IBC Youth Retreat!

A few weeks ago I got the chance to join the IBC youth group retreat as a counselor... and loved it... what a blessing.  I had the best girls in my cabin (hotel room) and I sure did learn a lot about being a teenager in Singapore... lets just say I had a hard time relating to them in regards to their stresses/worries/what makes them anxious in their high school years (mine were so different).  But with God's grace I know I learned a lot and was blessed and hope they were too... wish I could spend every weekend like this.  We were the blue facebook team.  Our weekend was focused on our Identity in Christ and all the groups were media types that claim to be so many of our identities these days... facebook, myspace, twitter, linkedin and more... 

On the first night we played night games... with 600+ glow sticks... we all got to wear them they also were the outline for our game boundaries and the balls/Frisbees were covered in them so we could play volleyball and ultimate Frisbee.

Here are some cool shots of the kids running around playing the game...


Our cabin...

One of our task during the weekend was to create a website for our group... God centered that mirrored our group name... fun task and also we got some talented youth...

During the break out sessions... the youth could pick 2 places they wanted to go... one of them was hip/hop class (learning to praise God through movement) and another (second picture) was to listen to an amazing God loving man that has served on a medical mission team for several years in Siberia and other places... he was one of team of 6 (I think I got that right) and all the other doctors but him were murdered... His stories were amazing and totally centered on God... we listened, we prayed, we cried and then we sent him off to do it again.


I got to learn some new games from these youngens...

Field time... and lots of fun games... I even played FLOUR dodge ball... my cabin protected the baby while I launched the flour bombs... great times...

One of the interns was leaving on Saturday night to go into the Singapore army... he just turned 18 and was ready to serve his 2 years... so we all laid hands on him and prayed...

Our cabin again... the first night we made t-shirts and they said Facebook friends for a weekend... sisters for infinity...

Not a great picture of the back side... but we all put our names on our backs... also I learned that I (a 34 year old) should never stand next to a group of young teenagers and take a picture... not that flattering... but remember I am also pregnant... HE HE HE...it was good for the ego.

Our band was amazing...a group that flew into Malaysia (yes we were in Malaysia.. I left that part out)... from MIDLAND... yes you heard me right from MIDLAND... they were amazing and really rocked the house... when the youth was asked what their favorite part was or when they felt closest to God this weekend... almost everyone had something to say about the worship... it was amazing.



A great weekend for sure (was ready to get home to my boys) and such a blessing... I am so happy to have spent this time getting to know these children (young men and women of God)... God has something great in store for each one of them...