IBC Conference 2005
A conference was held in Alushta for Christians from the International Bible Church. Target of this conference is to gear the Christians who are willing, for evangelism. All of us went there without knowing most of each other and came back with a united heart. And of course without a doubt, we came back with our hearts anew and refreshed in the fire of the Lord. Burning hot... *sizzles*
We left on a friday, right after class in a bus. As everybody made their way to the bus, I decided to throw some football with a few guys, Kwong Yew, David, Isaac and Jacob. As the the people fill the seats, we took out leave and boarded the bus. The next thing you know, we had the feel or our first obstruction/obstacle. The head of security of our university came and asked what was happening. Well, obviously we told him thr truth from the bottom of our hearts. He claimed that for us to leave the university, we needed to inform the dean's office and get some necessary paperwork done. We didn't know there was such procedure. Nevertheless, it was amazing how GOD worked.. This was the first time in the conference of which everybody just joined together in prayer, unified! 2 minutes later, off we go. Away from the hostels for the weekend, and a time entirely spent with GOD himself. It felt great.
We arrived at Alushta in about 2 hours. After getting our rooms and dropping off our bags, we took our showers and took off to the cafetaria for our dinner. It was really cold that night, and thank GOD I decided to take a hot bath before going out. We had mashed potato with meat patties for dinner. Initially when Steven and I saw what was placed on the table, we were like.... *scrunged up face* hahahahaha.. =D We gobbled down our dinner and had plenty of bread to fill those empty spaces in the stomach and finally lots of hot tea to wash it all down. After the not-so-hearty meal, we had our first session. Sister Renee shared on this. She shared her testimony of how GOD worked in her life. It was really touching... And most importantly, the message was sent across. We were stuck in a room which had no heater but still, we listened intently to every word she had to say. [mind you, we were reaching a point where we can see the air we breathed out] After the first session, we headed back to our rooms. There was supper prepared... Cookies, juices, milk and etc etc... but none of it looked appealing to me though. Turned in..
The next day, woke up early in the morning to do my quiet time. I'm telling you! This was my turning point.. From the conference onwards, my quiet time with GOD blasted off. I start doing things of which I really never expect myself doing. Being able to wake up to the alarm at 6 in the morning and spending time with GOD. Lovely! Never felt the better in my life. Anyways, Had a couple of sessions than we played American Football. It was so cool! hahaha.... learned alot about the game. Worship led during the night session. And the day was wrapped up once again by supper~ :)
We left on a friday, right after class in a bus. As everybody made their way to the bus, I decided to throw some football with a few guys, Kwong Yew, David, Isaac and Jacob. As the the people fill the seats, we took out leave and boarded the bus. The next thing you know, we had the feel or our first obstruction/obstacle. The head of security of our university came and asked what was happening. Well, obviously we told him thr truth from the bottom of our hearts. He claimed that for us to leave the university, we needed to inform the dean's office and get some necessary paperwork done. We didn't know there was such procedure. Nevertheless, it was amazing how GOD worked.. This was the first time in the conference of which everybody just joined together in prayer, unified! 2 minutes later, off we go. Away from the hostels for the weekend, and a time entirely spent with GOD himself. It felt great.
We arrived at Alushta in about 2 hours. After getting our rooms and dropping off our bags, we took our showers and took off to the cafetaria for our dinner. It was really cold that night, and thank GOD I decided to take a hot bath before going out. We had mashed potato with meat patties for dinner. Initially when Steven and I saw what was placed on the table, we were like.... *scrunged up face* hahahahaha.. =D We gobbled down our dinner and had plenty of bread to fill those empty spaces in the stomach and finally lots of hot tea to wash it all down. After the not-so-hearty meal, we had our first session. Sister Renee shared on this. She shared her testimony of how GOD worked in her life. It was really touching... And most importantly, the message was sent across. We were stuck in a room which had no heater but still, we listened intently to every word she had to say. [mind you, we were reaching a point where we can see the air we breathed out] After the first session, we headed back to our rooms. There was supper prepared... Cookies, juices, milk and etc etc... but none of it looked appealing to me though. Turned in..
The next day, woke up early in the morning to do my quiet time. I'm telling you! This was my turning point.. From the conference onwards, my quiet time with GOD blasted off. I start doing things of which I really never expect myself doing. Being able to wake up to the alarm at 6 in the morning and spending time with GOD. Lovely! Never felt the better in my life. Anyways, Had a couple of sessions than we played American Football. It was so cool! hahaha.... learned alot about the game. Worship led during the night session. And the day was wrapped up once again by supper~ :)
Prepared to leave back for the hostels after that. It was really a great time, but unfortunately, its time to face the world again. We've gone there to be equipped and to be unified, and that took place. We all got to know each other better and we were stronger in Christ. Guess what happened on the way back to Church from camp? The bus broke down.. Twice! The first time it took place, it on the mountain where we overlooked the valley. Anyways... I'll just let the pictures do the talking... *quoted from Wuan Zhu's blog* hahahaha...
