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RE: + Wild Kingdom (continued)

well im back ... for myself. haha my post yesterday was WAYYYYYYYY too long i reckon, its not really the type of thing you'd want to read in a blog. sorry guys, after this i will be back to shorter blogs .. if anyone is reading this at all .. ==

so well, wild kingdom; that was Teen Street! first teenstreet in australia, i feel so blessed to be able to be part of it (: the only down side was that it came RIGHT after RE: camp, like literally i came home, slept one night and then left again D: and so started my first day of teen street, very tired and looking very daggy ... HAHA so much for first impressions ...

it took like an hour to get there or something i swear, and we picked up joseph and alex on the way; i woke up and i was like WOAH what the hell.. who are these gu .. oh hello guys! haha we stopped over at maccas, and had what i thought would be our last edible meal for 6 days. we arrived at the school we were having the camp at; having a camp at a school was kinda cool actually! i got taken to my room- i didnt know anyone at that point but all the girls were uber friendly, so no worries there (: emily, tiffany, annika, zoe, xheantelle, nat, susan ... and then ji eun and claire came, who i knew, and then it was our whole room! + rachel, our coach. so we kinda got settled down, then went to get registered, get our booklets, and so teenstreet began! now i dont fully remember the tiny bits and pieces, but i do have my notes ... lets see.

day one: double vision, love God, love people, love me
day one was the day we studied Psalms 139, the one about him knowing, loving and creating us; i love the verse 'before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O Lord', verse 4, it helps me to remember that whatever evil thing im thinking, God knows it already, and whatever good i might want to praise him with but dont say out loud, he still knows my heart. and other verses were like WOW too, the fact that he would care to make me and get to know me, those things make me feel like he really would be my father .. ive heard it so many times, but this chapter really brought it home (:

if i recall properly, we had nachos that night; COOL RIGHT? i thought it would be crappy food O: and i had my first ever caramel pudding? i think it was? haha it was pretty good .. and the throne room .. that was so cool for me, because when they said like 'imagine you're invited to have dinner with the prime minister, or the queen .. you'd be all humble and respectful, but why is it that when we come to the king of kings, we're loud and noisy and restless?' that really hit me, like wow its so true .. why is it that if we go into praise or prayer, we're always wanting to talk? so yeah, that was good (: + the girls were so nice, we all bonded by day one ...

day two: God time (listen, bible, prayer, reflect), the walk
... started with zoe jumping on me. like literally. she like slammed into me to wake me up ... thanks zoe HAHA! so yeah, day two was the same stuff (since we had one timetable that applied to the whole camp), but the shh time was really good. shh time was practically just 30 minutes put aside each day, where we'd go out and sit down somewhere and enjoy ... the world. its really good actually, cos its like one on one me and God time (:

the sermon that day was interesting; they made us choose one door, the blue or the green, but we didnt know what was behind that door- we just had to choose one. i went through the green door, which just led me out to some sport, then a party, then someone writing a word on your hand in green .. we found out when we came back that the blue path lead to obstacle courses, then fanned out so that you could go down to the party, or go straight ahead. the blue path represented God's path, and the green our path; God's path is not the easiest, but it is worth it. the green path is easy, but the reward is great - the blue door people got a blue word written on their hand, like salvation, while the green door people got things like esteem and riches. it was telling us that we had to either be a follower or not a follower .. we cant be both.

day three: my net
well. nothing really interesting about this morning, just someone telling me to wake up, no jumping! haha (: toast and fruit & yoghurt for brekkie, not bad actually!

the sermon was about .. oh yeah, Mathhew 6:19; live for what lies beyond the action, and wall in life. dan talked about how there are walls in our life, weather it be love, money, self image, friends ... there are walls that prevent us from taking that path with God & liveing life his way. there are three steps to over coming those walls;
one: what is it made of?
we have to ask ourselves- what is it that this wall is actually made of? what is the wall structure in OUR life? we have to identify what the wall is, to climb over it.
two: what is beyond the wall?
when we know what rewards lie beyond that wall, it gives us more of a push to really climb over it, or to knock it down. our reward is God; all he has to offer us, love, life, forgiveness ... it is ours, once we get over the walls of our lives and choose his path.
three: who will support me?
this is where our net came in - our net is made up of the people in our lives who will help us back up when we fall. they have our backs, so that if we ever stumble, they are there to help us right back up. Ecclesiasties 4:9-10

i think dinner was sausages ? haha i dont remember the meals full well, only the nachos .. but i know full well that vanilla bean .. something, is really yuck D:

day four: serve
there are 5 love languages;
- physical touch
- girfts
- words (of affirmation)
- quality time
- service
all of us have a love language, a way that we know when people care for us. my main one is words & quality time guys, remember that .. haha kidding (: we talked about serving; the act of giving, pretty much. there are 3 steps in serving for others;
one: serve in secret
maybe its just me and some people at teen street, but i love it when people do little deeds for people, but they dont boast about it - rather, they do it in secret. i love that feeling, when people realise what you've done, but dont know it was you ... and then find out later, or even not at all. its great knowing that they enjoy what you've done for them.
two: serve those who can't repay
this may sound stupid to some people - like what? give and dont receive? what are you talking about? but thats one thing to remember; serving people is to help them, to do things for them, and not expect a repayment. its great when someone does it for you, so do it for others too!
three: serve with the king's heart
in Phillipiams 2:6-8, it talks of how Jesus came down and died for us, served for us by making himself lower than he really was. Jesus humbled himself for people like us who did nothing for him, yet he came down in the form of man and was ridiculed and crucified. He tells us that he has humbled himself, and now it is our turn. John 13:13-15

that day, in our interact time (activity time i guess) we went to a little talk about body image; God made us perfect as we are, and we should accept that .. it even says in the bible, 'i praise you because i am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are beautiful, i know that full well' Psalms 139:14

day 5: support
pancakes for breakfast. YUMMMMMMY!

the sermon this time was pretty easy to understand; if we inhale, we must exhale. right? so it was that if we inhale God's kingdom, then we must exhale support for others. again, there are steps - expressing support for others in 3 ways;

one: words (of affirmation) (again.)
sometimes just a small word of advice is enough to cheer you up - one right word, one sentence to show that you care is all you need when you feel down (:
two: thoughts
okey this one i dont really get, but maybe like prayer? and like positive thoughts which lead to positive words and actions ...
three: actions
well this one is pretty straight forward; actions. actions really do speak louder than words. God did it for us, sending down his own son to die for our sins - we can act out to support others when they are in times of need.

in net group time, we also talked about 'specks' and 'planks'; Luke 6:39-42 talks about how we point out people's flaws and bad points, when we have even bigger things to fix within ourselves. its so true, and everyone does it - we talk about how someone is so blah blah and bleh bleh, but we never take time to look upon ourself and see what we're doing wrong. but because Jesus died on the cross for our sins, we can be purified by his blood. we cant say that we have no planks, that would be lying; but if we come to God and ask for forgivness and the removal of the plank, he will forgive us and purify us, because he is a just God.


day 6: story
everyone has stories in their lives, little stories that come back to us later on. they may be funny, they may be stupid or they may be scary; but each and every one of us has a story to tell. as always, there are ways to tell a good story - 3 ways, to be exact.

one: salt
what does salt do? it gives flavour, a tang maybe; it also heals. when we add salt, it tastes better. our stories should have positive things in them, things that we have achieved; 'you are the salt of the earth' Matthew 5:13
two: light
light helps us to see better. God shines his light down on us and into our lives (2 Corinthians 4:6-7), but if we store that light in a clay pot, what use it that? we cannot see the light. but if we store our light through glass, it is clearly visable; we are the pots, and we must thinnen ourselves out so that we can see more of God and less of us. our stories should shine God through them.
three: lift up the king
our stories should praise the Lord; we should bring God into our stories. every action we make is because of God's glory - he made us, and he gave us the things we require to carry out these actions. our stories should not end at what the eyes can see, but rather end when we see the message God has put behind it. all stories that we tell should involve our God.

there are 5 easy ways to remember how to live the life of God; all you need is your hand.

thumb: i need you
its like hitchhiking; you stick out your thumb to show, 'hey, i need a ride'.
index finger: i believe in you
when we put up our hands because we know the answer, we stick up our index finger (well i dont, but you know what i mean); it is because we know the answer, and believe that answer is right.
rude finger: i confess all my sins
well thats not too hard - just our rude finger is ... well, rude. its like telling God, 'ive done all these things wrong, and i confess that i have done them. take it from me'.
ring finger: i commit to you
its where the wedding ring, the symbol of commitment to the marriage, goes. so that represents our commitment to God.
pinky: i depend on you
the pinky is the smallest finger - it is the weakest! it represents us, that we are small and weak, and we need someone strong and mighty to help us. God.

well i DO remember this dinner; thai noodles! it was SO good, like wow ... a bit oily, and it made alex 짜증나, LOL, but it was pretty good. shame that i couldnt enjoy it ): for interact 1, we played capture the flag - where i ran with only my socks, and managed to rip holes in my socks (to the point where i threw it out) and hurt my feet; and then came interact 2, where we played cards and then a short game of touch. it was so fun! my very first game of touch, and WOW zoey is good! zoe and xheantelle are both fast D: but yeah, after i play sport i lose my appetite ... so i only ate a bit of the noodles ): well i think i ate quite a bit, but everyone else refused to believe it .. FINE! haha



so yeah. that was my camp experience. wowwwwwwwwie this is long, thankyou so much if you kept up with me this far, and all the more so if you read both of them (o as i said, this is mainly for me ...

i thank God for giving me the chance to experience both Teen Street and RE:; if i had the ability to go back in time, i would do it all over again.

the bae x

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