Monday, January 01, 2007

OUR YOUTH CAMP

We had our Youth Camp last Dec. 22, 2006. We were expecting 50+ people to be in the camp but only few of them were there. My brother has a lot of contacts to other people. He made all the follow-ups before.

We invited youths from RRCY "Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth". Fifteen of them were there. I got their names, ages and where they came from. Yeah, they are from RRCY but we don't want to make it obvious that they are from jail for some reason. We were trying to trait them like the other people who are not from jail.

Self-acceptance was the first topic. We had prepared a presentation for them, a drama. We played the drama first before the session so that they could get ideas for the session. The topic was really new to them. They had participated a lot of seminars, youth-camps etc. but that was something special where it deals important points of who they are. I have heard about self-acceptance but I am really willing to learn more about it.

The second topic was Friendship, I mean, maintaining a good friendship. During my high school days, I never forget when my teacher taught us on how to gain more friends. Asking questions, you let them talk, you listen etc. I really found it useful.... in my daily life, especially when you teach. A lot of examples were listed on how to start conversations, just giving them ideas.

The third topic was Submission to Authority. Usually, teenagers would try what they could do, make their own decisions, go anywhere without asking permission from their parents. The session would really help them.

One week after the camp, we visited some of them who were at the camp. We would like to listen from them about what they had learned.

It was a one-day-seminar and was conducted by us. A lot of preparations for it and we forgot Christmas.... hehehe. Someone ask me where I was at Christmas, I answered him, "I was at my house sleeping". We were really tired, especially those speakers.

Kining tanan maoy para sa Dios. To God be the Glory again. We really don't know how God works in their lives but we know that He will work on His own ways.

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