Just because it would be too attention seeking of me to post pics of my injuries on facebook and yet I wanted to keep some evidence so that I would be reminded on this 20 years later, it’s here on my blog. Heh.
This happened on the 2nd night of church camp at Outbag Broga Camp,Negeri Sembilan (26-29th Dec). But all very minor la. But it was slightly debilitating when you add up the muscle aches due to sudden strenuous exercise. You know la us medic students only exercise our eyes and brain most of the time. (By the way I’m glad I got my “la” back this winter break! In true Malaysian spirit yay)
The irony is that these injuries were not sustained from the outdoor activities and hiking up Broga Hill (a popular hiking spot for amateurs) but simply because I tripped somewhere in the campsite. twice. in the dark. I was smart enough not to bring a torchlight around. But thank God I was still able to hike and join in all the outdoor activities like the rest!
It was supposedly a youth camp, but it made me realise that I am approaching the end of the “youth” spectrum. When I saw the teenage boys from church going through the obstacle course effortlessly as a monkey while the younger ones trying to intentionally overturn the kayak boat just so that they could get wet. Lao liao laaaa
I was the medical personnel along with another brother from church who was doing Med Yr 4 in University Malaya, Ryan. So we had to stand the friendly taunts from the kids who would call us “医生” (yi sheng=doctor) ceaselessly. Some of the younger girls were so shy that they wouldn’t let Ryan handle their wounds. Kind of funny but understandable XD
Outdoor activities aside, we had in-house speakers (meaning from our church) to talk about God’s calling in our lives, repentance and what we should know about Christian dating.
As you would have figured out from the title, I was healed. God called me to the church camp. The timing was right, I was interested in the outdoor activities and I felt so badly that I NEEDED God. I needed to be reminded of His holiness and His righteousness and His promise of everlasting life in heaven.
It was because I was broken. and tired. From struggling day by day with rules of men versus rules of God. It never used to feel like that in the days when I was still an unbeliever. But now each day is a constant struggle, because each day we are faced with conforming to the society. peer pressure. deep rooted traditions of generations and generations of families.
But I’m glad I know God and His rules NEVER change. Who cares what the world thinks? We do not have to answer to men, but there will be a day when we have to answer before God. And I seriously don’t want to look bad >.<
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
~Colossians 3:2-3
Each time I struggle against the world, each time I grow in Christ-likeness.
Fighting for Christ!!! <3
