Church Camp

Church camp started on Sun.
I did not stay and only went for the main messages.
Because i've lessons on thur onwards and i've yet to finish up my tutorials.

On Sunday, had breakfast.
And surprisingly, mum told me to drive to church on mon since it was a public holiday and she nd nt drive the car to work.
Haha.
I was rather surprised, because i didn't expect her to allow me to drive without adults around.
Finally, i was able to drive a longer distance.
Previously, dad allowed me to drive to J8 with brother beside me.
Anw, it's gd that they're starting to let me drive the car.
It's been ard 3 mths since i've gotten my licence on 9/9.

So after sunday school class, the youth camp officially started.
The theme for this camp was Amazing Grace.
We had lunch before startingthe usual ice breakers game.
Had games like H2O and the say-the-person's name game.
For latter one, i was so slow, haha, and HE called out my name first.
One by one, ppl in grp 1 were moving over to grp2.
So funny luh.
After that, we had some cleaning up to do.
People who were staying had to clean up their own rooms, etc.
And those who didn't stay, like me, had to help out at the main hall.
Yup so we swept, mopped and washed.
Efficient right.
Haha.
After cleaning, i left to meet the 19th Odac.


On Monday, drove and waited for LY YL and YH, since i'm picking them up at the mrt stn.
So a total of 4 lives (plus my bro) in my hands.
Haha.
It was raining on tt day, and i kept worrying about it before going out of hse.
But thankfully i reached church safely.
Yup.
When we reached church, had breakfast before proceeding to the 2nd message.
After the message, we had grp discussion.

(Points heard and learnt will be summarised below)

Then we had our lunch.
Resting time.
Slept for awhile due to lack of slp for the past few days.
Real life movie.
How a Christian family managed to overcome their problems(rebellious kid, jobs, etc) when they put things in God's hands, rather than trying to manage on their own.
It was a quite touching movie.
Games.
Interesting games prepared by the games IC, esp the last stn, where we had to make our own cheesecake with the given ingredients and instructions, and lastly, use chocolate to write a given character.Wash-up.
Did some maths tutorial. Chatted. Took photos.
Dinner.
3rd message.
Drove back home.


Summary.
The thing that struck me most was the analogy given by Bro Roger.

There was a dad working as a bridge operator. The bridge had to open and close whenever there's a train coming.
One day, his son was curious to find out what exactly is his dad doing as a bridge operator.
So the dad brought his son to work that day.
He explained to his son was he normally does, and showed him how he move the controls, and operate the bridge whenever before a train is able to cross the bridge.
And the son awed in excitement while he dad brought him around.
....
Then while a train was soon to pass by, the father realised that his son was around at his side.
He started to panicked as he couldn't find his son, as the train will be reaching the bridge soon.
And by the time he saw his son, his son was at the gear box.
At that split second, he had 2 choices.
Either to save his son and forgo the lives of the passengers in the train, or the save the lives of the passengers and to forgo the life of his son.
It was a very hard decision to be made by the father.
Realising that it would be selfish to save the life of his son instead of the passengers, he had no choice but to operate the control, and let down the bridge for the train to pass.
It was a brave and difficult moment for the father.
No passengers on the train knew what was happening below, they were still all eating happily on the train, etc.
No one knows that the father has sacrificed his son, in order to save the rest.

The father represents the Father.
The son represents Jesus Christ.
And the passengers represent us.
So just like the story, it clearly presents the picture where it's the will of the Father to give up his loved one, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for us.
So am I like the passengers on board the train who are eating, chatting, and unaware of what is happening? Or I clearly know that actually the father sacrificed his child, so that the train can still safely cross the bridge?
Only me myself will know.

Btw who wants to watch the musical 'Cats'?
It's from 10Apr to 3May 2009 at Esplanade Theatre.
Tickets from $40 to $170.
I'm hoping for the seats at CatB, which cost from $120-$130.
Hopefully there'll still be seats available.
This is one of my 3 must-watch musicals.
1st- Phantom of the Opera
2nd- Swan Lake
3rd- Cats

I'm munching on gummies to kp me awake while doing my hw.