Weekend and CC Camp 2007

Had a very interesting past few days and got so many things to thank God for really...

Saturday 9 June
Finished up some stuff for CC Camp preparations... shared for Youth Service.. when i was there, i just felt that somehow, there was a hindrance in the atmosphere that we need to break through... really dunno what it is lah but sharing was kinda difficult... Slept late cos of some last-minute admin preparations for CC Camp and cos i was ironing and packing stuff...

Sunday 10 June (Camp Day 1)
Woke up early to eat macs b4 heading down for New team... it was kinda rush cos CC also had to use the premises.. took the keys ppl and the backups for a bit of theory and shaun lin joined us for a while before we went for service... went up for CC upstairs and ran a few minor errands here and there.. Den went down and dot called me and we prayed for David and talked to him and his frens for a while.. Den had briefing for camp and we set off for Home Team NS...

The first day, everyone went for Armor competition and in the evening, i took the session.. it was cool cos the kids were absorbing the message and the Holy Spirit was just guiding me along on what to share with them... i was thinking about whether or not to share the 6th point (Jesus heals) with them cos i wasn't sure whether the Holy Spirit would move... but i just went by faith on the little impression He gave me a few days back to get the kids to pray for the sick ppl and we saw how the Holy Spirit moved through the kids and ppl got instantly healed! The Holy Spirit totally goes beyond my expectations... :D

Monday 11 June (Camp Day 2)
Took worship session in the morning and i'm glad to see the children responding to the Lord during worship... and they would sing and do action songs also... and during all the worship sessions they would be more active than what they had been at normal CC sunday sessions.. so i praise God for that..

While the Home Team NS ppl took them in the afternoon for some activities, the runners and i were busy filling trophies. We'd underestimated the amount of sweets we would need so i went out of camp with Uncle Patrick to buy more glasses from Ikea as well as more sweets from Cold Storage. Was back in time for BBQ but i had to go for worship prac. While Amanda was leading worship, the Holy Spirit's presence was there! And i sensed that He wanted to do a work of cleansing.. the other words spoken by other ppl also pointed us towards that direction... Aunty Ivy told me to take the ministry session but at that time i din know how.. din know what to do.. but anyway, after the end of the sharing, i just went with some little impressions the Lord gave me like telling them to clear the chairs and challenging them to kneel down if they needed to repent before God.. and the Holy Spirit moved so powerfully in our midst! Many were crying and the teachers went around praying, ministering and prophesying over ppl... it was just awesome cos their hearts were open to the Holy Spirit.. it was definitely beyond my expectations. Felt that i had to challenge the teachers to repent of our unbelief cos it was what was preventing the ministry from moving forward... When i was about to close the meeting, i din want to disturb the Holy Spirit's work and presence among the kids.. so i got Sam to ferry the kids back.. those who wanted to go back.. while those who wanted to linger in God's presence could stay... nobody went back! So we lingered until we had to go off already.. when i prayed the closing prayer, the Lord impressed upon my heart to pray that the kids would experience dreams from God as well... den we all went back...

Tuesday 12 June (Camp Day 3)
I was impressed to ask the kids whether they received any dreams or whether God spoke to them in the night.. i din expect anyone to raise up their hands (sorry God for my unbelief) but Daniel did.. and so i got him to share what God told him... later on during the morning session i asked them if God spoke to them or if they saw a vision during worship and Christy and Emma shared... den i asked Daniel to share again what God spoke to him... i was happy cos God was revealing Himself to the kids.. and i had nothing to do with it. God was showing Himself to be so real to them.. Felt that i should share with them a dream that i had in August 2005 and they were really listening to what i was haring... and it was building their faith to expect and desire these things from God! :)

They all went to cook their own lunch as part of the cooking competition and they went for amazing race in the afternoon. While everyone was cooking, i took some of the runners with me to fill the trophies and this time, we managed to fill every glass. :) I took the evening worship session which went alright. I was expecting God to move that night but it wasn't His timing.... was a bit disapponted lah but not much.. and who am i to question His timing anyway.. it's His children, His camp, His will to be done... no point forcing my own expectations upon Him and upon the kids... But anyway, that evening i got the kids to share visions and words they received from the Lord that evening and more of them came forward that in the morning! :)

Wednesday 13 June (Camp Day 4)
Went for morning session and as i was praying during the teaching, i felt the Holy Spirit come.. so i welcomed Him.. den i thought that i should look at what time He came in and i saw that He came in at 10:10 and it reminded me of John 10:10, the scripture that kept coming back to me throughout the year.. I think God wanted to remind me that the Kingdom is the children's portion and that it should not be kept from them. Then ministry time came.. as usual, i din know how to conduct it so i had to rely on the Holy Spirit and trust those little impressions that He gives me... the Holy Spirit came very fast... we didn't have to "pull Him down" (if there's even such a thing) cos He had already come down... and he began to minister to youth, children and the adults... The kids were crying, they were kneeling and bowing down, they were (literally) shaking under the power of God. Some of the teachers were drunk in the Spirit and some were laughing... Kids were seeing visions, some o them went around praying for each other. The girls (who didn't seem very united during the camp) displayed such a sense of unity under the Spirit as they were praying for one another. The youth were crying as they were heavily touched by God and they were passionately praying for others. One of the girls who was usually very shy and hardly talks went around boldly prophesying over ppl (including teachers). She carried such an authority in her voice that would offend those who don't acknowledge that God was really using her! She would be the last person i would expect to go around doing that but it was all God! The Holy Spirit just exploded all over the place and it was really great and awesome! And i really thank God for that cos He really did more than i could ask or imagine... but there's more to come...

So anyway, after spending so much time in the presence of God and in that atmosphere, we had to take our lunch at the clubhouse and it was quite delicious.. :) It was followed by dessert and an intensive discussion of what is a sea coconut... one thought it grew under the sea while one confused it with a sea cucumber and thought it to be a fish.. *ahems* :P after cheking wikipedia, i'm left with no comprehensive conclusion but i'm certain that those two explanations don't hold at all...

After lunch, we gave out some prizes but had to continue it in church cos of time constraints... while in church, we got those ppl whom God spoke to and who saw visions during the service to share their experiences and what God is saying... quite a good number of them came forward with a word from the Lord... :) also challenged them to reach out to their friends and bring them to church also... God is moving yeah! :)

Overall, i find myself very blessed from the camp.. and my passion to serve in CC was renewed.. i really thank God for carying me through each day cos i din get much sleep and it was quite tiring.. but thank God for His grace, power, anointing and a revelation of Jesus during the camp! :)

More posts to come! :D