I enjoyed this retreat very much. I hadn’t had such great retreat/ camp before, honestly. 

Prior to the retreat, I had set for myself some retreat objectives to meet. They are

1. Be a blessing to the family through love languages or meeting felt needs
   HWSLL
   Bless at least 3 people during the retreat
   Result
   Hmm… sisters & brothers, did anyone of you feel blessed/ loved by me?
   
2. Seek God regarding the issue of ‘contentment’ & ‘money’
   HWSLL
   I need God to speak to me…
   Result
   Yup, the Lord did! He taught me by showing me verses during Day 1 worship and Day 2 quiet time. Shall not share the content here cuz it’s gonna be very long.
   
3. Know my teammates more (we were in charge of BBQ games)
   HWSLL
   Name at least 1 new discovery about each teammate
   Result
   Yup, I got to know the love language of my teammates, Pey Rou, Scene Che, Alex Tai & Chen Ding. Scene Che has 2 other older sisters, Alex cannot eat sweets and play games at the same time (he gets distracted… haha), Chen Ding is really good at playing a traditional child-hood game (forgot what it is called). Pey Rou is my G12 sister, had deeper conversations with her. Hey guys, really enjoyed working and playing with you all.
   

 Worship & Quiet time

1. Renewal & reminded of God’s love
   
2. Surrounded by the nature which we seldom experience, it was so awesome to spend quiet time there. The fact that it was so inaccessible at St John’s island, I wasn’t distracted about going out of the retreat site to do other things. Like, going home to sleep and bathe… *good choice for retreat!*
   

 I felt soooooooo loved by the family!

1. Pampered by the delicious and impressive meals we had!
   Day 1 supper: Green bean soup
   Day 2 breakfast: Chicken porridge, tea-leaf eggs, man-tou, siew-mai, coffee/tea/milo…
   Day 2 lunch: Japanese teriyaki chicken, Jap rice with pickles and black sesame, peas, miso soup, cold tofu…
   Day 2 dinner: BBQ – beef, chicken wings, marshmallows, fish, garlic bread, freshly cut and decorated fruit and salad…
   Day 3 breakfast: Bread with nutella/peanut butter/margarine, coffee/tea/milo…
   Never had I had such good food at such u-lu place nor at any camp that I’ve been to!! Thank you to the Makan team!
   
2. I was protected from attempted attacks by cats and cockroaches by brothers and sisters – don’t know why I attracted them. Eeee. I’m really very afraid of animals and insects.
   
3. Pastor Shufang’s efforts in planning, organizing and running the retreat for us all despite pregnancy inconveniences. Thank you Pastor, that was such an act of love for us all.
   
4. Quality time spent with many brothers and sisters! My love languages are quality time and words of affirmation. That’s why feel so loved. J
   

 I AM very tickled by a few incidents that happened during the retreat:

1. Jonathan Tan’s spastic woman-look… Bro, you are so humorous!
   
2. Kien Chuan’s ‘Honey, I love you’ & ‘Darling, I’m home’… Bro, you had indeed impressed me lots!
   
3. Wang Ying’s scratching of head to show that she feels loved… Sis, you’re so lovable and cute when you did that action. Hee…
   
4. Vincent’s zero-point game incident: His trousers …… *erm*    Bro, you are so onz! Shared with us openly about it some more… Hee
   

Honestly, I think I hadn’t had good laughs for quite a long time. Good laughs are good! 

I also want to thank God for opportunities to know Pastor Hee Jhee’s 12 (whom I’m least familiar with) more through the fellowship time, even after the retreat when we went for lunch before service.

Thank you SF12, HG12, HJ12 & my G12 sisters! Muackz!