Mambo Sawa Sawa

If u guyz r wonderin wat the title means, it's everything is gonna b alrite with GOD!!! in African.

dO iT Camp by Youth,for Youth, most importantly, WITH YOUTH!!!

WE're back form camp, location? it's Dusun Eco Resort, Pahang. Most importantly, we all had funlo. like i said in MSN, Camp ROCKED!!!! Yes, I was part of the games comitee, n tortured all u 103 campers hahaha(so evil). Our camp speaker was Bro Eric Tan and Ps. Grace Hee on da last nite lolz.

The camp site was good, with public, fresh mountain showers(oh da coldness), a swimming pool, a hall which is very far from da dorm I stayed in(nothing to complain about), a Bball court, flying fox(very far away lol).

It all went very well, plannned n improm2 so guess wat, it was messy with plenty of things(elaborate later). What was confusing was that i had 2 GAs, 1 gave me sweets, another washed my plates lol. I'm nt sure which notes i received these from bt here it is,(yes with da capital letters and stuff, can't underline)

Dear Joshua,
GOOD MORNING!, =) BE JOYFULL LIKE ALWAYS.......
CANDIES FOR YOU TO STAY AWAKE LATER....

ENjoy UR DaY

GA. =)

I have my eyes on you :P

Dear Joshua,

Enjoy Lunch!!! See you at games...

GA.

I have more, bt that'll b quite tiring 2 read and type it down.

NO PIcs, all on facebook

Well then, let's gt started,
1st things 1st,
da 77 steps of da OT,
Well I can gt some of my head,
Creation, Fall, Flood, 4000yrs, Ur, Persian Gulf, SALT, Sarah, Abraham, Lot, Tera(nt sure with da spelling), Tigris-Euphrates, Heran, Tera dies, Sea Of Galilee, Jordan River, Dead Sea, Mediterranean, Israel, Ishmael, Isaac, Esau, Jacob, Joseph, Egypt, Jews, Egypt, Bondage, 400yrs, Moses, LET MY PPL GO!!!!, NO!!!, 10 plagues, Passover, Red Sea, Mt Sinai, Laws, Tabernacle, Levites and priests, Offerings, Counting the faces, 12 Spies, Wanders, Die, Moses, 2nd Law, Dies, Joshua(Yea!!!) Jordan, Jericho, Divide and Conquer, Divide and Settle, 12 tribes(some cool chopping move), Judges, 400yrs(or was it 40???), Deborah, Gideon, Samson, everyone did what was rite in thier own eyes, except Ruth, and Samuel.....bzzt can't remember oledi lol!!!

Ok,
Day 1, 11 Dec
Thursday
Meet at Mother Church(if u ppl r wondering wat is mother church, it's NLRC PJ). Well every1 come at different timing so, it's kinda hard to say what time we actually met.bt we left at 9am(helpers went earlier lol) We reached around 1040, haiz, even though I was a helper(wrong turning, went 2 Berjaya Hotel instead). Well, we had Lunch, at 12pm, 4gt wat it was cos i jz ate it without complaints(LOL). We had briefing and splitted to our Dorm Groups(Go Char Siew!!!) to play some games. With some rest and some washing up, we went to da Hall, for a session to intro da camp speaker, which also ended up with testimony time!!! Yea, Zoe(SA) and Steffie went up to testify of how God brought them 2 this camp, and then Mark came up and testified dat he's still alive, it's still very clear in my head, he had a slight backsliding, he mentioned dat you can call him stubborn because he didn't, couldn't believe dat God was there, so he told God, if u're there strike me with lightning, die i dun care, so he said dat if we dun really believe dat God is there, believe he is there cos he met a car accident some 5 days b4 camp, car badly damaged, bt he nt oni survived, bt he survived with 2 scrathes to his body, Praise God. then V Sheng came up and testified about wat has happened to him. Going clubbing literally having his life hanging on a thread. that statement struck me becos, the day b4 camp, i put up a MSN message-what's this, your life is hanging on a thread and your're still laying down there. Well, dat nite was easily passed through with the tiresomeness of all da activities.

Day 2, 12 Dec
Friday
I woke up early dat day round 5.45am, goin back to my dorm, to gt my toothbrush and toothpaste, to wash up, and later devotion at 6. Finished with my devotion, Nick Siew joined me at the pondok/gazebo whatever, and we went up to da basketball court, with no one there at 6.10, we went down again at 6.15, bt by 6.30, ppl started to show their sleepy faces up at da Bball court. Leaders assembly started at 7am teaching about forgiveness and such(with a drama by Jason Kon and Abraham, nt sure wat, about the ppl bringing a prostitute to Jesus and saying dat she should be stoned to death, Jesus being very wise, said that, only those who have never sinned before shall cast a stone, ppl left 1 by 1 and Jesus said to the prostitute, Go and Sin no more. Fuh, long story, bt Jason and Abraham was different, cut it short, Abraham took Jason's phone and lied not taking his phone then let da ppl stone him, bt at da nick of time(nt)Jason said, only those who have never sinned before shall cast a stone). then ended with Devotion entitled, Jonah's Thunders. With heavy asses, ppl made their way to da canteen for breakfast after devotion. We had our 1st session with Bro. Eric Tan. Fuh, Genesis is a long book lol. Lunch after that, well nothing to complain about.We then had our 1st session of games with GM, Joel Ryan Lee, playing Lipstick Jungle, Sweet Sensation and Broken Telephone(like da 1 in Madagascar 2). Swimming!!! during wash up time lol, washed up, then dinner. Our 2nd session was about Exodus(which means EXIT!!!), Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy(Do It On Me!!!). We had reflection, and ppl went to the gazebo, canteen, dorms, as their exodus to the day. Well, Helpers had a very long meeting on messy games then sleep.

Day 3 , 13 Dec
Friday
Again, I woke up at 5.45am, but only got off the bed at 6. Wash up, Devotion, then up to the Bball court, but there was a problem. The other camp group went up there and hogged the whole place for some morning exercise. So we had our Leaders Assembly beside the swimming pool. Learning about attentiveness towards God's Voice. And Devotion time!!! Same thing, we went into our groups and started with the topic given by the CCs. Breakfast again, then 3rd Session began. Joshua(yeah!!!), Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel, 1st Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, 1st and 2nd Kings, Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah. Fuh, today was a very long session lol.
Lunch, and now, 'Let The Games Begin!!!' Yes Messy Games Began. Flour, Eggs, Shaving Cream, Water, fuh, that's alot. Haha, after all 6 games, it was time, Bombard Jason!!!! Woohoo!!! Yes Jason Lee got bombarded again and again with flour, eggs, shaving cream and think how many more things we helpers got to use. Then some of us guys played Captain Ball in the swimming pool. Bathed(ooh da horror of the disposables) dressed up, and went for dinner. Well, the last session of camp was great, Ps. Grace Hee(for all you people who don't know, it's Nick and Sarah Hee's mum) talking about change in the world today. Well, the rain made everyone stay in the hall till like 11pm, 12am around there. People testified after, during worship at the end. Yes, I went up too, and the day(can say nite) ended with choi tai te, silent killer, mafia and sort, and it all ended with sleep for many ppl, at 4 or 5(me at 4).

Day 4, 14 Dec
Sunday!!!
Yes, 2 hours of sleep got me awake for Sunday Service. No preaching, but got sharing from some people. Lunch, and it started raining, so our exodus of the camp site was very messy at sort. Yes, with Jason around, we took some group pictures as well. Most importantly with the Joel Wink. Yes we left later than expected at around 3 and we took about an hour to reach(Bus took about 1 and a half hours)Reach at 4pm, and Bus, about 4.15pm for bus 1 and 4.25 for bus 2.

Yes not forgetting our Cream Crackers. There were hardly anyone who didn't break their crackers on the 1st day, and by the 2nd day, 2/3 of the campers already broke their crackers. Yes, there were quite a number of ppl who didn't break their crackers, so for their hard work and effort, they won their group some very nice number of points.

Overall, this was a good camp. With my overall sleep of 10 hours throughout the whole camp. Yes and Facebook become a hotspot for all the campers for all the photos.

Signing off,
Joshua Tham, HybridZ