Come

Adrian Tung

Church camp was the last thing on my mind. I was sick over the weekend prior to the church camp.

You can say that prior to the church camp I was emotional, physically and spiritually unwell. I actually packed my luggage the night before the church camp and I told my dad that I was going KL for the church camp on the very day itself early in the morning. I thank God for my Dad understanding because all this while i never told him about going anywhere for a trip.

The last min mentality was because I was going through a rough time in my life. I was thinking about leaving the CG or even church during that period. I knew I was on the verge of backsliding anytime. I didn’t know where God is in my life and I felt nobody really understood me. I just felt that everyone deserted me even God.

But on that day God brought to mind a lot of things, so I thought since I am praying so hard to experience God, I decided gave it my last shot.

God is faithful. This church camp was about CG and many lessons were taught.
It wasn’t about some miraculous healing or some prophesy. The whole theme was really about love, something that we often forget. The most memorable thing was how everyone was gathered to pray as a CG. You can feel the sincerity and warm of each individual, how some cried and laugh together. I sensed their love for one another.

There and then I thought if this is call love by us sinner, how great and wide is God love for us. It really broke my heart to think of it. The unconditional love of God.

As God slowly moved in my heart, I knew what I should do. It’s not about the people, glory or even status in life. Its really is about the love of God. My faith was even strengthen when the HS moved in one of sister and she started speaking in tongues in a foreign language that all knew it was from God. And guess what the message is? It’s about God love for us.

This reminds me of a song we sang in the church camp.

How deep how wide is your love for me

Ben Chia

During this camp, God spoke to me in this area – the area of putting my trust in him. During my conversation with Michael on my way back from KL on the coach, he asked me what I have learnt from this camp. It started off from a casual chat of probably recalling a few points from what I remembered from the camp workshops and slowly wondered off to how the church was blessed by witnessing the gift of prophesying in tongues by one of the sisters. As it was quite evident the holy spirit was moving and I remembered Michael interpreting the message that it was about God reassuring us of His love for us. I was very encouraged and at the same time excited about the possibilities of what God could do. This was when I started to notice that all my frustrations I had before, came because I didn’t manage to put my trust in God, whether in work, family or relationships. Thinking that good things would only come because of my own efforts. It became a struggle to me in believing that God genuinely wanted to bless my life. At the same time I also started to notice that throughout this time God has been changing those in my group who have been putting their trust in God and have seen obvious change in their character even though it was a short time of one to two years. They became more and more sacrificial and loving, putting others before themselves and at the same time rejoicing in the work they have put in. Every decision which they made had God in the picture. God was constantly multiplying the fruits of their labour. At the same time, I knew that God was consistently and continually encouraging me through the brothers and sisters in the caregroup. Through this camp, I noticed that trust in God is one of the keys of our Christian walk. It results in faith. And becomes a channel for God to move. I was truly blessed as what I have observed started to link up with what I have learnt. Caregroups are important because they provide a tower of support and encouragement as well as a channel for us to see God at work. At the same time we will also learn how to build on right relationships with people. My prayers for the group is that we will continue to witness God moving even more mightily as we eagerly wait on him for more miracles to come, and more lives to be changed through the power of God. Praise God for what He has done and is going to do in our lives! And Thank God also for the awesome church camp experience!

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Melvin Lee

Overall the camp was an enjoyable and refreshing experience, a chance to rediscover and renew my faith. Despite the main teaching being about caregroups, personally, what I took from the camp was mainly from the workshops which I attended, “God is my success in life” & “Discover your soul’s pathway to God”. The first workshop allowed me to reflect on the things which I was pursuing in my life and how to refocus those energies to God and put my trust in Him instead and learning to let go. Through the second workshop, I discovered how even as everyday human beings we have different personalities, and so as we come to God, the way we express ourselves and the way we approach God is different. Through identifying my pathway, I can better take advantages of my pathway and how not to stumble through the potential pitfalls.

The camp also allowed me to experience God and His people away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and just to see how other Christians lead their daily lives as the environment is one where people are in a more relaxed and homely environment. It also allowed me to interact with people from the church in a longer timespan. After all how often is it do you see Pastor Jeff 4 days in a row? All in all it’s definitely an experience to reflect and build upon and to come back to our daily lives in a renewed vigour. And yes, I truly enjoy attending caregroup, for many reasons.

Grace Chan
Dwelling in the presence of God

What impressed me during the Camp is the buffet! Buffet for breakfast, lunch, dinner and our loving sharing time at the mamak stall. ^-^ umm… Roti Canai (Plata), Teh Tarik, Naan (not nun!), Maggi Goreng (Fried Instant Noodles), Ramli Burger…… Yammy~~

Of course, besides eating there are more out there which inspired me. One thing I would like to share was the presence of God! It was so strong during praise and worship, teaching, sharing and praying…… I join this Actsperience KL – Adult Camp with great expectations and with three questions to be answered. (haha… questioning girl.) I got the answers during our last night praise & worship and teaching time. Praise Lord!! He knows everything in our heart, how great is He!!

There were three things that Lord had told me – be humble in everything, be patient and wait for His time, and be holy in character and attitude, and it’s answered my prayer! Thank you Lord.

Now I realise it doesn’t matter how great I am, what’s important is that I’m in the presence of God! Let people see and say that God is with you!

Hendry Khouw

I really thank God for wonderful camp. I had a great actsperience with the people. I saw sincere love and care from people especially in our JEDI group. The Holy Spirit just moved greatly and touched every individual. I learnt a lot from the teaching, sharing, workshop and activities and I would recommend everyone to go to the camp and see the bigger picture of the church. God did speak to me regarding my personal life and also how to lead people in the group. In conclusion, the camp was incredible….AMAZINGLY Refreshing….