感谢神，让我遇见这么多的“天使”！

2012 年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

感谢神，让我遇见这么多的“天使”！

义工：陈丽洁（Kitty   ）

宝贝：林恒恩（Adam ）

这是我第一次参加特殊孩童亲子营。当我在受训时，心情好紧张又害怕。那时，汪妈妈很老实地告诉我们，要做好心理准备去迎接这些孩子。我的心想：“我是不是来错地方了呢？像我这种糊里糊涂的人，如何去照顾这些特殊孩子呢？”。当我向其他营友提及我的宝贝时，他们就告诉我关于宝贝的事。他是Adam （林恒恩），大家都说他很可爱也很容易照顾。我的心像似吃了一颗“定心丸”，稳定了许多。感谢神，让我遇见这么多的“天使”！

可爱的小天使

当我第一眼见到他时，我还不知道他就是Adam 。他向我亲了一下，当时的我就已经被他给溶化了。这位小天使真的非常可爱，而且还超级喜欢小丑叔叔呢！不但如此，这小天使还拥有美妙的歌声。当我第一次听他唱“云上太阳”时，我不停地掉下眼泪，心里就想着：“慈爱的天父啊，祢所寻找的敬拜者就在这里了！”。神就是要我们如此的敬拜祂。在这次营会中，我服事的岗位是敬拜赞美。当我带领敬拜时，我不再胆怯了，就单单仰望神的引导，这是Adam 所教导我的功课。

我很感谢神，让我遇见了这位小天使。记得有一次，Adam 的大哥哥，楚扬常常陪伴他玩耍。楚扬因为发生了一些事情而不开心，Adam      竟然伸手去轻轻抚摸楚扬的头。这一幕让我觉得很感动，所以我决定了Adam 所应得的奖项是“最具安慰人心奖”！

神的创造从来不会是失败的作品，这些孩子也一样是神美好的创造。神透过他们告诉了我，什么是全然的爱！什么是全然的依靠！什么是单纯的仰望！什么是自由！什么是真正的敬拜！感谢神，让我有机会来参与这营会。当我还没到营会时，我真的感觉相似去地狱般的害怕。但是当我到营会时，我会说：“我去到了天堂，还遇见了许许多多的小天使！”。愿神继续祝福每一位宝贝与义工们！

敏轩想念亲子营

敏轩想念亲子营

排一排，乐融融！

敏轩是个慢热的孩子，也很少表露他的喜怒哀悲。敏轩从亲子营回来一个月才表露他非常想念亲子营。

这几天一直把妈妈的行李箱搬出来，原来他要妈妈收拾行李再去亲子营。

敏轩昨天就一直叫恩健哥哥和拿了Refreshing Springs Resort  的地图研究。今天洗澡后，自己选了亲子营的T-shirt      穿上再带上name tag       后告诉妈妈：“恩健哥哥”他要去找恩健哥哥。

敏轩不经意的哼了好多次“云上太阳”。妈妈听了好感动眼泪直流。谢谢大家让敏轩有个不一样的学习机会。弟弟从营会回来就不停的在学习和进步，妈妈也不会停止教导、带领和爱他。

好期待明年的特殊孩童亲子营，我们约在明年。

碧丝（敏轩的妈妈）   笔

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五饼二鱼的神迹！

2012     年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

五饼二鱼的神迹！

义工：廖冰韵（副营长）

 第三届特殊孩童家庭营将要展开了！义工招募，营会筹备等等。心情不定，今年要参加吗？参加就代表一半的假期没了，要不要去？要不要去？呼！想了又想，想了又想。好吧，我去！下了决心后，就把决定告诉美华姐。

          “这次的营会，你要当副营长吗？”。“啊？副营长？！”，“对，要不要挑战自己？”。“好”没想太多，我答应了！我答应了……少根劲，没事干嘛去挑战自己？

          营会的筹备开始进行了。没想过要怎么筹备，没经验，不懂！嗯，就跟着走吧！我可以胜任吗？这个感受去到营会后，更深，更强！我可以吗？我做得到像美华姐这样吗？我好像做不到？营会第一天，我开始无意识的比较。内心的对话是很强的！一方面，压力也增高，因为我不懂要做什么，很多时候是站在一旁，看！看我可以帮到什么，看我可以做什么！看，副营长的任务是什么……有点无奈，有点难堪。感觉自己没有做事，没有帮助减轻营长的工作。

          真正的考验是在接下来的两天。营长不在！我该怎么办？嗯，我还有一个副营长可以靠！我是这样想的，在害怕的当中，上帝透过灵修的时间与我对话。我感到害怕，灵修的内容就回应“不要怕，相信我会带你渡过！”。上帝真的是很奇妙的神，祂让在人的眼光看是不好的事变成我的祝福。就是因为那样，我的心得已被上帝感动！那天唱着“相信有爱，就有奇迹”时，我的眼泪不停的滑落，不受控制。流下的眼泪就像是上帝在触动我的心！祂知道我在面对什么状况，祂知道我需要什么！我的心被开了，整个人放了。我真的很感动，上帝用这样的方式让我感受到祂的触动。开了的心，就像是开了我的情感。直接的帮助我在台上放开，可以用真诚有感受的心，为神唱出敬拜的歌声。=)  这个很重要，敬拜少了这些，仿佛少了灵魂，没有意义！感谢上帝预备我，感谢上帝看重我！“你的爱如此温柔，超乎我心所想，这样大有能力的主，尽捧我在手掌心上……”

          渡过了这些天，我真的只能说靠着上帝，我们献上自己的五饼二鱼，上帝真的会使用，而且加倍祝福！我听过这句话，我们去营会其实不是给于，乃是领受。起初我不明白，现在有一点感受到这句话的意思！是的，在营会里我的确是领受多于所给于的！=)

左一为冰韵，右一为Elaine Lim 林慧仪

经历了天堂般的生活！

2012    年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

经历了天堂般的生活！

义工：钟佩君（Cammy ）

宝贝：林凯恩

好温馨的一张大合照

这是我第二次参加营会，也是让我印象最深刻的一次！

每一天早上，美玲牧师带领的灵修，都会让我流下眼泪。还记得她说，眼泪是可以洗涤你心中的灰尘。这是真的，营会结束后，我觉得我的心好像被抹干净的窗一样，眼前的风景清晰很多。

这次的营会，我被安排和Jessie  一起照顾一个基督徒家庭的5 位孩子。11 岁，10 岁，8 岁，6 岁，2 岁。真的是 do , re, mi, fa, so ，很感恩的是，他们都很乖巧，很听话。我相信是与父母的教导有关，孩子们也很懂得感恩，他们不断的对我说:“谢谢”。还记得有一次，我称赞宝贝的图画画得很美，他竟然很真诚地对我说“谢谢你Cammy  姐姐”，我问他为什么说谢谢呢，他却回答我说：“因为你称赞我的画很好看” 。那一刻，我有点愣住了，好懂得感恩的孩子，我非要向他学习不可！

还有宝贝11 岁的姐姐，她个子长得比较高大，让我时常忘记她仅11 岁。她也想和其他的孩子一样，唱歌、跳舞、玩游戏。营会中，她闹了几次情绪。过后，她告诉我，她照顾妹妹很累。可是，我觉得她是一个称职，而且很有责任感的姐姐，她很爱弟弟妹妹们。

在营会中，我有机会享受了比按摩椅还要舒服的按摩服务。4 位孩子很认真、用心地为我做全身按摩，我觉得自己很幸福叻！其他义工也非常羡慕我的福气，哈哈！所谓独乐乐，不如众乐乐，第二天，我安排宝贝们去为其他义工按摩，大家都乐成一团！

制作巧克力曲奇饼干！

最让我印象深刻的，莫过于走生命桥。我一共陪伴了5 位孩子走生命桥。其中一位孩子的回应，最令我难忘。当义工问他，你要我为你祷告什么时，这位孩子回答：“耶稣爱我” 。我的眼泪就不禁潸然的落下了。我掉眼泪是因为我觉得惭愧，一位只有6 岁的孩子，他什么都不要，他只求耶稣的爱。这样的回答真叫我震撼！我和另一位辅导忍不住，我们都哭了，孩子看到我们哭，他也掉眼泪了！结果，我们抱在一起，哭成一团！当我抱着他时，我的心是温暖的，因为耶稣透过这位孩子，提醒和安慰了我！虽然营会结束了，但是那位孩子的回答依然非常清晰地留在我的脑海中，不停地播放着。每当想起，我就会掉下眼泪。但是心中是暖暖的，感动的。从这刻开始，我决定要重新拥抱耶稣的爱！在营会里，我经历了天堂般的生活！每一分每一秒都让我感动。我看见每位义工如何用尽办法去照顾这些孩子，他们都不吝啬付出仅有的爱心和耐心，大家都彼此扶持、彼此鼓励和彼此关心。虽然在营会里，很多人是我第一次认识的，可是却大家就好像认识了很久，有如一家人一样。

营会结束，在回家的路途中，宝贝打电话给我，告诉我说他们想念我，我很不舍得他们哦！当然，我们依然会继续联络，因为营会的结束只是个逗号，而不是个句号。在营会里，让我看见爱，看见合一；团队的服事是多么的美啊！我相信耶稣非常喜悦我们如此同心合一的服事！因着耶稣的爱，人的爱是可以无限的，加油！

（Ps:  明年的营会记得要算我一份在内哦！）

前排左一为Jessie,  左二为笔者

Fully feel God's Love and Amazing creations!

2012    年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

Fully feel God's love and Amazing creations!

义工 ：Summer Chang 郑惠君
宝贝 ：彭欣玮

1, 2, 3, say CHEESE! =)

Initially, I felt that going to this camp was a big ' Mission Impossible ' for me. I knew I did not have the patience or even the humble spirit to be a volunteer in this camp. Much worse,  I was not well versed in Mandarin/Chinese. How then could I communicate? But my brother & sisters in Christ encouraged & persuaded me to give this camp a try. With faith & curiosity of a child, I did. And I never regret the decision that I had made.

During the training, I started to see that as long as I was willing to offer my ' 5 loaves & 2 fishes ' into God's hands ... as long as I was walking with God ... He would turn my mission impossible into ' Mission Possible ' (with God all things are possible - Matt 19:26). During that few days, we were not only being equipped spiritually, emotionally but also physically - good food & vitamins for  the camp.  I was amazed that we also learned a body & face massage that would benefit the children. I had learned much during the training but what i didn't know was...  the training was only the tip of an iceberg. More lessons & blessings were received during the camp.

When I 1st saw my bao bei  Xin Wei ... I really thought she was like a little angel shining & glowing in the room. She was a beautiful child. My heart was stirred. I didn't know then, that God would be using this little angel of His to teach me to love & be humble. I tried many ways to bond & relate to her. Most of the time, I failed. I realized, I had depended on my own ability once again (as always). I also realized that Xin Wei was especially fond of another volunteer, John. I prayed & I knew then that God wanted me to depend on Him & not to depend on others. God wanted me to humble myself & ask for help. Being a very independent  person, asking for help  was not an easy task for me. After  asking John for help, I could see that Xin Wei's bond with him was getting stronger. I had to admit that my heart ached that it was not me by her side. But a small voice in my head asked, "Is it important ? ". Suddenly everything became clear. It was not important that it was not I who made her laughed. The most important thing was that Xin Wei was enjoying herself ... that she was happy. The most important thing was she experienced love. The more people loved her, the better it was.

Xin Wei happily playing ball with John

True enough, every time my bao bei angel Xin Wei laughed or even just smiled, everything that I did was worthwhile. Even though it was a short stay at the camp, I had learned to love & care for this child.

Besides that, through Xin Wei's parents & other bao bei's parents, God showed me the meaning of true love & sacrifice. I didn't realize until now that I use my head to do & to see things. So far, I only understood God's love & creations with my head. I have not truly felt His great love. But this camp totally changed my perspective. I can now fully feel God's love & amazing creations. From now on, I will try to understand, to do & see things not only with my head but also with my heart.

May we LoVe them enough

2012    年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

May we LoVe them enough

义工 ：Fong Vin Kit
宝贝 ：Carmen 叶嘉雯

Little Angel -  Carmen

Aunty May Teo said something about I laughing happily in the camp. I laughed because I liked to see the kids laughing and smiling, and even better to see all the volunteers loving, playing with them, and cheering them up with all their efforts even though everyone was very tired. 

For us who were taking care of 2 or 3 children, it might seem hard but it was only physical and mentally tiring. In my opinion, taking care of Grace and Saito Lee’s Bao Bei was not just physically and mentally exhausting but also emotionally stressful. I am truly encouraged to see Saito Lee and Grace because both of their Bao Bei, were the hardest to be taken care and yet both Grace and Saito Lee were doing their best to take care of them. 

From the first day, when my Bao Bei arrived, I learned from her mom I needed to let her do things on her own. At first, I wanted to help her to take off her slippers and help her wear them whenever she needed to go in or out of the hall. But she didn’t allow me to help and wanted to do it herself. She taught me to let go, let the Bao Bei explore, let them learn, let them be independent and have fun. All I had to do was to let her know I was there if she needed me.

Even though I have learned to love the kids, sometimes loving is not enough. Ah Soon (my bao bei’s second brother) helped me learn to be firm even though till end of the camp, I was still not quite firm with him. Thank God for Aunty Phoebe, she was there to be firm with him and led him properly. At the end, he was very participative and was doing great even though he was still very playful. 

Finally, I am very proud of Ah Guan (my bao bei’s eldest brother), he is responsible, good mannered, polite, friendly and very helpful till the point I forget that he is just an 8 years old kid who also needs to be loved, cared for and given attention. I spent the 3rd day, most of the time with him and saw the kiddy side of him. He taught me that even though he is a normal kid, responsible and doing great, he is still a child and I as a volunteer should not forget that he also longs to be of loved and cared for. I think even in other cases as well we should not forget the basic needs of normal kids.

As I can see that each of us is doing our best to love the kids, we also need to remember hope and faith. May we love them enough that we have the faith to hope for the miracle in their lives. (1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.)

See, what is Uncle Button doing there?

接触单纯又喜乐的生命

2012    年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

接触单纯又喜乐的生命

义工 ：John  黄永益

宝贝 ：Victor  谢万俊

培训期间得知，我将照顾美玲牧师的长子Victor 。查看资料的时候，我觉得这宝贝应该蛮容易带的，至少美玲牧师是这样告诉我的。

跟Victor 的第一次接触是在培训的第一天。基于听障的缘故，沟通成为了我们之间最大的挑战；而且我给Victor 的第一印象好像就不怎么讨他喜欢。遇见Victor 之前，我从来没想过不说话却又得成为朋友的可能性，但面前的挑战就是如此。培训期间学了一些基本的手语，刚开始接触Victor 的时候，我因为被拒绝而感到非常的伤心失望。但感谢神透过汪妈妈的分享、美玲牧师的指导、辅导们很多很多的鼓励与帮助及更多更多的祷告，给了我勇气继续不断的尝试第二次、第三次、第四次……直到营会的第二天，Victor 主动地、温柔的、满脸笑容的牵起我的手，跟我一起玩耍。

左一为笔者

我清楚知道我所做的事其实很少，但慈爱的天父却动了善工，让我能够与这位天使成为朋友。照顾特殊小孩确实辛苦，其实放弃的念头从来没有停止过；但每当看见Victor 那真实又诚恳的笑容，就提醒了我：上帝喜爱这群小孩，而且天堂是为他们预备的。无时无刻，他仿佛都在告诉我应该单纯地做小孩子，单纯地玩乐、单纯地开心、单纯的依赖天父的恩典与平安、单纯的去爱与被爱……谢谢Victor 跟我分享他单纯又喜乐的生命。虽然身体疲累，心灵却得以安静舒适地在Victor 的笑容里休息，再次充满爱的力量。

感谢上帝透过Victor 教导我，生命的主权都在天父的手中。纵然面对风浪、手中所有的也不过只是五饼二鱼，但只要全然交托并坚持相信神迹，天父必按照祂的旨意成全美事，叫爱神的人得益处。

感谢天父让我在营会中还认识了另一位天使，Victor 的弟弟Andrew 。一位只有14 岁却是那么温柔、体贴且成熟的辅导。无论是照顾自己的哥哥还是营会里其他的特殊儿童，他那份爱心与耐心确实让我敬佩且深受鼓励。

上帝赐下特殊儿童，其实还伴随了丰富的恩典与祝福。我相信天父的眼目从不离开他们，而是将爱充满其中，使他们成为众人的祝福与榜样。

感谢神让我如此地蒙恩蒙福，一切荣耀归给行神迹奇事的救主耶稣基督！

这是一个超棒的亲子营

2012 年第三届特殊儿童亲子营营后感

这是一个超棒的亲子营

义工：李汇祥（Jonathan ）
宝贝：黄宽宥

第一次接触这营会的我，在开始训练的第一天实在是懵懵懂懂，因为在我的观念里，我只是想到营会里做一些义务的工作，如：扫地、洗厕所、搬运之类的打杂工作。万万想不到在培训的第一天，我的名字居然出现在我完全不认识的岗位里，“辅导义工”（Guidance volunteer ）这是什么来的？而且还是特殊孩童的辅导义工！这对没做任何准备的我简直是一个巨大的挑战，在培训的过程中，我看见筹委们认真的态度，悉心的讲解，加上台湾家长汪妈妈的感动分享。一直到她在我们当中问：“到底现在有谁想到火车站买火车票回家”时，我就起了一个思想，“这营会不是一个简单的营会”。我承认自己也开始担心起来了，感谢神，当时祂给了我一颗坚强的心，我有一份感动，祂会让我在这营会里得到一份人生的启示，最终我接受了这份使命，并迈开我的第一次。

我在这次的服侍里所经历的每一个过程都是“爱”的经验。从汪妈妈的分享，筹委的训练，直到营地中的服侍，在这整整的168 时中，我坦然直言的说“我没有惘然的渡过”。亲子营中的每一位宝贝们是上帝所疼爱、珍惜的宝贝，这话一点也不假，因为宝贝们就像一张张的拼图，他们这一张张的拼图慢慢的把在爱中的空虚慢慢的拼凑成完整，上帝的大能籍着这一群的宝贝，激发起我心中的爱、怜悯，看着这一群的宝贝我安静地问我自己一个问题，“为何我要把自己的痛苦难处放大呢？”，上帝使用这群孩子启示了我一个答案，就是站稳你的脚步，把自己手中所抓紧的痛苦松一松手，把思想扭转一下，去到爱他们服侍他们，在营会中有弟兄姐妹会告诉我“你是一个好义工”，其实我想告诉大家“我不棒，在营会中我是一个领受的人”。简单的说：“我是一位付出者；也是一位领受者”，不要把我放大，你若发现我活出了爱，谢谢你！这爱不是我的，因为我没有，但在耶稣基督里有，祂就是爱的根源“相信有爱就有奇迹”。                                                        

特殊孩童亲子营，这绝对不是一个普通的营会，当我们看着每一位特殊孩子，我相信所有参与营会的每一位义工的心中都流着“一滴滴的泪水”，但当每一滴的泪水流过我们的心中时，都形成了“爱”的印记，激发了我们“爱”的意愿！

亲爱的朋友们，您倘若真的对“爱”孩子尚有一点点的疑问，我诚意的邀请您来，请您来参加这“爱”的营会，您必定会发觉您仿佛已熄灭的“爱”，必定再一次的被点燃起来，您必不后悔，您无法应对的孩子，将成为您的祝福，您手中的宝贝！

“营会不能没有，同样的营会也需要大家的五饼二鱼，来供应给所有需要的公众”。我不知道我手中有多少的五饼二鱼，但我若将自己手中所仅有的献上，上帝就能将这仅有的、看为不起眼的饼和鱼化为满满的祝福！

主内的亲人、辅导义工们，加油！这不是说，我已经得着了，已经完全了，我乃是歇力追求，或者得着基督耶稣所以得着我的！（腓立比书3 章12 节）

汇祥细心的陪伴宽宥

Application for volunteer for 2013

Reuben's Application for Counselor for 2013 Camp (with his resume)   


          I have been taking care of these Special Needs Children for 2 consecutive years in Special Needs Children Family Camp. I believe the camp not only teaches the children, in some ways it teaches us counselors to be more patient and loving. Some of us do not have brothers and sisters and when we take care of these children, you feel like that special kid is your sibling.

          In my experiences, I have taken care of Chong Jin Hao and Low Zhong Han (who has ADHD) and when I leave them after the camp, I feel like I have lost someone I love. These children are not just children whom you play with, these children need people who understand them and care for them.

          This year's camp has changed me but I pray it will change me even more next year. But my goal next year, is to make an impact in someone's heart, doesn't matter if its the child or the parent. Despite the differences in these children, they are also God's amazing creations. But some children, they need extra special care because their parents are not in the camp because they have to work.

          But as a counselor, I do not expect to get paid because I volunteered to help with taking care of children. I believe we will definitely be blessed in Heaven. And although some counselors are forced by their parents to come to this camp to help, I'm sure God will use them fully.

          I'd like to thank Pastor Bee Leng, Aunt Phoebe Long and all the staff/counselors this year for teaching me new things. This year's camp has changed me but I pray it will change me even more next year. Although this camp was meant for the children to have fun, who says the counselors can't have fun? I believe as long as there is love and faith, there will be miracles. 相信有爱, 就有奇迹.

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