(typed on Feb 25th)

after a semi-hectic week after monday… and still having a cold (with a lack of sleep)..here i am, finally at home.. unused to staying at home on fri.. and typing this reflection. i truly miss every single moment at retreat. i miss the CCFers as well >< sentences =".="">

i believe it was in the middle of oct… jhuen asked the ST team whether we were interested in hosting a retreat during reading break. i said yes right away b/c i was really excited! having fun with CCFers and becoming closer w/ God? of course!!! i had no clue what we were gonna do at first… and kept replying msgs regarding campsite etc…

shortly after, a sign up list went around during CCF jau wui, asking whether ppl were interested and what days they were available during the reading break. we had the idea of collecting a deposit from ppl who signed up so that they wouldn’t back out so easily. 20 smt ppl signed up.. we also asked SFUCCF to join us.. but since they told us that only 5 ppl were interested.. that was the reason why i had a feeling that not a lot of ppl were gonna attend.

during our ST mini-retreat in dec.. we were more concerned about jan’s revere and our hot pot event more than the retreat. we spent a long time trying to think of our retreat’s theme…and we were stuck. we were all tired from yum cha and couldn’t think at all. after our very touching and emotional team-building activity and revival prayer, we decided to have the theme set in stone on our meeting before hot pot.

we somehow came up with “I’m a Christian 4 Life” theme during our meeting b4 hot pot… and we started thinking of logos like the fish and other random things…. and we realized that there was only ONE month to plan EVERYTHING! thinking of the program and giving ppl positions were easy. i wasn’t assigned a position, so i volunteered to help wing with worship. i was then asked to lead worship, and i thought it would be fine.. campsite had to be visited… pamphlets had to be made.. t-shirts had to be designed and ordered.. songs had to be picked… registration due date… room arrangements… transportation.. equipment.. and number of attendees.

i was surprised to see more SFUCCFers register than UBCCCF!! (what a shame.. we’re hosting too-.-) i wasn’t too concerned about the number of attendees since i heard that some ppl haven’t handed in their forms yet and i counted and knew that we would have 40 ppl. however jhuen was so worried so she asked us to pray about it. and God DID answer our prayers! 45 ppl including 3 dou c’s!!!! it is becoming evident that having this retreat is God’s will!! =)

wing ho and i spent about 2 weeks choosing songs and organizing our worship teams. it was a bit difficult to choose the songs cuz we wanted our theme to match w/ the sermons and our database was limited… anyways we practiced at joyce jie’s house after revere @ sfu… what a FUN practice!!! we were seriously practicing for the 1st couple of hrs.. learning songs and going over the flow.. and after that… we started to fat din LOL jason inching my height.. joyce jie falling “Lord let Your glory FALLLLLLLL” HAHAHHAAHHAHA XD barking jamie chan’s song… laughing till my stomach hurt… but i promised that i would be serious while leading worship =P

“lots of things might happen at the retreat” i started thinking….”what would happen? we would just have fun… hear God’s msg… get to know each other etc..us STs serving…etc.”

only the theme song was set in stone!! nothing else was till the week of retreat! ><>11:30pm prayer movement a week before the retreat. we prayed for everything to be done smoothly… that we won’t miss anything… that God would prep the CCFers’ hearts.. that He would do great things in this retreat.. that God would give strength to Wayne so that HE can speak to us through wayne.. worship…drivers’ safety.. finding their routes… and lots of other stuff. i started becoming a bit worried about my transportation b/c no one was replying my fb msg.. and some other adjustments had to be made. room arrangements were complete a week b4 the retreat…… i was so glad i didn’t have midterms that week… so i could focus on “prepping” for retreat……. and on monday of the retreat some adjustments on the pamphlet had to be made…. i thought it would take awhile to get them printed. but PTL!! it was printed out on tues and we started compiling them after prayer meeting :D transportation was FINALLY all arranged… to bring list completed.. sent out w/ reminder e-mail.. and i was very very excited!! was very tired practicing fri night’s songs and typing out sat worship’s flow on thurs night after a long day of practicing songs after CCF… jubi meeting… and was worried about how to get there….. kept google mapping again and again -.-

to be honest, i didn’t know what to expect from this camp. i really did think that it would be more of a fun retreat than a serious one.

(whoever is reading this has probably read/heard the above many many times…. )

jason wanted to do smt we did at teleios during our campfire…… i had a feeling it wouldn’t happen. i suddenly had this thought..”would revival happen?” but had no clue how it was gonna be executed.

i typed a lot already!! TBC!!