back from S Camp- M trip

so..... we are back from the sayoni camp. 47 people. Great fun, but most importantly, good time of sharing and ministry.

By the end of the ferry ride, I had gotten to know 9 names and had spoken to one extensively. And at the end of the whole trip, through the sharing during the workshop, through the sharing @ breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, I had gotten to know almost everyone of them and spoken to at least 10 of them beyond the hi-bye kind of conversations.

It was tiring though, because talking to others and understand what they are saying entails an alert spirit to not just hear what they are saying, but to listen to what they are really sharing. I guess with the right questions, people do start talking. and people really talk.. I guess they appreciated that we take the effort to listen to what they have to say.. I guess it must be the prayers ( we had devotions and a short prayer time on both mornings-really like M trip lor).. People just started talking to us about FCC and asking us about FCC. People who talked to us about FCC were the old ones who had been there before. There were 2 people who shared that they had wanted to visit FCC and so we invited them. There were a few who didn't know about FCC and with the level of friendship built, they potentially could be people we could follow up with if we care to take the effort to.

I am especially thankful since knowing about the "tension" between the boss of sayoni with the fcc peeps from way before, that God has been very good to inject lots of grace into our conversations so I think the tenson is soothed. She was friendly to the extent that I had a feeling if I continued talking to her, she would start to volunteer me for something.

All in all, it was a good trip. But I am glad to be back. They are going to send out the contact details of the gals who went for the trip. And I am praying that the ones who will contact us would be the ones whom God has sent to us for one reason or another.

Back to work tomorrow. PHew!
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