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Monday, April 17, 2006

It is now 6.15pm as I am writing this and the sky outside is pitch black. Still remember when I first arrived, the sun started to set only at 8pm, but now it sets at 5pm. Takes getting used to since in Singapore, the sun always rose and set at around the same time all year.

Went to Port Adelaide today. Intended to take a cruise to see dolphins but the weather was no good at all and I didn’t even see one. But froze my ass off instead on the cruise. Lol. Will post the photos and more on my newly created blog – http://testify2love.blogspot.com. Jean promised to create a blog layout for me (thanks dear!), so everyone pls be patient!

Recently everything I do is all at a wrong timing. Called my parents on Sat, they went out for dinner. Promised I’ll call and wish my grandparents happy birthday yesterday, came back late and forgot all about it. Only remembered this morning… what a horrible person I am… sigh…

Anyway, I promised to blog about the Easter camp so here goes:

We went to a very nice and scenic place called Tatachilla camp at McLaren Vale, a vineyard (for photos please see my other blog). Meals there were good and plentiful, but standard Australian fare – hotdogs, snitzels, etc… Think I put on weight…We slept in cabins, with 7-8 ppl to a room. Slept on the upper deck of a double decker bed, like how I would back in SG. Met many people, whom I felt really comfortable with. Even this guy, who is 4 yrs older than me and was in the same primary school as me! What a small world…

For the 3 days /nights we spent there, we had devotions every morning at 7am! Haven’t had to wake up so early for a long time, but it was nice to spend the first thing in the day reading God’s word. If only it wasn’t so cold everyday… We would also have praise & worship together with a speaker’s session. The theme for the camp was Why Love. All in all we had 4 speaker’s sessions, and the speaker, a pastor based in Melbourne, spoke about the 4 types of love, principle of love, love inaction and persevering love. He was very inspiring and easy to talk to. Believed many of us there benefited greatly.

Here are some snippets of what I’ve learnt:

John 3: 16 ~ as explained by Martin Luther
For God – greatest lover
so loved – greatest degree
the world – greatest number
that He gave – greatest act
His one and only Son – greatest gift
that whoever – greatest initiation
believes – greatest simplicity
in Him – greatest person
shall not perish – greatest deliverance
but have – greatest certainty
everlasting life – greatest possession

What is faith?
Faith is when you expect white milk to come out from a black cow that eats green grass.
Faith is when you believe the pilot (whom you do not see) of the airplane you are in, will fly you safely to your destination.
So why is it so difficult to have faith in God, whose very proof of existence is everything that you see around you, including yourself?

Will be going to some waterfall and do a bit of trekking on wed. Hope the weather would be better then and it won’t be too physically demanding since I’d officially no longer be a teenager. In case any of you have forgotten, my birthday is tmr. Thankfully not everyone forgot. Wanna thank Jean once again for her cute bedroom slippers as well as my friends in OCF who surprised me with a set of hand and face towels from Happy House. Not forgetting WeiQin who baked me a birthday cake despite being ‘busy’ spending time with Alan who has come to Adelaide. Its not that I am calculative, but getting presents is a sign that others appreciate me as a friend, to go the extra mile and get me something and that counts more than anything. For those back home, there’s always the option of mailing (I look forward to receiving mail these days) or just an email wishing me happy birthday will do. =) BUT should you forget, dun worry its not the end of our friendship, I know many of you are working hard for your exams, so just wanna say jia you!

Lydea blogged at 7:45 AM

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