Edit: whooooooooooooops after so many days of um, finding excuses, i'm back again to updating stuff about the camp again! =DD
Well just a slight note beforehand that i'm typing this from the perspective of a volunteer, so experiences might differ from the perspective of a participant! =)
A volunteer might attend the camp for free, but the amount of things that is expected of he/she seems to fulfilled the price paid for the camp! for starters we had to go to the campsite a day earlier in order to prepare the campsite for the game. But for us, who've went through the lifegame before, we were willing to do it with open cheerful hearts, in anticipation of the fun we would have and perhaps, the people we would touch. in spite of that, the logistics preparation was pretty horrible and we were kind of exhausted by dinnertime! at least we had fun setting up and stuff like that =) so we finished by nightfall, and i went to sleep earlier, the rest were playing monopoly deal! =O oh, and i forgot to mention that we had good sleeping quarters, compared to last year at least =D
Overall,while i am obliged not to reveal what exactly happened throughout the camp for the next 3 days 2 nights (or 2 days 2 nights at least), but i can safely say that the exhaustion, the endless times of staying back and preparing for hours on end, even the discouragements along the way paid off somehow, especially seeing the participants respond to the call of sacrifice at the altar day after day. Of course, this doesn't mean that all the participants were impacted positively; some left the camp and quit the game on day 1, being too disheartened by all that occured on that day so far, and needless to say, us volunteers were even more disheartened, for we knew day 2 would be so much more meaningful. Then again, when we pause and think, isn't this a reflection of our walk with God, in life, as well? Alot of times we are beaten down in mind and heart and even body, and we barely have the strength to get back up, sometimes like the campers that left we don't even want to get up. Thank God that there are always 'saints beyond that cheer us all the way' (Heaven is counting on you =)! We should also have faith in God cause He knows everything, and He knows when day 2 in our life would come.
Well i think that's basically some of the most important reflections i got from the camp,so yup! Do go for one of these camps if you haven't already done so!
Everyone says hi!!!
-Tim XD
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