Youth Retreat 2000 and 8

In view of our current YTM objective of having more youth oriented activities, we went for a youth retreat from the 8^th to the 10^th of March at PD Methodist Centre which is of course at PD.. Haha

The attendance was truly encouraging, 37 youths got onto the bus and we arrived back all in one piece (yep, especially the cow). Boy the dorms were scorching at first, there were lizard poo all over Ashley’s bed (guess they like her), Ian complaining of toilet water smelling of stool, but 3 lucky guys slept in the bungalow (of which one of them couldn’t read time at night, and sent everyone to bed 3 hours earlier).

After cleaning Ashley's bed.. I wonder where is she, hmm..

Yea we had fun in camp alright, away from the city, away from the internet and away from parents (yea I can hear u from here). No complains about the food there though. Oh yea we played GA again and it was nothing short of amusing. People were at times scribbling a note to their mortal (I heard Ian got death threats from his death angel), buying cans after cans of Ole’ Coke (the canteen lady must be swimming in cash by now), running errands and the sorts.

We had captain ball on the first evening, group match. And later the boys played with the bouncy sphere, (yes again). Night fell and we had a really good time of praise and worship led by Ashley, everyone was just singing their hearts out, trust me it was really uplifting. Brother Chun Mun spoke about the Lord’s Supper and group discussions followed later. Personally I enjoyed my group session,

Fact #1: Michael has a very evil ‘laugh’, he’ll be the voice for any evil cartoon character

Fact #2: Ian laughs at Michael’s laugh

Fact #3: Then everybody laughs and we digress =)

(You see why I love my group?)

Peeping Ian..

The next day is Sunday, we had Holy Communion then followed by another talk. Later on, groups were busy preparing for the camp fire presentation. I couldn’t believe my eyes at the pool of acting talent we have among us! These people were naturals. Benji deserves a special mention for his maestro acting, I wouldn’t be doing justice to him if I say it here, just fuh-low-weh man! His brother can just pack his bags and go feed swines literally. Haha. You see, Benji’s acting earned him accolades, but his brother’s acting resulted in thrashing from 3 girls. =) The others worth mentioning were Cher Maine, Derrick, and oh how could I ever forget Matthew for giving the camp commandant a tasty name.

It rained later on but we gathered back at the fire place unofficially till like 2 something, actually we weren’t planning to sleep that night but the doctor sent us to bed literally so that he wouldn’t have to attend to us the next day. You should have seen the stars that night, *sighs* it’s like falling in love with God’s creation again. Most of us had heart 2 heart talks and it was good to know that we have people who share the same struggles and just to be there for us. Thank you God.

Came Monday, forget about lizards pooing on Ashley’s bad, forget about the stinky water, forget about our tiredness, we wanna stay another night! But as true as the saying goes, all good things must and will come to an end. At least we still see each other twice a week right? So with a heavy heart we said bye bye to another day together but leaving the place with a deeper bond of friendship and trust.

D gals..

Where is Kuang Ern looking?

Spot the odd one..

Awwww

p.s. Right b4 camp fire, Benji’s ‘girlfriend’ made her poor lil’ children support her all d way back from the beach