好丑哦！！ So ugly!!
唉，没办法，有时候为了要讨好年轻人，真的要牺牲形象。。。这年头牧师不容易当哦。。。哈哈！
Sigh! No choice! Sometimes to please the young people, you really need to sacrifice your image… not easy to be a pastor nowadays… Haha!
12月14-17日是我们教会常年少团营会，本来这一次我不打算参加，因最近都非常忙碌，感觉身、心、灵都有点疲惫。。。再加上这一次营会地点是遥远的诗巫，我更提不起劲要去了！
所以我也没什么参与，把一切交给我的好同工，少团团长高伟宏全权计划和负责。。。当我告诉他我不打算去时，他反应很惊讶（不知是惊是喜？哈哈！）。。。
很多少年人得知我没去时也不知是悲是喜。。。（ 听起来好像在寻找肯定哦。。。哈哈。。。）
他们14日（星期一）启程，我一般上都在礼拜一休息，都不出去，况且我以为他们会一大早就离开。。。哪知道大约下午两点半时收到伟宏的简讯说 “牧师，我们现在走了。。。”，我才恍然大悟他们没那么早离开。。。
坐在我厕所宝座上默想。。。（哎哟，何必强调在厕所里啊！。。。喂！我是想给你们知道我们无论何时何地都可以跟上帝沟通的！你们知道有很多人拜的神在厕所里就失去“功力”了吗？我们的神没有这么弱。。。）
好，言归正传。。。我在厕所里默想。。。顿觉惭愧！我怎么都没去给这些可爱的少年人祝福送行呢？我这一次未免显得太漠不关心了。。。我感觉到上帝在责备我。。。
我在厕所里悔改，也问上帝我该怎么办。。。
突然间一个念头跑进来叫我给他们惊喜，突然间出现在他们营会！我就去查我的日记，发现我能够第三天一大早搭飞机过去（他们都是坐巴士去营地，总共坐了八个小时！坐飞机顶多45分钟。。。）
所以星期三那一天，他们聚会到一半我突然走进来，“骚扰”到正在讲道的高大人。。。他也呆了一下，挤出一句“欢迎牧师到来！”。。。所有的少年人就转过身来猛烈拍掌。。。
喂，老实说，我这样出现你们是惊喜还是惊恐啊？？？有没有感动到？？？哈哈哈。。。
参加了他们的营会，我没有变成更累，反而重新得力，有时间安静，与主沟通，计划一些明年的行程等等。。。
我非常欣慰我有去，上帝真的是很好！也谢谢少年人接纳我迟来的报名！哈哈！
后来另一只猴子也出现。。。
Later, another monkey appeared too…
Dec 14-17 was our church’s annual Youth Camp. I did not intend to join at all this year because I have been so busy recently till I feel rather exhausted in all aspects… plus this time the camp site was in Sibu, a distant town, so I was even less interested!
So I did not participate much, I handed all the duties to my good co-worker, our Youth leader David Koh to plan and decide completely… When I told him I was not going, he appeared shocked ( But don’t know happy or sad? Haha! )
I also wonder whether many youths were happy or sad when they knew I was not going… ( sounds like fishing for some assurance here…haha… )
They left on Monday the 14th. I normally rest on Monday and I don’t even go out, and I thought they would have left very early in the morning… then unexpectedly I received a text message from David at about 2:30pm saying “Pastor, we are leaving now…” Only then I realised they did not leave so early…
I meditated as I sat on my throne in the toilet… (Hey, is such a detail necessary?… oh sure! I’m trying to let you guys know we can communicate with God at any time, any place! Do you know many gods that others worship lose their “power” in the toilet? Our God is not that weak…)
Alright, back to the story… I was meditating in the toilet… I suddenly felt ashamed! Why did I not go and bless these adorable youths before they left? I have been too nonchalant this time… I felt God rebuking me…
I repented in the toilet and asked God what I should do now…
Suddenly a thought entered my mind to give them a surprise, to suddenly appear in their camp! So I went to check my diary and discovered that I could fly in on Wednesday morning ( they went in four buses and took 8 hours to arrive! It’s only about 45 minutes by flight at the most…)
So on Wednesday, while they were in the midst of their meeting I suddenly walked in and ” disrupted” Mr. David’s preaching… He was taken aback as well and then blurted out “Let’s welcome Pastor’s arrival!”… Then all the youths turned around and clapped thunderously…
Hey, honestly, were you guys pleasantly or shockingly surprised when I suddenly appeared??? Wre you touched a bit??? Hahaha…
After joining their camp, I did not become more exhausted, instead my strength was renewed, I had time to be quiet, to communicate with God to plan for my schedule next year etc…
I’m very glad I went, indeed God is very good! And I want to thank all the youths too for accepting my late registration! Haha!