back from leader's retreat at st john's island!!!

it was really fun! though i said that i don't like camping, but it was really fun, and we stayed in dormitories! which looked like orphanages and military hospitals, but it was a nice feeling of community living, which i really liked! and there were a lot a lot a lot of big BUGS! i saw 3 cockroaches in a go when linh and I called andrew tham! and other weird big bugs that i can't even name! and the bathroom was quite cool, the wall in between the bathing cubicles was not full length and linh and i could see each others eyes! so weird! haha, so we put a wall of soap and shampoo in between us, and the water was so cold that linh screamed so loudly! haha!

and the treasure hunt game was very fun! Tiffanie, Cheryl and I were the cool group of all-girls and we were the smallest group, cause we didnt want to merge with other groups! (: and we all happened to be wearing havaianas! but it was so fun, course we just kept laughing and laughing at everything, and kept disturbing the committee to give us clues! but they were all so nice, and really helped us A LOT!!! giving us clues, and helping us take all the difficult to reach clues! oh, and they came to walk us all the way to the stations at the end and brought us to find all the stuff. So gentlemanly right!!! we were so touched. oh and cos we were supposed to take pictures of animals like cats, chickens and crocodiles on the island, our group took random pictures of the swamp and pretended it was the crocodile! and we told everybody that we found the crocodile! haha, and the three of us kept laughing and laughing! so fun!

and besides being fun, it was very meaningful. It was wonderful at powerpraise, where we really spent time tarrying in the Lord's presence. and pastor Ronald got all the key leaders to pray for every individual in the room. and they were really in tune with the spirit, because what they prayed for was what really weighed on my heart, even though we never told them. and as mel fam was sharing, suhui jie prayed for a back injury on her back that has been bothering her for a long time, and the cool thing is that mel never told her tt before. so cool! God is cool! and I am really sure that the Lord wants me to move to G2. and I guess it comforts me a little, because when the Lord is for us, who can be against us right? (: haha, but still, i'm going to be very sad to leave. I think i will cry. sigh.

and one happy thing... go andrew!! haha, so glad that he has the joy of the Lord! It makes me happy too!! haha (: it's just wonderful!! (: next year, Linh, Ngan and Andrew are all going to join jess and I in serving as cell mentors!!! How cool is that?? haha, Linh and Ngan are not even one year Christians! but the 3 of them have all grown so much in the Lord! it makes me smile inside thinking about it!