>Living in a Lonely Life Alone<

My name is Amos Tan and I’m 18 this year. Recently I joined a camp called F³, Faith, Fun and Friendship. It was a very touching and life changing experience for me and I have volunteered to give a short but memorable testimonial about this camp.

Before I joined this camp, I was a very shy and quiet person. I never knew how to communicate with other people as they were so different in character. So I tended to be very introverted and because of this, I rarely participated in any church activities, but, by joining the F³ camp, I became a changed and renewed person. I became more open towards receiving others into my life. I made new friends and discovered my weaknesses and through this camp, I learnt to overcome them.

My life was enlightened when I joined this camp. During the course of this camp, my life took an impromptu turn for the better as I met and made new friends. They touched my life with their sincere friendship and always stuck together and cared for one another. The sharing sessions were really meaningful to me as we all shared about our own lives and through this, I learnt many new things about each other and understood more deeply their feelings and lives. This helped me become more brave and profound in communicating with other people, even when they are complete strangers to me. I showed my caring attitude towards my fellow group members by helping them through the eco-challange and we worked together in all the challenges and games that we had. By joining this camp, I not only built my self-esteem, but also got a new lease on life and friendship.

Though my experience in the camp was brief, it changed my life so drastically that I will always remember my journey throughout this camp in becoming a better person, a better being of this world to contribute to the well being of this earth but most of all, to better appreciate the true meaning of friendship in which we can discover the wonders of God.

Thank You.

This will be read by me this coming 28/06/2009 offical day at st theresa church