IM BACK!

Yeah, Im back from church camp. And I'll be lying if I said it was boring, cos' it was actually very very fun and I enjoyed myself a lot :) So here's what happened~

DAY 1:

We had to meet outside the canteen at 8! Went to register and we got our name tags, and I found out I wasn't in the same group as Cherlyn, Sheriann, Bronte, Megan or Kimbeily. We then went to the Parish Hall and got split into our groups. I didn't know anyone, except for Brandon and Jarred since they were in my group last year. And there were only 2 other girls in my group, so I was pretty upset. Went for 9am mass with everyone else. There were reserved seats so we sat infront. After mass, we met our facils! And I got Marilyn, Russel and Jason! And they were very very nice to us! Then we played ice-breaker games for about an hour. And then we got our fuzzy envelopes and had to decorate them! Had our first session in the session room and it was quite nice cos' they covered the floor with carpets! :) Had sharing after that, and it was quite okay! Went for lunch after that and we had fried rice! :) After lunch, we watched a movie called "Letters to God". It was a really touching and sad movie. It's about a boy who has cancer and was dying. And although he was going to die, he still believed in God and kept his faith strong. So he wrote daily letters to God and mailed them. The rest of the neighbourhood found out what he was doing and they also started writing letters to God. In the end, the boy died! :( Had another sharing session after that before going for a break! There were tins of assorted biscuit so Sheriann and I took alot of biscuits! :) Played "spin-the-pin" for awhile before going back up. Had Praise&Worship! And it was really really really nice :) Everyone was singing and dancing and everyone was so happy :) After that, we had dinner and it was fried rice again. Went to shower after that and Sheriann, Cherlyn, Bronte, Megan and I faster got our things and we were one of the first few to finish showering. But we had to shower in the boys toilet, and it was surprisingly very very clean! Went for supper after that and we stayed in the canteen till about 11. When we went up, almost everyone already got their mattress. I didn't get to sleep with Cherlyn in the end cos' they didn't allow us to move the mattress. So I slept next to Bronte! :) It was very very very cold ):

DAY 2:

Kimbeily and I managed to wake up at 6.2o so we could go and bathe! Went back to the Parish Hall at about 6.50 and Cherlyn, Megan, Sheriann and Bronte just woke up :) I think Megan woke up on the wrong side of the mattress cos' she was in a really bad mood. Or maybe it's just her usual self in the morning! Haha! Had Nasi Lemak for breakfast and it was quite good! :) Had Praise&Worship and sharing session after that! At about 9, we changed and went to play games! Our first game was kinda fun! We had to shampoo our hair and use the foam to cover our facils. For our second game, we had to submerge our hand into a bucket and try to pick out tiny lego bricks with our elbow. Inside the bucket, there was muddy water, grass, chicken bones, cucumber, chili, milo and rice! It was really really gross! ): Brandon went first and I think he picked out a cucumber! I picked out a chicken bone ): Our third game was really fun! Played with Sheriann and Megan's group. We had to throw water bombs at our opponents without walking around. For our 4th game, it was a scissors-paper-stone game! But we played it with 8 chairs. And on each chair, there was flour, achar, and alot of other mashed food. It was really gross and my shorts became very dirty :( Our last game was human twister. We played it with paint! And I had to sit on a plate of pink paint! And our group was the last group to play that game, so all the other facils poured all the remaining paint on us and alot got stuck in my hair! :( But It was very very fun because everyone was hugging each other so we could get paint on them! :) After that, we went to bathe. And the toilet queues were super long, so Cherlyn and I bathed together! And we took a really really long time to get paint out of our hair! We had to shampoo it twice! After that, we went to eat our lunch and there was bee hoon! :) Had Praise&Worship and sharing session after that. We had to write a letter to God. I wrote one, thanking him and telling him everything that has been going on! We had to go for confession after that! I got Father Gerad so I was pretty happy! :) Had a break after that and we played "spin-the-pin" again. The only question that we asked was :"Who do you like?" Had some time to write our fuzzys! Managed to write for Cherlyn, Bronte, Sheriann, Kim, Megan, Melissa, Brenlyn, Nicole, Brandon, John, Jarred, Danielle, Marilyn, Russel, Jason, Tricia, Daniel, Jared and Audrey! :) Another sharing session after that before we went for 630 mass. Had dinner after that! After dinner, I had "touch time" with Marilyn. And I told her everything that has been going on and she told me her problems too! :) And I was kinda happy after "touch time". We had a night prayer after that. We were all seated at the Parish Hall and we started with Praise&Worship. We then had to go to our facils and they would pray for us. Brandon and I were planning what to say! It was quite touching because Russel, Marilyn and Jason held my hand and prayed over me. And it was kinda touching so I started tearing up! Prayed for about 20mins after that! Went to find Cherlyn and Bronte and we all sat together and sang songs since Praise&Worship was still going on! :) Everything ended at about 10 plus and we went to eat our supper! We were one of the first few to go to the Parish Hall so we could choose where we wanted to sleep! Got to sleep next to Cherlyn!! :)

DAY 3:

Woke up at 6.20 again because one of the facil's alarm rang really loudly! Walked down to Serangoon Gardens market for breakfast and bought bread and grass jelly! Marilyn bought carrot cake so we ate that too! Russel was telling his life story and it was quite interesting! :) Went to the park for awhile after breakfast! :) Headed back to church after that and continued writing fuzzys for awhile. Had our last sharing session and Praise&Worship. Everyone was very very happy! :) Took group photos after that! We had to do area cleaning and group 5, 7 and 9 had to shift all the mattress from the Parish Hall to the Girls Dorm. So we formed a "human chain" and carried the mattress. It was quite fun! :) Had a closing prayer before getting our fuzzy envelopes back! Someone gave me a chocolate! :) Thanks everyone for the fuzzys! Megan's dad dropped me off after camp. Oh, and sorry Kelly I couldn't go for lunch with you! :)

I learnt a lot from this camp, and I had a very very very enjoyable time! Thanks Marilyn, Russel, Jason, Brandon, Danielle, Jarred, Sherlyn, John and Tim for being good facils and group mates. And thanks Cherlyn, Sheriann, Bronte, Megan and Kim for making camp fun and unforgettable! Thanks for being a part of my spiritual journey! :)