CBAP SOMA Youth Camp 2010

May 17, 2010

It’s been 24 hours or so since I got home from the 3-day YGEN Camp in Tagaytay and I’m somehow agitated still. You know the feeling when you sleep the night after a swimming trip? Yeah, you feel like you’re still in the water. That’s what I’m feeling right now.

For me, this particular youth camp is very different from the others that I attended before in some aspects and I love it.

First, I attended not as a camper but as a counselor; being a youth camp counselor has its cons and pros. We were the first to wake up and the last to sleep. If something happens, we were the ones accountable. We barely have time to eat or rest, physically and mentally. It’s a tough job but people still do it because it’s for the glory of God; it’s for the dissemination of His holy word.

Second, this time I did not go alone, I’m with my church mates. And I’m so happy to see that my church mates also enjoyed the camp.

Third, I made lots of friends. And it’s really new for me. I don’t really make friends and maybe that’s one of my weaknesses. I always go alone, but not in this camp. I really wanted to tell my new friends how I cherish the moments I was with them, the chatting, the laughing, the praying, and the mere concept of being friends. I really can’t tell this in their face so I wish they would be able to somehow land in this blog of mine and read this.

Yay! So now let me just take this time to thank the people behind this camp-hangover of mine.

To Josh a.k.a. Choy, you’re a very good guy and no one can ever contest to that. Thanks for the nice I-like-what-you-like and I-know-what-you-know talks. Thanks for the musical sessions especially during the last night on the camp site, let’s do that again some other time. And just like what we told each other before leaving the camp site, this is just the first time, just the start of something, good, something great. God bless.

To Jizelle, you’re a very rare specimen and I like that. Some people may misunderstood you in some aspects of life but I stand firm in my belief that you are a good and nice person and that it’s God who’s moving in your life. Thanks for being game in front and behind the camera. Thanks for being jolly and perky. You’re mere presence makes me smile. And oh, thanks for the half mushroom burger. God bless.

To my co-counselors Ate Joanne, Ate Gellie, Ate Anne, Ptr. Donnie and Hannah, I really enjoyed the meetings. It was a pleasure working with you guys and I really hope that we can work together again, soon! If that happens, I promise to be willing to drain my brain juice just to plan and come up with good ideas prior to the event itself.

To Pastor Jobeth, your message really moved me. To tell you honestly, I was very sleepy that night but your message struck me hard that I even stayed up until 2AM. God really talked to me through you and to that I’m very grateful.

To Pastor Mark and the whole CBAP SOMA council, thanks for accepting my father’s request to include me in the list of counselors. The camp made a drastic change in my principles and thinking and it would not be possible if not for you. Thank you very much!

To my group members especially to Sarah, thank you for being good to me, for listening and interacting to my lessons and lectures and for respecting me even if I’m just almost as young as you. Thanks a lot.

I really had fun and I really feel uplifted. I can’t thank God enough for this experience.

For the first time, I felt infinite.