Children Adventure Camp '08

The children camp I went over to help was the most amazing thing that happened in my life this year. It was fun-filled and exciting. All the children were adorable but naughty but they just melted my heart..haha..

Well, on the first day, I was in charge of the 11 and 12 years old group of children. I met one who resembles my little brother in terms of character and level of 'naughtiness'..haha.. Anyway, guess what's the name os my group??It was none other than Sponge Bob Square Pants..the other group got jealous so they called us Sponge Bob No Pants..haha..It started out quite awkward at first maybe because they were between children and teenager so there would be this cool factor coming in..trying to be 'coolness'..haha..

On the night itself, we played a game called counselor hunting where all the helpers will hide and the children have to find them out..well, I took 2 big garbage bag and then covered myself and then hid behind a tank trying to fool the children into thinking that it was only a BIG, LONG pile of garbage..haha..the first team came and they kicked me thrice adn then left..it was a success..but the second team came..they saw this weird looking human garbage and kicked it thrice, then one of them went over to where my head is..at that time, i was suffocating, i could barely breathe and i was sweating like i just took a bath..i prayed really hard that they won't kick me so hard..then..BANG...OUCHHH!!!!!..my head hurts terribly and i have to surrender..so, i followed them back and after an hour, the children went to bed and we had our counselor meeting..i was rubbing my head and found out that i was bleeding..haha..

2 days later, on the last day of camp, we passed by the spot where i hid and i asked the kid who hit me to show me the stone. (He said he hit me with a stone, i thought it was a torch light or something else)..i thought the stone would be a mini size one like a 2cm diameter stone but when he showed it to me, my jaws dropped at full speed..it was a 15cm diameter flat stone with sharp edges..I just can't believe what happened that night..I might be in heaven with Jesus if he threw it harder..haha..

On the second day of camp, we had a great time of bible study, recreation and crafts..I asked the children whether they came from a christian family, 90% raised up their hands..then i asked if you know why you are a christian, only 1 remained..so, i dig deep into the essence of christianity during bible study..there was a kid who asked a lot of tough questions..with national geographic and discovery channel, they can be really smart..Then we played baseball, had a basketball tournament and lots of chasing..

We also had a great time at the beach..I became the seaweed monster and a bunch of children were chasing me with seaweeds on their hands..most children should be having snow war right now in winter but in Malaysia, we were having seaweed battle..haha..i was running and laughing like spongy bob around the beach..

On the 2nd night, after sermon, 2 children rededicated their lives to be serious in God..they felt God prompting them to become serious..it was truly a wonderful night..we do not know when it happened and why it happened but God is at work all the time..Praise the Lord..

On the last day, it was the saddest day..i hugged all my children many times and saying goodbye to them was the hardest but they gave me a lot of sweet memories.. Well, i learnt a lot from them..they will be in my heart all the time..

Thanks for all the prayers that has supported the camp..Thanks for the wonderful time helping out in the children camp with the counselors..Thanks to Miss Cathy, Miss Pat and Uncle Roger for the wonderful heart of serving and glorifying God..your love for the children were amazing..

I will post some pictures in my next posting..

Matthew.