now it gets wordy...I'm not long winded...just passionate about spreadin Gods love :)

ok, so i just got back from my church's confirmation camp and i never felt better! yahoo! God loves me and damnit it feels good! alright, so i wasnt exactly in a very good state going into the camp...i mean look at it this way...Mr. Number 2 under 17 golfer in singapore just had a huge ego check at national interschools...finished outside the top 10 for the first time in a while...had a bad run in with mom and argued alot on thursday with her...didnt exactly feel any kinda love from up above if you catch my drift...

so i got there kinda searching for something and after 3 days I've definately found whatever i was looking for and a whole lot more...i probably wont relate to you everything that happened and we all went through but I'll give you all the gist of it...after all, everyone complains that my posts are too wordy :( anyway...

so anyway...day 1...went for confession and yes it was a good one, felt it was something that i had been putting off for a long time and i finally got it done! played some icebreakers and had an amazing race around the church...realised what an oblivious catholic/christian i really am... :/ ...my team actually finished 2nd...cool...won like a super big box of chocs...night sharing was about the masks that we all wear in our lives and how we're all afraid to let people see the real us...actually those of you that know me well enough will vouch for me that when it comes to good old timmy...what you see is what you get...100% natural nutcase...and yes...its the real me...i do admit to the occational mask but yep...most of the time its the real me :) ...slept @ 11.30...

day 2...asked how much did we think God was worth...enough for us to dance like retards to insanely slow music looking like daisies poppin out of the ground? apparently so...after that got into becoming aware of all our faults...major and minor (yes to those guys in the back I am the occational egomaniac, irresponsible, vengeful and forgetful idiot) ...got yelled at while blindfolded about all the stupid things we did but in the end we never felt more love from God after uncle George told us that no matter what he's always love us...and that meant something to me...and it touched me deep inside...had very deep experience of Gods love again at night...feet were washed and just made me feel special even though I'm such an unworthy recipient of love (remember, I just fought with mom and chewed off the heads of a couple of my juniors like last week so yeah...) ...so anyway, really felt God's love again and like a macho man I held back the tears...slept @ midnight...

went for pentecost sunday (the day the diciples recieved the holy spirit) mass at 7am and really noticed how beautiful St. Thresa's church is...just a wonderful place to bask in the presence of God...had breakfast and then went for final "experience"...blindfolded and had our feet washed again and that special feeling came over me once more...blindfolds were taken off and they told us that if we felt compelled to we could go around and wash the feet of others...ok, i'll admit...i was really apprehansive but along come chris kwan and I just feel compelled to get a bucket and start washing feet...so off i went and with every foot i washed and every friend I hugged the tears just started welling up and flowing out...so yeah, i have no idea how long we were there but it seemed like forever...just washing each others feet and spreading the love of God...its was the most beautiful thing I've seen and experienced in my life so far...and my friends came up to wash my feet and we just all felt this great love in the room...honestly..there wasnt a dry eye in the house when we were all done...

i mean i can truly tell all of you that in that room and throughout this whole weekend, ive felt Gods overwhelming love coming from each and everyone of my fellow confirmants...most i didnt even know going into the camp but now who I love and treasure as my very special brothers and sisters in christ...and I love each and every one of them!

eric said that most people who experience this kinda camp lose the feeling and want to spread the love of God after maximum 3 weeks...80% of people to be exact...but to my newfound brothers and sisters from church who are reading this now...lets just keep it going forever! I mean what we experienced was something truly special and something I sincerely want everyone to feel..God's love...so keep the fire burnin guys! LOVE YOU ALL!

thanks to...Aloy, Sonia, Linus, Arnold, Desiree, Agnes, Simone, Gladys, Leon, Nick, Joel, Julian, Kevin, Rainer, Bertrand, Olivia, Michelle's C & Wong, Joyce, Kenneth, Teresa, Kimberly, Pamela, Amanda, Venetia, Nick Png, Evan, Chris, Sonia Chew, Jerome, Ian, Daniel, George, Eric, Marcus, Father Val, Natasha, Eliane, Crystal and to everyone else who shared this experience with me!

PEACE BE WITH YOU! God loves you and so do I :)

a friend is just a phone call away...*hint**hint*

spread the lovin'

Rob Valentine