Boot Camp Day 1
This first day has been fun! Got to meet a lot of new people. It wasn't as tough as I had expected at first... But as tiredness sets in, I foresee certain problems over the next few days. But I thank God that in Psalms 29:11 it says, 'The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. This is the same powerful God which the first part of the Psalm describes about clearly. Praise Him!

I got chosen to be front man for 'Sunday School Rock'. Its this rock and roll item and I'm supposed to be the 'teacher'. Have a few more things to remember than the others and I've got problems with the sequence but I'm sure, with practice, I'll be fine. Whistle just blew for dinner. Will be back to write more about where I'm sleeping and some of the people around.

Ok... Back for the night. Its quite a day for me. My least favourite time was the team session (a.k.a family sessions). Being team leader of a group of more experienced mission trippers isn't the easiest thing in the world. Especially since asking them to share about what they've learnt seems burdensome to them. Probably because they've learnt these things before. Or maybe because they were just tired. But other than that, people have been nice. Here they make it a point to encourage one another. One of the activities involves getting a piece of paper & asking people to write your positive characteristics. Some of the things people said about me was, 'A very easy person to talk to.', 'easy-going & friendly', 'eager to please God'.
Several people also said I'm cool. But I don't feel that cool is a characteristic. Why do I exude that? Is it really a quality?

One of the key rules of this camp is no Boy-Girl Relationships. Commandant Joseph said, 'this is not the place to find your life partner!'
Hahaha! I'm so sure I saw her here... :)

Its 11pm and the lights are out already... Writing this under torchlight. Its been a good day. Worship was especially meaningful although we took quite a while to get there.
Problem? Out of tune guitar & unconfident, monotonous drumming. Keyboards were a little sparse also. But we did get there. Was on my knees. God told me, "I'll be your light and lamp only if you let me"
I want to. I'm learning to. Just that I feel that whenever I fail, I have to start back at zero. When actually, the truth is I can get right back to beside Him on His throne. Hallelujah!
Its time to get some shuteye. Waking up at 7am tomorrow and this floor isn't making it any easier to sleep.