Journey with my Creator: 'No Apologies' Youth Camp

Cameron Highlands, there’s where we spent our Malaysia Day this year. TMC PJ has invited Andrew to speak in their ‘No Apologies’ Youth Camp, touching on the topic – God is my Match-maker.

After loading our bags in the car, excitingly we left TI. Erwyn slept through the entire journey while Elyse was awake all the time. My mom and I felt asleep one hour later. Elyse was such a good girl, she played by herself from then on.

We reached Cameron around 3pm. It was raining. The weather was cold. What surprised us most was the road to the Highland Christian Center, the place where we would be staying, was under construction due to a landslide. All the cars were parked a distance away and people needed to walk up the hill by foot. With two young kids and 5 bags to carry, not to mention the rain and only one umbrella in the car, we set off the adventure. Well, not all at one time though, Andrew made a few trips and later with the help of Grace, one of the organizing committee members, finally we arrived safely.

Our room was located at the second floor and all 4 of us, my mom, Elyse, Erwyn and me, snuggled in our bed after settling down. Hmm, where was Andrew then? Poor Daddy, after a 2-hour tiring drive and strenuous exercising by walking up and down the hill for three times, he headed to the hall to minister to the youth immediately. One would say that being a pastor is not easy. Apparently being a pastor and a husband and a father is certainly tough and demanding.

We had a good night sleep with Erwyn sleeping from 12 midnight until the next morning 7:30am without waking up at all in between for feeding. Ahh, not all of us. Elyse insisted to sleep on the top bunk with Daddy while Mommy, Erwyn and Grandma slept on the lower bunk. The top bunk was only a single size mattress and Elyse is not at all a nice sleeper. She kicked and squeezed Daddy the whole night through.

We left for Kea Farm around 11:30am but the traffic was really bad until it was bumper to bumper from Brinchang all the way to Kea Farm. We grabbed some vegetables and flowers. It was very crowded and the prices were slightly more expensive than the previous time we came. Looks like the people there took advantage of the holiday season and raised the price.

Right after the Kea Farm, we went for lunch in a restaurant at Tanah Rata. This was the same restaurant we came for steamboat on our previous trip. However, it was disappointing that after the waitress has taken our order, instead of cooking our dishes, the chef prepared dishes for a tourist bus group who arrived later than us. We waited for so long until we complained to the lady boss.

We left Cameron Highlands at 3pm and reached TI around 5pm plus. This time, Elyse and Erwyn were both sleeping soundly the entire journey. Unlike Cameron, the weather at TI is warm and humid. We certainly missed the cold breeze and fresh air up the hill.

The youth from TMC PJ would only go back on Sunday. We hope that Andrew has ministered to them and the camp was helpful in admonishing them to live a consecrated life for God.