Youth Retreat: Journey to the Heart 2014

Join Us On A Youth Retreat Like No Other! 

IBLP South East Asia is organizing it’s first Journey to the Heart this August. Journey to the Heart is an excellent program from the United States that has touched and changed many lives. This Journey will be facilitated by both American and local leaders. Will you join us to experience the reality of God?

TRIP INFO:

Dates: 11 - 20 August 2014 (10 days)
Location: Puncak, Indonesia
Cost: Regular Price - SGD$100/day* (SGD$1000) || ATI Student Price- SGD$80/day* (SGD$800)
*Cost includes training, materials, meals, lodging and transportation. Cost does not include the flight from your country of origin to Indonesia. 
Closing Date: 30 June 2014
Requirements: Youth between 15 - 26 years
Questions? Please email Mr. Teh (tteh@sg.iblp.org)

WHAT IS JOURNEY TO THE HEART? 

We live in a fast paced world. Social media, books, friends - all good things but they often distract us from taking God seriously. Whether your walk with God is strong or almost nonexistent, the goal of the Journey is to help you go deeper into the person of God. How does this work? Here are a few ways:

• You’ll hear powerful truths that can help you break free from past hurts, bitterness, guilt, and hidden sin.
• You’ll be able to spend time alone with God and His Word, learning to hear His voice and speak to Him. 
• You'll study 18 heart conditions described in the Bible, both good and bad. 
• You’ll spend time as a team encouraging one another through prayer and small group discussion. 
• You’ll hear stirring life stories and messages from the hearts of people who love God. 
• You’ll be able to have good fun and Godly fellowship through sports, singing, etc. 

Here's the group picture from when I went to the same retreat in USA! Can you spot me?

Click Here for Journey to the Heart's USA website.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13

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Seeking God - At Camp!

Wow.. we've just had our first Bright Lights camp! It was so much fun (although the main purpose of the camp was not to have fun but instead to seek God and spend time with Him) and the fellowship was so encouraging! The highlight for many of us was the personal time we spent away from other people, searching our hearts, and hearing from God. It was a very special way to begin the year :)

The venue: A huge, amazing, three-storey chalet with a large deck, wicker chairs, swings and umbrella tables at the SAF Seaview Resort. It was just right for the people we had.

It was great getting to know new friends better as well as spending time with old friends! Each room took turns to have clean-up duty after meals, and we also had to tidy our rooms each morning.

After the 'serious' events of the day (such as small group, discussion, and quiet time), some of the leaders organized games for the evening. Here we are playing telephone charades, which was hilarious :)

Abi, with all our snacks! (a very useful thing to have, as I've found out, when watching a movie!) Abi was one of our amazing photographers :)

Here's Joanna pointing to her mailbox! Everybody at camp got a little envelope, which was stuck on the wall, and we would write notes to each other throughout the camp and put it in their 'mailbox'. :) Often there would be clusters of girls around the envelopes, and they'd be sitting around the table writing notes :)

This is one of the little huts they had out on the deck. It was so nice to sit there and have quiet time, or chat with someone.

Each day, we had an activity where the three small groups had to come up with a skit, video it, and present it to the rest of the group. For example, we had to do a video on "seeking" and the video had to reinforce what we had learnt. We laughed so much watching each teams' videos!

During the sessions, Jolynn would share a short lesson with us before we went off on our own to a quiet place where we would search our hearts, and listen to God. Then we would get back into our groups and have discussion. Small group time had us learning about different Bible characters (specifically Ruth and Solomon) as we completed a worksheet, as well as craft and prayer.

The Sparklers!

...the Candles (they were the best at jump shots!), and...

...the whole group! (no group picture of the Torches sadly, but we're in other ones further up:))

We're doing a Knights, Maidens and Dragons pose :)

I think everyone really learnt a lot during these few days we were together, whether it's making special effort to wake up early to have quiet time, encouraging someone, or just letting others shower first!

We especially want to thank Jolynn, for all the planning, hard work, and love; the mothers for cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner for us; and the dads for doing all the barbecuing for our last dinner, where the families were invited!

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"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

- Psalm 139:23-24

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Camp-out!

We had a camp-out at Pasir Ris Park in May. Some families stayed overnight in the chalet that we booked (both in tents and in the chalet's bedrooms) while others came the day after for cycling, games and a BBQ dinner. Although it rained, we still had a lot of fun!:) Those that slept out in the tents got woken up by the storm in the middle of the night and they had to come inside to sleep, but the next morning we all enjoyed a good time at morning devotions that Uncle Stu led.

Some of the highlights and pictures:

A lunch of tin-foil-chicken (??) taught by Auntie Suzi and Uncle Joseph. We cut potatoes and carrots and tomatoes and along with chicken and sausages, wrapped them in aluminum and cooked them over the barbecue pit.

The packets of food cooking. Rotate the packet every five minutes, and once it bloats up, it's cooked. It was a really good meal :)

Games led and planned by Carolyn! There were a lot of team relay races (such as the three-legged race and others), and everyone enjoyed it, especially the younger children.

And, of course, we played Captain's Ball, where everyone had a ball of a time.

It was a pretty exciting game because though one team got the ball more times than the other, the latter team scored more often. :)

It was the eve of Mother's Day so everyone gathered together, and the fathers sang Blessed Assurance while the Bright Lights girls sang Beth from Psalm 119 as a serenade to the moms. :)

It was a great gathering and was a lot of fun! We're looking forward to the next one. :)

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