winter camp

After all the disspointment for not going to Sydney, i was blessed indeed here in Hobart. For these 2 days i was attending a WINTER CAMP. Sound so incredible? Camping during WINTER? Is it Posibble? Yeah in fact it was executed here. As a matter of fact, it was not held out in the nature but it was in the church’s lower ground. do not underestimate, they do have kitchen, a huge foyer, sofa and musical intruments too..It’s still cold though. It was my first camp ever and it was fun and i savoured the companion, messages, foods, peoples, the practices, singing, fellowships and the workshops.

Without undue delay, let me introduce you with Ps Larry. He’s a humble man whom God has blessed and God has spoken through him to me and to all of us, i believe, with enormous clarity and trust me he has a good sense of humour as well. He said because of his wife proposal of marriage, he had to reject another 50 women. Ehem ehem ehem. Alright, focus.. Theme for the camp was intimate relationship with God. It was awesome. I thought i would remain the same from the day i came with an empty handed, but it turned into a deep crush of a spirit- God wants me back and to be honest with Him. I squealed within me desiring God to restore this relationship once again.

Do you know that God’s the desire is to be our FATHER and actually He does not like playing the role of a judge? God does feel crush and broken in His heart whenever He has to be a JUDGE to His own children which are US (Hosea 11). These two roles are totally playing different roles and Ps Larry was sharing his personal experience when he had to face a charge. all the judge wants is that there is no miscarriage of justice and he does not care about his feeling. on the contrary, his father’s concerned was his feeling-the fear that Ps Larry was feeling at that time. Likewise applies to God. Do you see how difficult is that for God to be a Father and at the same time, he has to be a Judge as well?foreseeing this, Jesus brought it to cross and He no longer judges us-there’s no condemnation for those who are in Christ. The point is that the way we see God will determine our relationship with Him. seeing God as a judge will distance our relationship with Him because no body wants to get near to a judge i supposed because he might sentence you if you do wrong. Practically, neither prosecutor nor defence lawyer will dare walk or talk or sit with a judge when there is ongoing case. Literally, it is a miscarrige of justice and as a consequence the conviction will be squashed,,,,Ok enough for the law. But if we see God as our father, we will run after him and always wants to cling to him. He will not punish you but he will nurture you and patiently and gently teach you to do His will and to be a good person.

Well the foregoing is just a small part of the entire camp, so in succinct, it wraps up the idea that an intimate relationship with God is possible and within reach-God has made an invitation to come to Him and all that it takes is that to accept or to take it (Isaiah 55). And of course there are some sacrifices that we all need to make in order for that relationship to get deeper and intimate. God wants us to spend our time with Him in our quiet place + he wants us to be GENUINE and HONEST with Him. He wants you to tell Him how exactly you feel- it could be that ‘you are angry with God’ or your agony or you happiness or anything. God can still bear it. He knows how to deal with it and He knows exactly how you feel. so communicate with Him honestly.

there are some photos taken..lots lots lots fun

He will be my perfect partner in the future..pls contact me if you feel that u look like him...really i am serious..this was during workshop n i drew this with the light off..i was totally no idea what i drew..apparently everybody was laughing looking at the drawing of their so called 'perfect Mr Right'..some of them the head is not attached at all to the body..some look like a cartoon..yeah out of our real expectation of a perfect or at least ideal partner.the idea was to show us that there's no such a perfect partner. we all form and wire to complete one another

wanna know what's in your brain? take a look at it closer

hihi..believe it or not he's a bachelor of domestic therapeutic..just kidding...he's a lame joker and always being bullied by girls..he's daren (singporean) and jean. his bahasa is zero and everybody taught him words that are really funny.. we all laughed at him and i suspected that he has no idea what we were laughing at..i pity him. poor daren. i should give him a lecture on bahasa..haha better pay me for that..

here is our wonderful worship team

poor rebecca. She must be very tired. the Youth Pastor awaken her and she felt so shy

finally we are out for lunch. we ate at sakura..he's salman from thailand

ooopsss, it gets to the end. ehem ehem here i am, still learning and in fact there are lots of things that i still need to learn. so i hope and pray that God will help you and i in working on that and be fruitful in the end...