Avalanche Camp Review part I

Dear Investors & Fellow Friends,

This is part I of a review of the recent Avalanche camp I have been to. There will be a total of 3 parts to this review. It was an amazing 4 days and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I made new friendships, gained new experience and most of all experienced God intimately.

Day 1, Wednesday 11th of April 2007

At 11.30am, all avalanchers were already gathered around the church site, with bags and all, ready to depart for the long awaited camp. We were all pretty excited and non-stop talking pursued as we got to see for the first time our fellow campers as well as get to exchange opinions about the expectations of each member towards the camp. Each of us quickly got a partner to sit on the bus with and I ended up sitting next to Ming Fung, my good friend.
The bus trip was fun and we chatted alot. Soon our chat attracted Chris Wang, a fellow final year medical student friend, and the topic went towards medical businesses as we discusssed the merits/problems related to medical fields. At one point, we even chatted about the newly gossiped vegenics, the future of vegetable manufacturing.
Upon arrival at the camp, we got our first glimpse of the campsite. It was laid in a beautiful landscape, with mountain ranges in the background, coupled with beautiful forests and plenty of grassland. The camp was in the middle of a field. We got out first briefing of the camp, by a camp instructor whom we didn't remember his name, and he told us about the campsite, including his two apparently-fierce-but-friendly dogs that were around in the campsite.
We got time to settle into our dorms, and I chose the bunker above Thean Teh's, my youth leader and very good friend. The dorm was user-friendly with nice beds, just abit dusty, and a nice washroom. Even though there was 8 of us in a small dorm, it was a nice experience, we got to experience intimacy and supported each other throughout the camp.
Our first session during the night was just amazing. Pastor Chris Ong, our church's ex youth pastor, set the tone for the camp. He taught us about the 10 most important things to a snowflake in starting an avalanche. The 10 things are the fruit of his research on avalanches which took up hours after hours. And then he taught us how to apply those 10 things to our lives as Christians and how we can impact the world like an avalanche.
Praise and worship was really good too. Led by Stanley Ong and Brian Seow, with a talented back-up team, they brought the singing to a new level. The night ended at somewhere around 11.30pm, and we went for a late night supper. We chatted about the most random stuff as we got closer with each other at each passing moment.
Back in our dormies, after lights out, we were still playing cards and just fellowship-ing with one another. The 6-8 of us would just sit back, enjoy and laugh at each other's jokes throughout the night. It was really peaceful at that time. Day one ended satisfied.

--End of review Part I--