"camp ohana 2... where no one gets left behind"

i just had one of the best and definitely one of the most memorable weekends of my life! i spent friday night, literally the whole of saturday and sunday morning at YFC camp! i went there wid jeikell and her sister joanne, roelie and her sister raissa! jeiks and i arrived late on friday night (thanks to the very detailed map! :Þ) but thank god we didnt miss much. they had just started practicing the songs... *and mind you, they are really good songs.. we sounded like a rock concert!*

after the songs we had an ice breaker (human bingo.. it felt like a soiree! hehe!) and then we listened to talk number one which was given by "father" lorenz (haha! joke lng idol!)... after which we had our discussion groups and then we went to sleep!

we were grouped according to age *mejo OP nga si jeiks eh! hehehe!* and we slept in these mini houses... they were really cute! ours was the yellow house... all the houses had two floors... the bottom floor had the double decks and on the upper floor (where we slept) there was just a big and comfy foam...
we were all havin a nice chat upstairs with roelie, cheny, and mary grace when...

jeikell: ROOOOOOOOZZZZZ!!!!!! (in a scared voice)
roz (me): bakeeet???
jeikell: baba ka dito!!!
roz: bakit nga?
jeikell: MAY IPIIIISSS!!!!
*laughter*

yess... the poor jeikell encountered some innocent cockroaches in the shower.. hahaha! well, u cant avoid that coz the houses only get visited a few times during the year... but anyway, i went out to call our beautiful and very accomodating faci, ate tj, who in turn went to lorenz... and here he comes to save the day! hehehe! with one slap of his silppers, bye bye cockroachie! and jeikee was able to get the shower she wanted.. *the end*

anyway, i had trouble sleeping the first night.. perhaps i was missin my bed and, well, jeikell kept on snoring... hahaha! *luv u jeikee!*

i slept for like 3 hours i think before waking up at 5am to take a shower... ( a very very cold and freezing shower). then we had breakfast (ham, eggs, rice.. yum!). i made sure i ate enough coz we had a long day ahead of us... we had three talks on saturday, we had one-on-ones with our facilitators.. ate tj asked us how we were, if we are encountering probelms of any sort that we need prayers for and she asked us to pick 3 gifts of the holy spirit which we want to receive... i asked for the gift of wisdom (so i can make the right decisions), healing (so i can be healed of the pains and hurts i have experienced, and so that i can forgive the people who've hurt me so much), and the gift of tongues (this is the coolest! it enables you to talk to god in a language which only the two of u understand... ate tj told me that sometimes, the reason why our prayers take a while to get answered is because the devil can hear us and he makes it a point to interfere... when we speak in tongues, he wont be able to decipher a word we are saying.. cool, eh?)

we were also baptized on saturday night... that was the highlight of the camp. its not the usual baptismal ceremony where they pour water on us.. hahaha! we were brought to the garden where our faci and another prayer warrior prayed over us, mentioning our intentions and asking the holy spirit to grant us the gifts we asked for. i had goosebumps all over! it was not the kind of goosebumps you get when u're cold... its like i felt the presence of the lord.. and i felt really light afterwards.. just like being born again :)

the next day was the day of our last talk, our one-on-one with our parents and the Mass, of course! i didnt wanna leave actually! i've made really wonderful friends and i learned so much from the camp! others might feel it's corny and that all we do is pray.. but it was really an awesome experience you shouldnt dare miss!

*the camp wouldnt have been wonderful without the following people: ::joline and lorenz (the team leaders) for handling us so well:: ::ate karen and radian for being great chapter heads... and radian, thanks for the very corny jokes!:: ::jeikell and joanne, for saying yes to my invitation! i had a great time wid u dearies!:: ::roelie and raissa for the unforgettable memories.. and for sharing the same taste in guys.. hahaha!:: ::dada, for inviting me!:: ::ate tj, for the good pieces of advice:: ::the whole YFC group, the service team, the music min, and the speakers, for being tru inspirations::*




"one way! JESUS! you're the only one that i could live for!"..."i'll never know, how much it cost, to see my sins, up on that cross"