cf camp 09 - part 2

Day 3 - Sunday, 30th August: The usuals. Session 3 was probably the peak of it all. There was an altar call after the session and by God's grace, hearts were touched and some responded. God is amazing, and too often we forget how GREAT He is. He spoke to me and now I roughly know what to do. He reminded me of His love and grace and how no matter what, He sees what I'm going through. These were the things He's been teaching me throughout the past few years and it was like another gentle reminder. I can't thank Him enough for that. =). 

After lunch, there was an awareness talk by the person-in-charge of Bethany Home. He talked about the place, its purpose and stuff like that. Oh, and before he gave us the talk, he made us go through........ How it feels to be disabled. He made us find a partner each and then he split us into groups. The first group would be the blind and the second would be the lame. So each pair would blindfold one person and he/she would be given a stick. And the other group would have a person from each pair to sit on a wheelchair/use crutches. For those on the wheelchair, one hand was tied to the handrest so he/she could only use one hand to move both wheels. And for those with crutches, both legs were tied together. Well, you get the picture. Our partners were given instructions NOT to help us. So yeah, for round 15 minutes, we were 'disabled'. Our goal was to move from the hall all the way to the food place. Not that far if you walk, but considering our situation, it seemed really difficult. I was pretty bad at it, kept banging into chairs. When we reached the place, we switched with our partners. I have alot of respect for these people.. It's definitely not easy.. 

Session 4 took place after the talk. Before the session we were asked to go around, encouraging others and thanking them for something. Was free all the way till dinner. Talentime (sketch) was after dinner. My group's theme was Patience and the setting was Year 2222. So we decided to do something on robots. 

But the best sketch was definitely the one by Inreda. Theirs was Kindness and Terminator. Laughter all the way to the end! 

We were free after the sketch, so some of us played Pictionary.. 

We won both rounds. =D. Sadly, we had to get in our rooms by 11.30.. 

Day 4 - Monday, 31st August: MERDEKA! Though no one seemed to remember/care/bother. Lol. We only had to wake up at 8. That too, the guys still slept on. Devotion was after breakfast that day and my group merged with Spoka for it that morning. And oh, our group names were all these weird words. So they told us on the first day that if could find out the meaning of our group name and its origin, we would get extra points. I asked Abel on the third night to find out for me. And thanks to him, we got it. My group's name: Glansa means shine. And it's a Swedish term. But when they announced it during the prize-giving session, they said that all the group names were actually names of lights sold in Ikea... Really potong stim. We got third place anyway. This time, it felt rather different. Maybe its just cause we're already past the stage where winning means everything. And for the first time, it was rather relaxing. 

Glansa. Great group-mates. =)

Till then. -out-