The spiritual retreat secluded on top of a misty mountain. I can only proclaim with a shout of joy :" WHAT A BLESSING!"
Indeed, this retreat has really spoken to me and gave me many insights and perspective to God's word and the people around me. I used to only know the LTF-ers as "hi-bye" friends. However this retreat allowed me to bond with them more.
The messages were brought forth with crystal clarity. The engaging method used by Prof. William N Harding was indeed captivating and he managed to give a 50 mins sermon making you think it was 30 mins.
The messages were indeed practical messages and they really imparted life-long values. I think that God is trying to tell me to forgive more and judge less and put more faith in him. My close church friends know that I have bore a 6 months grudge against someone. However, I saw the light after 6 mths and I casted the burden out of my life. The 3 messages highlighted really touched my life and enlightened me lot. The judging message was really good as he told gave us a really comical interpretation of the beam and the mote. He made it so clear and funny and it has been stuck to my head.
And the lesson of facith struck me the most. When the preacher was preaching his message, I started remembering the times in my life where I decided to give up on my faith on God and relied on my human strength to achieve things but failed miserably in the end. Pray without ceasing actually shows your faith. If you keep praying it means you trust God to settle all your problems but a stop top to prayer shows how faithless you are. It ACTUALLY means that you do not trust God to be able to achieve what you asked him for. It could actually mean that God wants to put your faith to a test and help you grow more.
During camp, the times I have to bond with the LTF girls and the little children and the people around my age group. I feel that it has helped me understand alot of my friends better. The times we had playing sports and playing UNO and bridge. It helped us all bond as a whole.
The Dorm D led by Chris and Long Zhao were very enriching. We discussed alot of stuff and issues pertaining to spiritual issues and it helped enlightened and blessed alot of people. The prayer session we had with each other was fantastic. I could feel the spirit of God dwelling amongst us and it was a good feeling.
God blessed those who went for the camp. Even those who were sick. My roomie Tim Fu fell sick and I pray that he will get better. As for my crazy brother(from another mother), I pray that you will recover too. XD