Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Hey Log :)
Hey Log :)
This is a week overdue and I think its about time this went up. The words didn't seem to come to me until now.
Finally got around to writing out all my thoughts about camp (yes jes ask you thou shalt receive :P) and all but firstly I want to thank those of you who gave up your time to come for the camp and contribute. (And the group of you who came to see the mime) Seeing familiar faces during camp helped to put me more at ease and kind words of affirmation gave me strength to keep on going. Log <3 :)
This camp has really given me a lot to think about and reflect upon but most of all I am amazed at what I have received.
I think that this camp has truly been a time of great spiritual renewal for me and I have to say that on prep day I definitely was not prepared, least of all spiritually, for what was to come at all. Only close to midnight of that day did I finally realize the enormity of my task; of actually having to facilitate people, of having to somehow move their hearts and open their minds to show them the great love of this God who is just so wonderful and amazing. I was afraid. I wondered how I was supposed to bring His message to the hearts of the sec 2s, knowing first hand how hard my heart was back then, but I knew that all I could do was trust that some miracle would be worked; there was no backing out now.
Now that I think about it, there can really be no doubting God's perfect plan. Those left in my charge were more on the quiet side, but deep within there was no doubt they had the seed of desire to know more about their faith. Ok I definitely had doubts but God definitely put it there so He had no doubts. Sharings were not particularly eventful and not very encouraging. But I saw that they wrote a lot and deep within they reflected on what they were told. Touch time made me nervous but in the end things worked out well. After some period of reflection, they all suddenly reminded me of myself in one way of or another. I was truly comforted by that thought. I felt that God was giving me a cross that I could handle.
I am thankful that Gracemary was my co-facil; her greater experience with camps supplemented my ignorance or lack of words. I did not imagine that working with someone outside LoG would be as easy or as natural. So praise God for the expansion of my corner/bubble/hole.
Truly, He was amongst us during the camp and guided the hands, words and hearts of the service team to nurture that seed of faith He placed in their heats. The night of praying with was surprisingly more moving for me as a facil than I remember as a participant. Being able to bear witness to the great change of hearts and to see God work in so many people at the same time was one of the most inspiring things I have seen.
This is like 1 week since camp and everything is all fuzzy but warm and I think all the important bits are there so I'll cut short my storytelling here. I promise better recording for confi :) Regardless, there are profound lessons I have learnt from my camp experience.
1. 5 loaves and 2 fish aren't a lot but it's enough to feed 5k when offered to God with extras included. He will multiply your efforts and time spent to do the seemingly impossible and you end up more laden with grace than before.
2. His yoke is easy and burden light; He will not put for you a cross that you cannot carry. His plan is perfect.
3. When 2 of 3 are gathered in His name He will be there amongst them. Truly the power of combined, focused prayer is limitless and it is that which sharpens us to be instruments of His grace.
4. Milo powder is awesome.
Love,
Andrew