Day 235: To Remember

Today was a good start for S.HOU.T! We went to church first in the morning, saw some friends from Edmonton, went to our venue, met new friends, and the usual but unique awesome things that happen in YFC. Things that you guess will happen and surprises that you won't know will happen 'til much later on. One thing that happened today was that we had to minimize our baggage. They gave us plastic bags to get the necessities such as towel, clothes, shampoo, soap, etcc and also the unmentionables... (panties and etc lol). The rest such as cell phones, ipods, Nintendo DS and etc were not allowed in the bag. They also gave us little notebooks to take note on the talks/sessions, things we learned and I guess to doodle and draw. Then we were put into "houses"/"groups". I was in the red house and named ourselves "Old Spice" LOL. I didn't really cared about the name, and since there were boys in my team I decided why not. There were a lot of things that happened today, but I guess I'll just list some of them for me to remember it in the future:
- The Green house (ahaha so green) who couldn't think of a group name and was picked to make lunch first. (They made hot dogs :) Yupp, we had to make our own food on our own but had the leaders to help us out when needed. We also had to present our food and what it meant to us..so we had to organize it in a way and find a meaning behind it.
- All the groups teaming up to make dinner (spaghetti, salad (my team made salad), juices, etc.). I organized the food and the amount I wanted... only to find out that we had to give our plate to the right and feed the brother/sister with our plate. I was pretty sad for a while... as the plate I got had little salad and my original plate had a lot.. lol oh wells.
- The whole teams getting caught by the "barkers" for breaking the house rules such as leaning against the wall and couch while in session, complaining, talking in tagalog (we had to speak in english since some couldn't understand tagalog), some swearing and etc.. PUNISHMENT?! We did some push ups and this other exercise..mountain climbing I think lol dunno.
- Playing cards at night was SO MUCH FUN! I learned a lot of card games.. hopefully I remember them all!
A lot of other things happened but I guess I'll stop for now. I'll probably add the rest some other time!


**P.S** Sorry if this might be boring to you, but to me it's an important part of my journey in becoming a real servant and in serving the Lord. I'm learning a lot in the process... and pardon me for my not so well memory but I'll try my hardest to take in the things I've learned to heart and apply it to my life. I might lose my way in this journey, but I trust and have faith that God will bring me to my place in this world. Alrighty, I could say more but that will be all for now. THANKS FOR READING! :) **