I just came back from Confi Camp 2010 yesterday and man, it was a blast. Okay blast doesn't do it. BLAST :) okay that doesn't do it either.
Day zero was really intense for me, who knew that washing someone's feet would be so difficult? I knew the concept of it being difficult. Like the bible said its humbling yourself and stuff. But when you actually get to do it with your fellow facilitators its really tender and it really demonstrates your love and its really difficult, like you're not sure how to wash their feet and dry it apart from the humbling part.
I was super nervous for confirmation camp as a first time facilitator cause I didn't really know what to expect. Cause I usually don't pray aloud and share about my life and my experiences so intensively. But when I picked my group up from St Mary's after sitting in Terence's van and I got into conversation with one of them almost immediately it all just Clicked. Like the whole point of facilitating for Confi camp that drew me to signing up for it, even though I didn't know who else was signing up which was to share God's love for me.
Last night (evening more like) when I got home, I was reading through the final warm fuzzies that my group wrote to me in my mail envelope thingy and I was really touched by what they said. They wrote me letters throughout the camp which I wrote back every night to whatever they shared with me : their feelings, problems, how they cope with their anger, their weaknesses and how they felt about the sessions.
And I tried to reply properly luh though while writing warm fuzzies at 1 plus am i tend to cancel alot as I'm drifting off to dreamland. And they were like ' eh Annabelle, woah you write so long you take how long to write ah, must be never sleep la' But i guess it was good as they got to know me alot better, and it made sharing easier as it got more personal and they were willing to say grace during meals, go for confessions and stuff. The heart to heart writing and personal talks really worked :) :) I was really happy to have them as my group as they weren't the most obedient of the lot, the most prayerful or the most enthusiastic bunch but they really showed honesty in their feelings, what they held important in life and they spoke of their spiritual doubts to me and that was really really great :D
Really I couldn't ask for anything more. The four days were a blessing from God
Haha I also learnt that I give good massages.
Like I was massaging Chris and he was like 'Don't stop, shit damn shiok' and after that Ryan tried and he was like ' Your right Chris, she's good!'
Oh,I applied to NTU Comm Studies and NUS FASS, so we'll see how it goes