Its A Beautiful Picture

The picture is beautiful. =) It looked like heaven to me.......


I had a great time at the camp. It was a wonderful experience, everyone and everybody accepted and embraced each one as how God has created them. It feels great! It feels "normal"!


Half of the campers had learning difficulties while the other half were the volunteer-helpers. I really loved the fellowship that we had at the camp. Its was amusing, fun and it blesses my heart seeing the campers enjoying themselves. They have such simple faith! Its beautiful!


While I was there, I was thinking..... would I really want inclusion? Would I really want the 10% of them included into our typical community? I'm afraid they might stick out so awkwardly like a sore thumb.....

What I saw at the camp, was such wonderful picture. Each of the campers seems so at home, each of them seemed to understand and seemed belonged, no one was left out, or no one seemed obliviously out of place. Hehehe.... Some behaviours were amusing tho... Others were plain attention seeking.... Aren't we all like that some times? =)


And each helpers.... They are all people with beautiful heart touched by God. Really, never to judge a book by its cover. I think two of the volunteers were prolly ex-drug addicts, its really great to see how God used their lives to touch the campers lives. Its amazing to see what God can do.


My experience with my camper? =)


Hehehe.... I had fun time with her, tho most of the time was spent as her shadow. =P she hardly gives any eye contact by the way! hmmm...... She amazes me by answering questions really well academically, and remembering and repeating facts well. She amuses me sometimes, when I forget she needs minor prompting with organizing her stuffs. She blesses me, when she said "pls come back..." when I had to go for volunteers de-brief while she had to go to bed. Its lovely to know that my presence is acknowledged. Hehehe.... and the fact that i'm not just a shadow that incessantly follows her around. =P


4 days 3 nights, I enjoyed every bit of it.


I respect and give credits to their family members who takes care of them 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I don't know how they do it, but yea, respect!


Oh, the testimony! =D God bless their child like faith! Almost all of them want Jesus in their life! ;D Let's follow up!

GIFT* Camp

I am looking forward to the camp tomorrow. I wanna see God move and witness real testimonies of God touching lives. =D I wonder how is He going to do it? I wonder if they understand. I am believing for God to move in His own special ways among the campers, among the volunteers.

I'll be a buddy to an 18 years old girl. According to my colleagues, she's really routined like clock work. =P I won't have to worry about being late, hehehe....

It will be fun and life enriching! Just imagine spending 4 days, 3 nights with young adults with learning difficulties, it will certainly be interesting. =D I'm gonna enjoy hanging out with my buddy! That is if she allows me into her world! I think she would...... =)

Elie Is A Young Man Now

I recently received the Annual Progress Report from World Vision Lebanon. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much Elie has grown. He has grown into a young man now. =) There is a certain pride that swells up within me looking at his picture.... Maybe like how a parent would feel at their child's graduation, you know what i mean? Its like seeing your child grow up into a young adult, and I beam with pride seeing him all well and healthy. =D

Elie.

Its been almost five years now. He was only 10 when I started sponsoring his community. I've shared in previous posts about him, and how he changed my life in some ways. I've never imagined that time fly by so fast, that he's now maturing into a young man. In a few more years he's gonna graduate, find a job and settled down. =) sigh~ that makes me happy~~ its always been my prayer that he's safe, healthy, growing and receiving education and of course, that he'll grow up into a responsible purposeful young adult. I guess that would be every parent's dream for their child. And I have this privilege to dream and pray for Elie, as a "parent" to "son". =D

Elie, Elie, Elie.

Yea, time do pass by so fast. I am still hoping, dreaming and looking forward to the day where WV M'sia would organize a sponsors' trip to Lebanon. Would love to have meet Elie in person. =) That would have been awesome!

I was trying to calculate, the past five year, rm50 a month, rm600 a year, rm3000 was invested. What is RM 3K to you? Hmm....... To me, RM 3K is a big sum, I don't even have that kinda amount once in my bank! No denying that fact (for someone who doesn't earn much)*Ahem!*Cough!* =P But, when i see where, how some young adults would rather invest that money, ie:- IPhone, some ridiculously priced bag and clothes, actually..... yea, I am really happy where my 3K went!! =D I know one precious life was changed. =D