Team [TIM]

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Timmy!!! U beat me to posting!!! And subsequently, YZ (you must e feeling all better cos' we all prayed for you, did weeee?), and Ereen (YES I KNOW!!! Shep's cheer rox your sox mehhhhh~!!!)

CampIFAITH. Even before going to camp, God actually tested my faith alil.

1 week 3days before the camp: After the whole hype about how fun the games and how creepy the night walk was, I sososo want to go for camp! And so I decided to take MC. That decision was almost final. Till, this whisper in me got me thinking twice. It's actually not very God honoring to take MC and geng sick for 3 days and have someone else called up for my not-so-desirable Ah-nei flight. Shortly after, Matz texted hinting somewhat the exact whisper I heard. OK. God doesn't want me to go for camp lo!!!

1 week before camp: Nevertheless, I still insist that I WILL take MC. So I start thinking of reasons like backache, flu bug, stomach ache, diarrhoea, whatever that will give me 3days sick leave.

6 days before camp: I'm getting desperate. Mix feelings. Taking MC's really not the best idea. And even if I get to go for camp, I will not go with peace. Cos' every minute I will be praying that my ward leader doesn't call. Every second I will be thinking what if I'm caught (which is most unlikely in such a wu-luu place, Punggol END) Blame me for being paranoid, but this tingling feeling inside me finally made me give up the thought of taking MC...

5 days before camp: Since I'm having leave the whole week, and am desperate to make it for camp. I wonder what took me so long, to finally sit down and start to pray. There and then, this still small voice told me if I'm whining about not being able to make it for camp, if I'm claiming that this camp is so important to me I HAVE to go, if I'm dead desperate and serious bout' it.. I should not only pray, but fast.

3days before camp: SILIENCE!!! I'm totally experiencing silence from God. He's not moving! He's not doing anything about my current situation!!! And then, my fone rang. My batchgirl called. SHE SAYS SHE WANS MY AMRITSAR FLIGHT!!! I am witnessing my own miracle happening. WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND WANS TO FLY AMRITSAR!!? Of cos I hastily agreed! WHEEE~ Well, only if you are curious, it was because she's Singh and wanted to visit this holy place called the Golden temple. I mean, who cares about her reason.. I GET TO GO FOR CAMP!!!!

The day before camp: It didnt take me great faith, like Noah believed that flood is coming; but a part of me believed that I can make it to camp somehow (without taking MC!!! hooray!!!) because God is at work. :) I've tried so many self-made up reasons and methods to make sure I'll be there for camp, when all I need was to let God do the work.

CampIFAITH: I shall elaborate no more. But there's this day that I thought I should share about. Games day, the 2nd day when we are going to get really wet and dirty. IT RAINED n RAINED n LIGHTING flashed across the sky, thunders roared. I was like "Eh God, I'm so fired up for camp games, go through so much to make it to camp, and then you rained the whole of day... Y you canot stop the rain meh! WALAO!!!" But hey! Is this another test of faith?

The game comm went ahead with games, despite the cold rain, shivering cold turkeys (us!), and cold wind that made everything worse. Even minutes before the commence of the games, IT WAS STILL RAINING cats n dogs, horses n cows, hens n chicken. And then Josiah prayed. And when he was praying, I literally see the dark clouds go away, raindrops went from 'bishbishbish!' to 'pitter patter pitter patter'. I see our fire inside burning, our enthusiasm, our excitement scaring the dark gloomy sky away. I really thought it rained for a reason. God showered raindrops so the games comm need not tire themselves wetting the hard soiled ground, carrying buckets of water just to fill the our mini pool, wet the rope, the canvas sheet, the slide so we can play slidey slippery dirty games. God settled it all. And into our first game, I could see see mr Sun's left cheek, and then the right, and then his whole face. :)

All in all, at the end of the day, how can you proclaim God's existence and love, when you've got no faith. How can you say out loud that you are a child of God, and that you are favored, when you have got no faith. How can you please God without faith. I say, have faith dear friends. Even if it's as small as Ereen's mustard seed, it already can move mountains.

Faith-ing,
wen

reflected @ 5:47 PM

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