• Sights and Sounds of Youth Campmeeting

    Posted on April 9, 2012 by BrendaS in Uncategorized.

    This April began with the close of our second term of school. So with what few students remained and what staff wanted to go, we left for camp meeting. The theme was, “The Great Controversy”. We had two guest speakers from Malaysia, David Fam and Andy, both of Chinese ancestery. Both gave great appeals on how very close the end of the world is and how we need to be ready now for His soon return. There were also appeals given for the great need of translating EGW books into the Karen language. They only have “Steps to Christ”. The desire is to get the Conflict Series translated. Please pray for these people and the translation work so they can understand more of the gospel and get the messages out far and wide into “no mans land” so Jesus can come soon. Now I will share with you the sights and sounds of camp meeting–Karen style.

     

    Here is the big building where the campmeeting was held. It is a SDA boarding place for Karen students who attend public Thai school.

     

    Inside this big building, somewhere between 300-400 people gathered to hear God’s Word spoken to them through sermons, music and scripture recitations. And to make it more bearable in the humid weather, large fans were placed around so that we can feel refreshed and stay awake!

     

     

Andy was our other speaker. His presentations were practical lessons from the first half of the book of Daniel. Some of the topics were “Redeeming the Time,” “Being a Shining Light,” and “Lessons Repeated”.

 

After some spiritual food, it was sure nice to have some physical food. Three times a day we had long lines of people waiting their turn to get some tasty Karen curry. (Not the same as Indian curry.)

 

Karen curries are very much like stews and stir fries. This is a cucumber and onion curry with a spicy side curry–sometimes too spicy. Other variations of curry can be potato and yellow split peas or stir fried greens and onions and so on.Very delicious.

 

May God bless these Karen people as they go back to their homes in Thailand and Burma. And may they put the messages they have heard into practice personally and be a shining light in their villages.

 

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