the YM has really been where i found great people and a fantasticwastic GOD! friends that will be there to encourage me, to listen when i talk and whine, to go shopping with me, get high with me, go kayaking, and be that little nagging (in a good way) conscience in me to hold me accountable, make sure i have done what i'm supposed to, be that brother and sister in Christ who will love you with the love of Christ (i know sometimes we don't but we try)
and among the great friends are those in the YCOMM! i know i forgot to mention you guys just now but i really appreciate you all and all you have contributed and helped me. from the time i first joined the comm and "WE LOVE YOU WE'RE ALL THE SAME AGE", the times we stayed up late just to evaluate and type nonsense on the screen, the comm retreats where we bake brownies, sit comfy during meetings, go night jogging. comm meetings that have dragged on an on but now are much better thanks to tabulated agenda and the feasting during meetings, i know it's been difficult sometimes but we'll continue to be A Great leader, not leaders but a leader, together, with God as our leader as we lead the YM. (and all of you should join the comm because we have much fun and you'll love the comm!)
and thank God too for the KayakGANG although we keep adding on people as we go along but, yes, the original people and plusplus people like jol cand glen .. i remember the (not so pleasant) elmo times, when camp comm meetings meant kayaking at east coast and late nights at tani crapping away about whatever caltex fill yourself up with petrol, take a picture of the sky and guess where, peanut butter nonsense. waste time but these are the stuff that i'll remember above the stuff we planned for the camp (maybe it's just because my brain has amazing storage power for useless information) but still, it's always good to have a bunch of people who always celebrate your birthday, we celebrate each others bdays! and yes we'll make it up for those we did not. :)
yes and SAM JASMINE AND I date wayyyy back. we were the "charlies angels"? apparently (so corny who gave us this name?) i prefer we call ourselves the elmo, ernie and bigbird (and cookie monster sinyi) anyway I LOVE YOU GIRLIES! sam, for always saying that she stuck to me cos of the precious moments bible but i guess i'm really thankful for that bible then! jasmine my good friend in secondary school and will always be. i rmb you were my dp leader once :) together we braved the horrendous storms of the O levels and now the now As and poly assignment life. but we still have each other, SHOPPING BUDDIES!
and more than all that, the YM's where i really found God for myself, in the middle of my YM life. no matter how far i drifted, when i go back to YM, He's always there and even for a while, God is back again and once in a while there will be some song or some verse that spoke volumes about the situation. i think it's wonderful how at times we have these sermons and camps and we'll see a massive response from the YMers, that step to rededicate, to renew and surrender, that really puts me in awe of the way He works. so it's my wish that the YM continues to grow in His strength, to live daily for Christ and have that passion for Him.. to be that star that shines, the light that glows, the ambassador for Christ in church and during weekdays, to be filled with love for each other that can only come from a loving God.
so i'll be here in the YM for as long as i can manage because i love the YM!
this is what yihui's group did for "what the YM means to me" and i like it cos its colourful! and also cos it has almost everyone in it(see those little stick figures) and the rest of the presentations were wonderful too, from the heart :) and if you've read till the end of this whole entry and not cheated, i've all the videos from just now, some cut short but still the essence is captured, if you want them, ask me for it preferably after the 23rd so i have time to stay online for as long as the thing takes to be sent.
oh yes, happy birthday esther kwan!!! the kwan fei!
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