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Megalife is the youth ministry that I serve in and we had a Leader’s Camp in Sentosa last week. It’s amazing to see how our ministry has grown, so many new leaders rising up to take the challenge. This camp is aptly called 牧者, which means Shepherd. As leaders, we have to be a good Shepherd and look after our sheep. This is our group photo of all the leaders who were able to attend the camp. However there is still quite a substantial number of them missing because of impending exams.

Well, i was in in 虚心组, which is the group dressed in red. We were led by the ever funny Caroline and Joey. Caroline is a real nut case I tell you. All the groups had chinese names which was in line with the whole chinese theme and feel of the camp. It was really funny as everyone had their language skills tested to the limits. Just a little test for all you guys…try to identify the other group names and interpret them as well. Let’s see how many chinese characters you actually remember.haha.

The first activities of the day were some simple team-bonding games. In, one of the games, we had to translate Psalm 23 from English into Chinese. It was excruciatingly funny to hear some of the other group’s translation. I guess this was a light hearted start to the camp and it really got the groups together as well.

We had a dedication service to kick-off the camp and PJ preached a message on Becoming God’s leader. No photos for this session as I really did not feel like taking any at all. I just wanted to dwell in his presence to worship and really enjoy doing so. PJ’s message was simple, we have to come clean before God in our nothingness. Nothingness. This word really struck me. Without God, who am I? He is my everything and I will give him my all. To desire to be a leader, is to desire a noble task.

For the night service, we had Auntie Debbie come speak to us. Despite being ill, Auntie Debbie travelled all the way to Sentosa just to share with us. She had a really bad sore throat and she really sounded like Bob Sorge. She brought a simple message about Acceptance and Rejection. Often, we find ourselves measuring up against worldly standards and how the fear of rejection would cause one to reject others. More importantly, In God there is unconditional love and acceptance. It was a real blessing and a timely reminder to hear this. Like many others, I was really touched by her message. All in all, a great start to a great camp.=)