The YE chalet for me was a period of many firsts... First time staying over at a chalet for one. For me its never been comfortable living in cramped quarters surrounded by other people at close proximity. Sleepovers have always been out of the question... I suppose the situation surrounding the chalet was a little special.
Being the only other leader besides Paul and Aunty K was my motivation to be there. As a guardian or supervisor of sorts, to ensure the safety of everyone there (also another first). Things were made slightly more pressing due to Paul's illness, which made my presence rather more important.
Arrived early on the first day, with responsibility for guiding a large group of youth to a premise that I'd never even remotely seen or looked up about (again a first) suddenly thrust into my hands, as Paul would not be present as guide. I think I was rather successful despite getting a little lost at the end heh... Mildly irritated by the lack of preparation I was able to do on my part... Didn't like undertaking a task without figuring all the details prior, but oh wells.
As a result was rather drained when I reached the place; spent 2 hours or so asleep before joining the rest for setting up and fellowship and such.
The highlight for me would have to be the cute kittens/cats that roamed the area. 8 of them in all! They'd curl up asleep on your lap if you'd let them do so. Brings me back to the moments on guard duty, looking out for MS deep in the jungles... One night I woke up to take over the shift, surprised to find a cat curled up in between my legs. This time I had 7 sound asleep on my lap. Again it reminded me of God's presence surrounding me... Even in the stillness of the morning when most living things were barely awake; God's presence was still there, as strong as ever.
Cute right? =D =D
A last first came in the form of my first try of guitar hero... I played normal mode, and was pretty good, able to even hit 98% accuracy at times. =D Another reason to thank God for giving me a good rhythm hehe.
Besides that spent a lot of time just sitting around listening to the conversations of others, playing chess, mastermind and other board games courtesy of Paul. Another thing to thank God for: my good reasoning skills and sound logical thinking that helped me with the games. Slept at the dining table for the first night, and in the guitar hero room on the second night. Obviously those 2 locations were those devoid of other people, so I was pretty much comfortable.
The morning we had to go home, we finished clearing up pretty fast, which was really good! And finally we took a nice pic:
This experience was a rather important one for me... It helped me see many of my strengths, it showed me what I could achieve when responsibility was accorded to me, and most of all gave me time to spend with members of my wonderful youth group. I must say I enjoyed myself more than I thought I would. =D
Being the only other leader besides Paul and Aunty K was my motivation to be there. As a guardian or supervisor of sorts, to ensure the safety of everyone there (also another first). Things were made slightly more pressing due to Paul's illness, which made my presence rather more important.
Arrived early on the first day, with responsibility for guiding a large group of youth to a premise that I'd never even remotely seen or looked up about (again a first) suddenly thrust into my hands, as Paul would not be present as guide. I think I was rather successful despite getting a little lost at the end heh... Mildly irritated by the lack of preparation I was able to do on my part... Didn't like undertaking a task without figuring all the details prior, but oh wells.
As a result was rather drained when I reached the place; spent 2 hours or so asleep before joining the rest for setting up and fellowship and such.
The highlight for me would have to be the cute kittens/cats that roamed the area. 8 of them in all! They'd curl up asleep on your lap if you'd let them do so. Brings me back to the moments on guard duty, looking out for MS deep in the jungles... One night I woke up to take over the shift, surprised to find a cat curled up in between my legs. This time I had 7 sound asleep on my lap. Again it reminded me of God's presence surrounding me... Even in the stillness of the morning when most living things were barely awake; God's presence was still there, as strong as ever.
Cute right? =D =D
A last first came in the form of my first try of guitar hero... I played normal mode, and was pretty good, able to even hit 98% accuracy at times. =D Another reason to thank God for giving me a good rhythm hehe.
Besides that spent a lot of time just sitting around listening to the conversations of others, playing chess, mastermind and other board games courtesy of Paul. Another thing to thank God for: my good reasoning skills and sound logical thinking that helped me with the games. Slept at the dining table for the first night, and in the guitar hero room on the second night. Obviously those 2 locations were those devoid of other people, so I was pretty much comfortable.
The morning we had to go home, we finished clearing up pretty fast, which was really good! And finally we took a nice pic:
This experience was a rather important one for me... It helped me see many of my strengths, it showed me what I could achieve when responsibility was accorded to me, and most of all gave me time to spend with members of my wonderful youth group. I must say I enjoyed myself more than I thought I would. =D
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