1.Book hotel rooms.
2.Warn the hotel management that it would probably get loud and apologize multiple times in advance
3.Begin by adding two tablespoons from Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Cambodia and Bangladesh.
4 .Drop in a handful from Korea, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
5.Add a dash from Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, Timor-Leste,
India, Hong Kong, Laos and Pakistan for flavor.
6.Sprinkle Malaysians according to taste.
7.Chill and serve.
Around 38 youth from all over Asia gathered for the CCA Youth
Pre-Assembly which began on 11 April 2010. In the opening
service we lit candles to symbolize our unity and prayed, and
were welcomed by Dr. Prawate Khid-arrn, CCA general secretary.
We were introduced to the theme “Called to Prophesy, Reconcile and Heal” and had one session by Rev Dr Rienzie Perera, two by Rev Reuel Marigza and one by Rev Sivin Kit to explain the theme and our purpose here. Most of us heard about CCA for the very first time
and were thrilled to discover that we were part of something
bigger.
Despite being a mixture of stewards and voting delegates,
we didn’t allow our ‘titles’ to hinder us from bonding. In fact,
we don’t think anything could stop us from mingling because
we all treated one another as family and just ‘clicked’ instantly.
We had many fun activities such as folding boats and
learnt many new songs from different countries. We had icebreaking
games too.
The discussions were a ton of fun and were extremely productive
at the same time. We discussed the many problems
faced by the youth in our own respective countries and realized that it does not really matter where we were from.
We share the same type of problems and in all our countries, we, the
Christians, are the minority. We had presentations from each
country that dealt with what we thought should be done about the
issues youth in our respective countries are facing. We came up with the same conclusion that prayer is needed and that we need to revive the lost passion in our youth and continue to spread the Word.
On the last night, everyone dressed up in their respective national costumes for the closing service. We prayed for the current issues in the world and also took a Skittle each and prayed for the first thing that came to our mind when we looked at it. We also wrote our personal messages and placed our thumbprint on a huge card.
That showed that even though we may be unique and wonderful as
individuals, we are still one in the body of Christ.
~ Berita Terkini CCA 2010 Day 2
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