Camp Revelation <3 Tuesday, May 19, 20099:16 PM / top
Alright, I shall share my experience of serving my first camp in this blog (:
First of all, I just recently joined the YFC community in November of 2008. I was evangelized by Gyan, and I'm so thankful you invited me Gyan, I looove you with all my heart <3! It was Camp Rock, yeyah represent 56 participants! xD ... ANYWAYS ... the point is im the biggest noob of them all, well the service team.
It all started with a phone call as I was playing with my nephew to keep him occupied so he wouldn't destroy the living room. It was Ate Christine, she called saying that I was going to serve the next camp. I was ectatic, I was so busy though, with the musical and things, That was around the first or second week of april, and I couldn't attend anything, the training, the first meetings, or anything because I was too commited to the musical. I have to prioritize right? and My first priority was the musical because I made that commitment once i signed up for auditions in october. I was so busy in the month of april, and you can only imagine how much pressure that put me in.
On the 22nd of April I was introduced to my counterpart for camp, Kenny, and we were supposed to pray together every morning at 7:30 and every night at 10:30. I was told he was awkward and talks alot. Which was totally fine with me, cause thats kinda like me. SO, we had our first awkward talk, and awkward prayer, but it got better as the night went on and we totally clicked! We talked until 4 am, only because he wouldn't 'man up' and say he was tired and he fell asleep on the phone. LOL sorry Kenny, I was having a really good time talking to you and i was honestly not tired until you fell asleep. I told you I had an addictive personality. I'm sorry if my stubborness made you lack sleep.
The next days/nights were so much easier to talk to him. He's a really fun person, he kept me up to date with things, if there was a meeting, but i wouldnt be able to go anyways. THEN came RYC, i first met kenny in person kinda, I honestly didn't try to make an effort to get to know him in person. But once there were prayovers, I wanted to talk to kenny, but I got to shy so i just chilled there. after that , I grew more and more in Love with yfc. After that, came the first meeting at the C.C's and it was the first meeting i've ever went to with the service team, I met them, they were so fun to be with. OH MY GOSH, and me and Hazell totally clicked on the first day. I love that girl! <3 I still was kinda awkward with everyone, but it was okay. I thought it was funny when we were closing prayer and then we found out there was food, and John totally cut off the prayer by saying "amen!" when we werent even done! hahahaha jk john, I love you ! <3 while we ate, we planned on a whole service team prayer. then I had to leave, booo ):
After that, on that saturday was the Micah House meeting. I got so much closer to everyone. Because we played so much games and talked so much during that time. AHHH! i love it. I love everyone. I loved painting the banner, cause it was so siiiick! and we actually used my hand tree idea (: "ardia has an Idea" said kenny that day. LOL I loved the scrabble game that day, the fact that Patrick won, and he wasnt even there half the time. John and his minor dislexia but to him it was cause he was 'in a rush' ahahaha! jk john, and kenny and his weird words 'awfur= offer' LOL got to lalalalooove the brothers! <3 Hazell and her "pequine" which isnt a word, but she argued about it. hahaha!
NEXT MEETING, was kinda just confession at st.peters, cause i had to leave right after that. But that was also my first ever confession! I actually liked it, because i felt so clean, I'd go to confession often, but I wounldn't know where to go. But yeah .. that was our 'meeting' the rest of the time was calling people and asking if they were coming and going through talks and shares. the last meeting before the camp was at the office, we finished the banner there, and we ran through skits and got them ready for camp. we also recorded videos for the slumdog millionaire skit! HILARIOUS!
then came the day of the camp .. everyone was anxious about how many participants there were. Me, Averyll and jessica were riding with kuya sevi, and it was one awesome ride! hahaha! Once the participants were rolling in, me and Hazell were the welcoming team! (: we totally rocked it! then came the talks and things. I missed the first talk and kenny's skit and i was pretty bummed, but I did my first prayer warrior thing! yaay! I loove stephen and how he makes everything so much clearer for me! (: Me and Hazell shared participants, and we were trying to be as not pushy as possible. That night ALL sister planned to sleep in one room. ALL 12 of us! in a small room, while there were like 10 brothers sleeping in the big room! but yeah, we slept as early as possible because we had a long day ahead of us!
Saturday was so siick, it started off with breakfast and then kenny's talk. then kenny's song (YAAY!) but i missed the songs, the sisters had a meeting. I love all the sisters so much! then more talks and games, then came the soaking part. Thats when everything really hit me, I'm the biggest crier in the world, I truely felt so blessed after that! my participants were watching, and asked why we were doing that, and i just answered 'its cause I love God so much" i dont know if that was right, but it was true for me. I loved it. Everything is my first, like .. the talks are so much different, but i think the ReFaHeFo one is the same, like people can have different interpretations of it, but it still hits you the same way. Thats why its my favorite. I'm glad my counterpart gave that talk. Then came one on ones and prayovers. I was pretty nervous, but it was still an awesome experience. I knew that once the prayovers were done, I really had nothing to worry about, because thats all I was worrying about, because I know I'm a pretty good leader and I could have handled something else, but im glad I was put to a challenge. Then the C.O went on, then the talent show, I loved the sister's talent, because we were copying out counterparts. HAHA its a counterparty! <3
The bonfire was siiick! I loved it! I saw the big dipper! and I made smores! mMmMmMm! and the sisters stayed up until about three AM writing notes to their counterparts and/or participants. The last day, was kinda sad, because I didn't want it to end. I'd take falling asleep with my hair smelling like burn anyday, if it meant I stayed at camp forever. well not forever, i'd miss my friends at school. ahahah but yeah, the last day was really emotional. I didn't want to cry, I didnt cry too hard, just tears.
I know I'm missing so much details, but no words can explain how much this camp has changed me, first experiences are always the best right ? cause this IS the best. I love it. I cannot express it anyway other then that. Praise God for blessing me with this opportunity. Praise God for blessing me with a counterpart with whom i learned so much from, Praise God for the service team that I worked along with Praise God for all the friendships i've made and how much they've grown in such a small amount of time. Praise God for letting me be here to this day and never giving up on me Praise God.
" If there is ever a tomorrow when we are not together
there is something you must always remember;
you are braver than you believe,stronger than you seem
and smarter than you think, but most important of all, even if we are apart, I’ll always be with you."