Church camp 2012

I just came back from the best church camp ever:

It was a good break from work. I did not need to be thinking about the time and any deadlines, which was a great relief to my mind.

It was a great opportunity to hang out with friends and the older folks from church. I'm encouraged that the older folks are enthusiastic about reading the Word and are still have the desire to grow in their faith. Church feels more like a family now because I got to interact with people of different generations. It was encouraging to be studying the Bible and having fellowship together. It was also refreshing to allow the older folks to lead in facilitating the group discussions and devotions. As a youth leader who's always the one having to lead, it was definitely a good and refreshing break for me to just be fed rather than to be always the one giving.

It was a good reminder of how I can bring Kingdom values in the way that I do social work. I was given quite a good perspective of how my Christian faith complements and shapes the social work that I do. There's more to just doing social work. I was really quite encouraged that what I do on a daily basis has great purpose and meaning. I was also challenged to reflect on how I have been seeing and treating my clients and to think of how Christ can be reflected in the way I do my work.

Great, this year's church camp was better than I expected, and for that, I am thankful. :)