knowledge, help, hope

so many things to blog about, so little time! and i have a feeling i'm probably never going to get down to doing the movie reviews, so in short, just watch all three.

plenty of updates: church camp, hongkong, and sunday school camp. but i'll just touch on sunday school camp for this post.

having grown up in sunday school, when i went for this camp, i felt really old. i still remember the past ss camps, when i was a participant, and now im making friends with kids that are 8-12 years of age. this journey that God has walked with me has been nothing short of amazing.

i'm extremely thankful for this particular ss camp, although i was really quite drained and stressed throughout. and thinking about other unimportant things as well. anyhow, i spent most of the first day taking care of judith, and God has truly taught me lessons through her. i learnt to see her through the eyes of God. this time round, God really opened my eyes to see her innocent little heart. it's so easy to just brush her off and think that she doesnt understand anything, but that is not true. she can do the actions to worship songs by heart, and i know that when God sees that, He is pleased, because she is so sincere, and has no other motivation. God has taught me patience in a very interesting way this time.

taking charge of the skit for the joo chiat cc outreach event was also another opportunity that i got to work with people i've never seriously worked with before. kids like keefe and vernnon, and even jay who's not from our church. from the youth, bryan and kvell, and God has blessed me with this platform to get to know each of them so much more. i admit i felt it was a burden at first, because it meant more things to worry about, and less time to self. but God has taught me (once again) that if things are done according to his plan, there really is no burden, because he will make things come to pass, and he works in his time.

i think it was really quite an incredible feat that the whole team managed to pull off the skit within a week, right from the start all the way until the final presentation. sure, there were hiccups here and there, changes and uncertainty and doubt and hopeless and weariness, but the knowledge that you've served God to the best of your abilities, within your capacity, and that your work and service reaches out and touches the lives of others, i think theres nothing greater.

in other news, i've twisted/sprained my ankle, and i still dont know how i will manage baptism tmr, but we will see how things go. and i hope my ankle recovers quickly and happily.