Hope weekend

The revolution of hope. There were so much things I learned from the weekend. All the speakers were awesome and inspiring and made me feel motivated to want to do things they mentioned. There were 150 members from all around YFC NSW to share the experience with. Most of which were around the 15 years old mark and made all the YFC Campus Based feel their age, lol. It was also the first time my whole family was at a camp together including my parents since they were the couple coordinators for the North West chapter in the Broken Bay cluster.

We were privileged enough to listen to Kuya Ray. I remember him being the cluster head for Sydney back when I had just joined which was seven years ago and now he's moved through from Youth for Christ (YFC), Singles for Christ (SFC) to Couples for Christ (CFC). He was one of my idols along with Ate Pam and I remember them being so inspirational and so out there. He talked about how we should go about getting the land that God has promised us and that we shouldn't just sit back and expect it to come to us without us working for it! His talk kept us all entertained but at the same time portrayed the message that was meant to jump out at us.

There was a creative showcase and Campus Based performed a dance. We were awesome and we won! Woo hoo! All those hours of practise had paid off. I bet all those who were going to go to uni/tafe/college/work after highschool felt like joining Campus based, haha! We're still cool! There was also a "Rev-run", like an amazing race going through all different stations to complete certain activities and learn from them. Our group came third even though we were losing at the beginning, woo go aqua!

Next session was split up into two and tailor-made for the sisters and the brothers. We started off with a worship and it was really empowering to hear all the sisters sing together without the brothers. Kathy talked about being a woman of God and Kurt a man of God. Obviously I wasn't there for Kurt's talk but I heard it was well done. The sisters learnt that we're already beautiful and that we should love and honour our brothers and allow them to lead in the way they should. That they need us to support them and that when they do take the challenge to lead, we shouldn't be afraid to submit to them and bring out their own strength. Brothers were asked to serve and protect and the sisters were asked to love and honour.

Kuya Harry talked about how YFC doesn't need to change and that if there is something going on in our lives, it is our own fault. We shouldn't blame YFC for us failing our studies or that how sometimes when some people are active in YFC, their family life suffers. We shouldn't allow this to happen, but instead, we need to make the change within ourselves and learn to manage our time effectively so that there is as balance in our lives. We heard from a couple of sharers that it was possible for people to be leaders in YFC and still do well in all aspects of life.

Saturday night all the campus girls (Kathy, Alexia, Frannie, Myself) plus Mary, Marigold, Pia and Dorothy all slept in one room. There were seven beds in the same room and there were two heaters and it was nice and warm. Everyone was really tired so after a bit of talking, one by one us girls all went to sleep. I was the first to greet Frannie a happy birthday since it was past midnight already and she almost forgot it was her special day.

Sunday morning, there was another session where Joseph talked about sustaining our path towards the promised land and pretty much wrapped up all the sessions and talks that were heard. All in all, the weekend was loads of fun. The worships were really uplifting they made people feel like surrendering everything up to God and I'm sure many were touched in their own ways. Theres something about a big worship that is just so hard to describe. I really felt God's love throughout the weekend.

Everyone said goodbye when it was over and I dropped Kathy, Alexia, Frannie and Marydem home before going home myself. Had dinner for Frannie's birthday at Thai Spice with campus people and then went to sleep. It really was a memorable weekend as I know people would agree.

Okay, this was one huge break. I'm doing my reflection journal for my Science and Religion subject. Exams are in two weeks and I'm so lucky to only have two exams. One on the 22June07 and the other on the 28June07.

Also, I'm working on Wednesday night for the State of Origin at Telstra Stadium. And so far I've been working on the registers so I don't have to cook. And I've also been lucky enough to work on the members only floor so I get to wear nicer uniform than everyone else, woo!