OxyGen Camp 2008!

after a fairly long hiatus, i am back. i sincerely apologize. am in the midst of starting another blog.. inspired during prayer meet last Sunday :) hehe.. so what has been happening lately? since i came bck from the great outback, my 2 weeks has just flown by!

the moment i got bck, my loan was approved :) yippee!! then there was the IMU BBQ (which i only took one picture off because i'm just too lazy :P)

this is not even a full picture! just a fraction of the IMU peeps in Adelaide!!! :D i love IMU. i love how we can all gel together, thanks to that old shopping complex in Bukit Jalil :)

and then...

came OxyGen CAMP! our first ever.. a BIG milestone! for this 2 year old ministry that was birthed out of a God-vision that was given to Ps Ashley and headed by Ps Mike :) 110 international students showed up for camp!!! and everyone had such a fantastic time and encounter with God.

Village LG - thank God for the opportunity to serve and lead alongside Chris and this wonderful bunch of individuals so on fire for God. thanks Unc Mike & Aunty Chiew Har for your vision for the Village and for believing in us.

our extended UV family!! oh how i miss those times. Thanks Jia Ching & Ernestine for being such good examples of leadership that Chris & myself can look to :) love you heaps!!! and i love all you UV people lots and lots and lots!

my roomies from Dorm 1, Room 1 with shaleeeniiii as our dearest dorm leader!!! we rock!!

all the camp participants!!! charged up and on fire for God!!!
happy group picture!!!!

and cynthia's sooooo sweet.. she thought of me and bought me lindt dark chocolate cos she knows i loveee dark chocolate. love you cynth!! *hugs*

camp was soooo soooo good. well initially, i was half excited. because i was going for half camp. and i kinda thought i'd miss out on the full experience.. but God had so much more in mind. during the first night itself, the atmosphere was sooo amazing! God's presence was so tangible and when Unc Mike called the altar call, i felt a tug. Almost as if i should go for it, but something held me back. it seemed almost to familiar. i've always been responding. God whispered, "how many times do you want to respond to the altar call when i've already answered you? it's just that you don't 'feel' it" it was then that i realize, that tug, was for me to go and pray for other people. what really humbled me was, as i prayed, and God met their needs through me, i realize each word that i uttered, was given by the Spirit, not only for the person i was praying for but ministered to me as well. it was such an overwhelming experience. it was oh-so-good.

the next day. it got even better! just at the start of pre service prayer.. i felt God say, don't stay in the "new year" anymore. because all this while i felt like although it's April already, i kept thinking of new year. it's just the start! i still have a lot of time.. but in fact, 1/3 of the year has passed by!! God's saying, MOVE ON! change your mindset. fuh~ blown away.

the finale was my breaking point. Unc Mike did vision casting. and what he said had always been my vision and mission, that is to reach my generation. but it somehow got lost this year, with so many things happening. but God didnt' forget. and He wouldn't allow me to forget either. haha.. cos He knows i'm absent minded. but yeah, suddenly a wave of emotion hit me, as i recollected my imu days. of how we all took ownership of the campus for Him. the drive! the spirit! the commitment! and on top of it all, God even confirmed that our works were not in vain, when sarah msged all of us to tell us the great things that are happening in IMU CF right now. God is so so so so good! i really miss my imu days. but what i missed most was the friendships made, and the experiences and privilege God has given for me to encounter and serve Him. so i'm holding on to that vision and passion again, now in adelaide!

great job camp committeee!! lead by ben & meiyun :)