According to their kinds

I'm very very blessed.

Firstly, I thank God for using bro Hon Vui as a encouragement to bring me to the camp.

Secondly, I thank God that even though I'm a little halfhearted towards the role I play in the game committee, He did not blame me but taught me a lesson. I was feeling very impressed and touched by the brothers & sisters who put all their hearts into making this camp possible. There're so much to do to mobilize people. From the registration, activity planning, coordination and arrangements, meetings and many sleepless night of hard work. These are not the toughest things. The toughest one for me, is, being steady & calm all the time. There can be complains, disagreement, doubts & stress accumulated since the beginning of the project. It's easier to respond by blaming people not appreciating the efforts from the team than to accommodate.

How can a team of people tolerating, being understanding, submissive, cooperating in situation where everyone seems to have a better solution to suggest at the very moment when your 6 months plan are challenged/questioned?

I'm impressed by how everyone in the team cares about the plan, the core of the activity and even being supportive to the leadership. These supports are not purely agreeing what the leader said & ignoring the situation faced. These supports are from their heart trying to suggest the best solution. Helping the team to stay in focus, come out with a better solution on the very situation.

I really believe that this is a camp from God. God is using everyone of us, as camper, camp committee, supporting members and new friends... and etc. God is using us to make the camp.

I remember the devotion few days before the camp, the Lord spoke to me about the body of Christ (the Church). 1 Corinthians 12:14-26

Everyone of us in the camp is important. The planning, the committee are important. The transport arrangement, the food arrangement, the schedule planner, the worship team, the preacher, the camp members (with different characteristic & background, from different language speaking culture, different stage of life, different age group, different interest... and etc.) Yet they come together, making the camp lively. Full of variety & joy. I guess this is why God created the earth with all living things to be "according to their kinds".

"One man show" is not hard. But team work is difficult. With different strength and uniqueness, the chair person has to be able to identify the best of each character and use them mightily to the benefits of others instead of "mine". Not according to a narrow view of "my way", but seeing a bigger picture of composing the "our way" or better to say, "God's way".

God long to see us joyfully recognizing the "yet to revealed superpower" in us. No one is rejected or condemned of being not able. Instead, everyone is needed, entrusted to work as a team to perform their best, staying focus, humble & respecting others, seeing others higher than ourselves.

This fellowship that share joy and love in God just make me so satisfied.
Words is too limited to describe the feeling.
Money can never buy these!

++ very precious memory 15-18 May 2011 ++