Last Friday, nagkaroon ng Leadership Camp ang Youth Group namin sa Parish.. bait ko no? hehehe..It’s a leadership seminar for all the potential leaders sa parish namin. Anyway, after my work, merong mga bagay na pumipigil sa akin na tumuloy, kesyo malakas ang ulan, dahil nung mga panahon na yun ay mayroong super typhoon na ang pangalan ay “Egay” isa pa sa naiisip ko ay feeling ko papagalitan ako ng ate ko, dahil dun, hinde mapakali ang isip ko kung sasama ba ako o hinde.. After a long period of thinking, I decided na sumama sa Camp, dahil isa ako sa mga taong in-charge sa Camp kaya dapat lang talaga na sumama ako dun. When we get to the place, grabe, sobrang dilim, mapapa-isip ka talaga na may “Mumu” dun, at parang hinde ko kaya na matulog ng isang gabi lang dahil sa place at posible talaga na may mga “Mumu” dun, pero nung unang araw, salamat kasi hinde kami natulog sa tent kasi binaha yung loob at sobrang lakas ng ulan, natulog kami sa kusina at ang mga girls sa session hall. That night i was not able to sleep well, maybe because hinde na ako sanay na matulog sa ibang bahay, or maybe may kulang sa higaan ko, at malamig ang paa ko, Grabe, that night i was not able to sleep talaga, there’s a lot of things comes to my mind, the “Mumu” na iniisip ko, was actually trying to scare me that time. And when my phone alarms, I woke up, try to help my fellow staff in preparing for breakfast that we are going to eat, and then the challenging part is, we have no water.. Sabi nga nila, ” wag niyo ko kausapin dahil Bad Breath ako..” imagine I am one of them who is complaining like that.. 
Syempre as a staff you need to do something, hinanap namin yung care taker tapos sinabi namin sa kaniya na wala na talaga kaming tubig, tapos, all participants are need to wash their face and para makapag-toothbrush na din, so they forced to find water, and eventually naisip nila na kumuha na lang sa pool. Kumuha sila dun at nakaligo na yung ilan sa kanila. We have a very wonderful stay dun not because of the place, but because of God who stayed with us during the camp, meron mang mga nagka-alergy dahil sa mga insects na nandun, nagkasakit, but we are happy that we experience that kind of life and the most thing that I am thankful, that God allowed us to know ourselves, he allowed us also to know others, and most of all he allowed us to know him more…And then i began to appreciate the place…We have our own fears, I remember an activity during the camp, the activity is walking alone, not just walking alone with flashlights, or during morning but you will walk in darkness. It means gabi sila maglalakad. The Speaker asked help from me, she said; ” Can you stay to the stations that are very dark?” Sabi ko patay, it will test my courage, and bravery.. she told me na maglagay kami ng mga kandila sa mga daraanan nila to be their guide para makita nila yung mga stations, yung liwanag lang na yun ang kanilang gabay para makapunta sa dapat nilang puntahan, Sabi ko sa sarili ko, ” Bakit ako pa? pede naman yung iba..pero maybe God knows that I am brave, pero dami talagang pumapasok sa isip ko that time na, baka may ahas na dumaan, tuklawin pa ako..Napa-isip lang ako that time na God is with me, kaya nga pinahawak niya ako ng flashlights para mawala ng konti yung takot ko, kaya yuni realized that without the light coming from God we cannot do it alone, it’s very hard, full of surprises, na hinde mo alam kung biglang babangga ka na ba o hinde pa, matatalisod ka ba o malulubog sa dinadaanan mo.We have different fears in us, but that activity lead me to realize that kailngan namin na maging matatag in every trials na haharapin namin, every challenges na mararanasan namin, that we need to be brave at maging malakas, because God is our light, and he will give us strength, he will give us courage to face all of those trials. God Loves Us, he allowed us to know our fears, and he allowed us to know ourselves, but most of all he allowed us to know him more..

Astig talaga ang tent namin no? Because God is our Tent, our protector in everyday life..