocolates! heh. chocolate has to be the greatest invention man can ever think of. lols! i dont understand how can people not like chocolates.
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oh yes, i'm a very lucky girl. that thing that comes once in a month.. yup. it came right after the chalet. heh! alright. too much information. lols. it has been such a long time since i typed out such a loong post. i think this took more than an hour, well, because i'm watching tv as well. lols.
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ehh. umm. maybe i should eat something. i'm hungry again. >.<.
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toodles!
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