Y.E.S 2009

HELLO EARTHLINGS!

Y.E.S 2009 was held on Monday 8th of June till Wednesday 10th of June 2009. For some of you who don't know. Y.E.S is short for Youth Enrichment Seminar. And no, its not where youths go to get rich in property and cash. But rich in knowledge and understanding. This years theme was HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS.
It took place in the Klang church building. Y.E.S is a sleepover kinda thing... So, yea. The participants slept over in the building. The boys slept in the annex room while the girls took the 3 study rooms upstairs.
Participation was very good this year. Considering over 40+ people attended. Some didn't stay over though but they still count.
On the first day, our own Sis Chong Yen Yen was in charge of registration. Participants were required to pay RM15 for this 3 day seminar. This RM15 was for the food that were being catered.
And boy was the food de-li-cious! yum!~ And loads of it too. hehe.


DAY 1 - Monday
The program started around 9-9:30 A.M. It kickstart with singing lead by bro Sean Lim and then lessons which was taught by Bro Chris Lopez. Bro Sean taught the visitors class. Bro Chris split the participants into 5 groups. Appointed group secretaries and were given the task to discuss about a certain topic given to them. After the discussion,were asked what method were used to get their answers. And there were some pretty good methods used says bro Chris.
Shows that everyone was thinking. lol. After the presentation, we haddd...... LUNCH! food was like i said, yummy! After lunch, the groups were to present their answers. After lessons, was tea!
After tea, we had games! Everybody were split into 4 groups of 9 some 10. Then they were briefed on their first 2 games which were icebreakers. The 3rd was an outdoor game. Which didn't turn out as expected. But im pretty sure... SOME people had fun. I hope. hehe. After games, everybody had to wash up and get ready for dinner which was at 7. After dinner, there was a devotion by bro Ong Ee Ren. After devotion was a singing workshop lead by bro Richard Lim father of bro Sean Lim. Participants were taught how to sing and the guys were appointed to lead one song each. After the workshop, was supper then free time. After free time was LIGHTS OUT. Lights out was supposed to be at 11:30P.M. But most of us slept at 2. hehe.

DAY 2 - Tuesday
Pretty much the same thing. Only without the registration. Bro Joel Kirk and our visitor Jae Wen cooked breakfast. Helped by another visitor, friend of bro Joel, Annrene. Food was sufficient. After breakfast was devotion by bro Daryl Kirk. Then another lesson by bro Chris. This lesson was especially special because it really helped us a lot. Oh.. participants were given a booklet by bro Chris entitled Christian Values. After lessons was lunch. After lunch was another lesson. After lessons was tea then games! The games on that day was better than the day before.
After games, some of the youths helped clean up the building. Would like to especially thank bro Bryant and Cedric for helping to clean up. Then we bathed and then ate dinner! After dinner was a devotion by bro Bryant Lee. After devo was another singing workshop. This time lead by bro Randall Chirng. We learnt 3 new songs on that day. 3 very nice and meaningful songs. I'm sure we all enjoyed singing out hearts out. ;) After the workshop, we had free time!! During this free time, some of the youths practiced their Parents Day sketch. Others watched horror movies! Supporting Mulberry still gives me the creeps. lol. inside joke. lol.

DAY 3 - Wednesday
The last day of the seminar. Loads of youths on that day were dead tired. Some of them did not sleep the day before. They were busy shiok-ing sendiri. Had breakfast then devotion by bro Ern Shern. There were no lessons that day. After the devotion, bro Tze Wei gave out the prizes to the winning groups. A certain group had -4 points. Hilarious. After that, those who were feeling emotional that day requested bro Tze Wei to lead the hymn God be with you. Then we closed the seminar with a word of prayer. Some took pictures together with their friends while others hanged around. Then, it was time to say goodbye.

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To the organizers, I, on behalf of all the participants of Y.E.S 2009, would like to thank you for succesfuly organizing this event. We had a great time singing, praising God and learning more about him in the 3 days we were there.
To those who came from far away, thanks for coming and making this event a success. We hope to see you again soon. God be with you till we meet again.

In Christ we serve,
Daryl
pictures will be uploaded soon.