F.A.M.I.L.Y camp ;)

my first time attending PERKEB's camp! it was in golden sand PD, nice place, nice food! haha.. enjoyed super lots! let the pictures speak for itself first ;)

me, jenny and isabel - all first year 'quiet' students..
hall where we've our gathering/ sessions
our speaker, bro michael.. enthusiastic and really brought us IN DEPTH to d scriptures;)
beautiful scenery!!! can have beach wedding here! haha
we met another campers from sabah too. they're really cool and musically inclined ppl so we sang along and danced while he plays guitar ;D
totally wet after telematch..
makan time!!!
talent nite - cerita cinta sang buaya dan sang kancil..

besides all the fun and good food, the preaching was impactful as well!! since it was on national day, we had a session "Prayer 4 Malaysia". since it's PERKEB, we sang songs in malay and all. the best thing is that the song's lyrics talked about malaysia and our country etc, it's like a prayer itself. and yes, even as we pray and minister for our dear country,Malaysia, there's a kind of feeling in my heart which i could not describe.. overall, it was a 'patriotic' session haha..

and in this camp, besides emphasizing on family relationship in PERKEB, the main thing we talked about was islam. cool huh? talking about islam in a christian camp. but it was an eye-opener knowing and understanding their religion.

something that really really touched my heart in this camp is in 2 chor 5. we sinned and fall short the glory of GOd, we're sinners and sinners are unholy and unworthy to be close to GOd. which is why we're always so desperate and eager to reconcile with GOd who is forgiving and loving. but here's the twist.. we always have the concept that we're searching for God for reconciliation and forgiveness but no, it is God who is SOOOO loving who offered Himself to reconcile with us before we want to reconcile with God. which is why He sacrifice His Son, Jesus for us. God is not a distant God but a near one. and this is the gospel and the main diff btw us and our cousin's religion.

when he talked about this, i was awestruck! imagine us, who's so sinful and hurting God's heart again and again with all the things that displease Him and yet He's still ever-forgiving and wanting to reconcile with us! and so we should be Christ's embassadors to show and let the others know that God's near us and He wants them to be near Him too!

yes, we should take away all our misconceptions and all the prejudices against them but put on the cloth of love and humility to show them God's love that is so overwhelming!

The morning session was really great, during worship, people were on their knees crying and praying. God is at work! and we should be Christ's embassador to go and and reach out to the lost and the most unreached group ;)

God is love <3>