Once again, the three of us signed up for church camp. This year, it was held at Thistle Port Dickson, a fairly decent resort hotel by the beach at Jalan Pantai, P.D. Almost 400 campers, young and old - including our Chinese services brethren.
Our camp speaker, Rev (Dr) Chua Chung Kai from Covenant Evangelical Free Church is a refreshing camp speaker who spoke pertinently to the need of the hour, especially at a time when Zion Bishan has been newly registered and factually speaking, we are 2 churches in 1 camp! What was particularly refreshing about Pastor Chung Kai was his willingness to be transparent and vulnerable by sharing with us his own spiritual walk. That encouraged a lot of us to open up to share freely with one another. I believe many of us would have returned from camp with many new friends as well as building stronger friendships with others whom we have known more casually before.
For me personally, I am thankful for sister Janet, our AG leader who selflessly put together and handled the logistical arrangements for our brother, Steve Aw Yong. Without Janet's arrangements, it would have been difficult for Steve to join us. Also many thanks to the brothers and sisters in our convoy of 4 cars who took turns to assist Steve with his meals and also to help wheel him around. Thanks also to Rolin who roomed with Steve and for Gary who brought him swimming as well! Through convoying together, we got to know each other much better too. It sure was a wonderful and worthwhile camp, not to mention the valuable spiritual lessons learnt during the theme talks.
