Spiritual & Physical Feasting - INSTALLMENT FIVE

DAY FIVE

Today is our last day in Avillion... and time passed by like lightning speed. I wasnt in the morning devotion when Eld Seah exhorted. The last point was to have Knowledge of God's Word. 4 morning devotion having the acronym W.A.L.K.

Something happened to uncle Anthony....

Aunty Beng Kheng came into the meeting room to ask if anyone brought a Blood Pressure set to camp. Then she revealed Anthony had fainted and needed medical attention. Dr Lowly wasnt in the meeting hall yet and so i followed her back to his room. Along the way, she told me he fainted twice and fell down in toilet. It sounded real bad and i thought he needed to go hospital if we couldnt find a B-P set to check his pressure. Called Deffrey to ask if he can send him to hospital and arranged for standby. Expected to be greeted by a bad scene when i entered his room. Found him joking away and getting ready to brush his teeth. Whew.... thank God.....it wasnt as bad as i thought. He did fall and had bad scratches and marks on his shoulders. Thank God too he didnt hit his head during fainting. All i knew was he fell and injured his back during the futsal challenge and he was nursing his injury. Perhaps he woke up in the middle of night and rushed to toilet too quickly and blood flow greatly reduced. Anyhow, Dr lowly asked him to seek medical treatment when he reached Singapore. It was decided that both Anthony and Angela could not drive their vehicle back (hardly slept well the night) and so lowly would drive them home. I needed to take the coach to ensure things are taken care of and so i opted out of the car ride.

We proceeded to the meeting hall but was told it was halfway thro morning D. So for the very first time, i had breakfast before the rest of the people.... i took my time to eat and we had fellowship round the table. Anthony seemed well enough and my, he sure could eat :)

Our camp ended and we had a sumptuous meal at a restaurant sourced by Eld Goh. It was 5 mins drive from the camp site and we had LALA and fried little crabs and squids. Deliciously good.... Everyone was treated to soft drinks too. You know it was so good that none of the cameramen whipped out their cameras to take any shots? Even Jamesy and Norman glued their butts to the seats for a delightful meal.

Need to mention about the coach guide in my coach. His name is C.K. His English was horrendous but he tried his best and we could understand him. Sometimes he spoke in Chinese. As the coaches drove out from hotel, he told us the midway stop after lunch was at Malacca. We will go to a Malaysia food product store to get our goods like otah and some local products. I dutifully informed all the drivers of the cars where we were heading so they could join us to get the products too. To my horror, as we got onto the coach after lunch, he said it wasnt Malacca but Yong Peng. I asked him how he could make such an error. Also lamented that i have informed all my drivers to go to Malacca and now i have to reinform. He smiled sheepishly and said sorry. Sigh.... i began to sms all of them and thank God they got my messages loud and clear. The Yo Yo store proved to be good value for money and C.K. has sort of compensated for his error.... haha... he even personally pointed to me what goods to buy.

Besides this, C.K. seemed "handicapped" to timing. Why would i say so? On our journey to Avillion after lunch at Yong Peng, he announced in my coach that it would take 3-4 hours to reach. Nonsence! Deffrey and I looked at each other.... because we knew the max time was only 2 hours. I began to wonder if he knew his stuff or just couldnt tell or estimate time. My suspicion was kind of confirmed on our way back to Singapore. Once again he announced the estimated time to reach Malacca was 3-4 hours. Haha.... Deff and I had our secret laugh. But somehow C.K. proved me wrong just before we reached the checkpoint. Our group probably drank too much at the Yo Yo store and needed an extra toilet break. C.K. asked the driver to let us down at some point (couldnt remember the name but i knew it was near....very near to Singapore). He announced that we were 40 minutes away which was correct! LOL... i couldnt help commenting in Chinese to him in a gentle tone: "Whoa, this time estimation of yours is the most correct so far." I knew i was naughty.... couldnt help it....even Deff grinned at me and we laughed.

Yup, there was another first and probably the last first for this church camp. I met my dad in that Yo Yo store!!!!! Rachel called out to me that gong gong was there. I didnt believe my ears and true enough, he was right beside me. His Pandan chinese group had their camp at Malacca and they too were on their way home to Singapore. Our family had a short reunion with him... Rachel, Isaac, Joanne & aunty Cassy. It was really unbelievable to meet someone in Malaysia, not to mention your loved ones and staying with you! An excitement indeed.

Custom clearance was speedy and queue was not long. It was a profitable and blessed camp and right now, camp committee has started sourcing for next year. God willing, we should get a place not too far away. So pray for provision of a suitable place. Signing off here for Church Camp 2008!

Oh yes... you can go to www.mytengah.com to see all the photos taken during church camp (minus Jamesy and Norman's shots). Happy viewing everyone :)