We had our recent BOIC at FRIM last 5-6th March. There were only 3 participants joining us this time as the other 3 that were supposed to join us had to pull out from BOIC due to some unforeseen circumstances.
Heng Kai conducted the first part of the BOIC with Introduction to Adventure Ministry with Adventure Games as demonstration. We had mixture of laughter with spur of knowledge of how to use the adventure games as a tool to build team dynamics and to evangelise. It's so much fun to see all of us running around like kids when we played "Have you ever" and the "Knight and Bandit". We continued to play the games up to lunch time.
After lunch, Justin and Tamie took Jackson, Pui Fun and Connie (the participants) for mountain biking course around FRIM. They stopped by the waterfall before coming back to Kem Perah. During the debrief session, one of them mentioned that the mountain biking course reminded her that it's like life routes. There will be a smooth route that easy for you to travel by and there will route that tougher to travel. If you're not careful, you're probably trip and fall. If you did not hold on, you probably won’t get to see the end of the route. I couldn’t really recall the whole of detail of her words; it's more of my paraphrase.
Then, done with the mountain biking, Alice and Ding conducted the Rope Course session. The rope course session required them to climb the tree using the arborist rope up to the branch the rope is looped on. All three participants did the challenge gracefully. Though Connie did not it to the high point, but her determination made her to climb more than half of the way to the highest point! A small step that you can not underestimate!
At night, we took each one of them for a nigh walk and solo hour. Alice asked them to contemplate on Luke 7:36-50. She asked us to ponder upon a few questions during our solo hour: our life before and after receiving Christ and how we have loved God (more because we realised of our sins or less?). Each one of us, including the instructors has an encounter with God in our own personal way. Some hear that God have convicted and confirmed their calling in the ministry they served in, some have experience God' faithfulness and protection, some whereby God spoken of His goodness and opened their eyes. Regardless of the fear they faced (to be in the dark alone for an hour) and none of the participants wanted to go thru solo hour again, we thank God for His protection and His faithfulness during that precious hour.
They went off to go for orienteering on the next day after breakfast. Though they took quite some time to find the entire marker but in the end they did completed the task. Kudos to all!
As for the instructors, we felt that we bonded more during the BOIC. In fact Alice mentioned that this BOIC is the most relax program that she done (despite the fact that she hasn't been to one). We may not have a big number of participants but seeing how things unfolded, we believe it is just right as how God wanted it to be. We had fun together, we learn together and most of all we grow together.
Heng Kai conducted the first part of the BOIC with Introduction to Adventure Ministry with Adventure Games as demonstration. We had mixture of laughter with spur of knowledge of how to use the adventure games as a tool to build team dynamics and to evangelise. It's so much fun to see all of us running around like kids when we played "Have you ever" and the "Knight and Bandit". We continued to play the games up to lunch time.
After lunch, Justin and Tamie took Jackson, Pui Fun and Connie (the participants) for mountain biking course around FRIM. They stopped by the waterfall before coming back to Kem Perah. During the debrief session, one of them mentioned that the mountain biking course reminded her that it's like life routes. There will be a smooth route that easy for you to travel by and there will route that tougher to travel. If you're not careful, you're probably trip and fall. If you did not hold on, you probably won’t get to see the end of the route. I couldn’t really recall the whole of detail of her words; it's more of my paraphrase.
Then, done with the mountain biking, Alice and Ding conducted the Rope Course session. The rope course session required them to climb the tree using the arborist rope up to the branch the rope is looped on. All three participants did the challenge gracefully. Though Connie did not it to the high point, but her determination made her to climb more than half of the way to the highest point! A small step that you can not underestimate!
At night, we took each one of them for a nigh walk and solo hour. Alice asked them to contemplate on Luke 7:36-50. She asked us to ponder upon a few questions during our solo hour: our life before and after receiving Christ and how we have loved God (more because we realised of our sins or less?). Each one of us, including the instructors has an encounter with God in our own personal way. Some hear that God have convicted and confirmed their calling in the ministry they served in, some have experience God' faithfulness and protection, some whereby God spoken of His goodness and opened their eyes. Regardless of the fear they faced (to be in the dark alone for an hour) and none of the participants wanted to go thru solo hour again, we thank God for His protection and His faithfulness during that precious hour.
They went off to go for orienteering on the next day after breakfast. Though they took quite some time to find the entire marker but in the end they did completed the task. Kudos to all!
As for the instructors, we felt that we bonded more during the BOIC. In fact Alice mentioned that this BOIC is the most relax program that she done (despite the fact that she hasn't been to one). We may not have a big number of participants but seeing how things unfolded, we believe it is just right as how God wanted it to be. We had fun together, we learn together and most of all we grow together.
Shared by Ding.
Participant's feedback:
The impression that given by MAPs is like “challenges me so that I can go beyond myself; to know my life as well as to love my life”. MAPs help me to reflect on my past life through the contact with nature during the activities. We as human, we need to embrace the challenge and reflect on ourselves constantly so that we able to learn to have a more meaningful and exciting life. (Pui Fun)
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| Adventure Game |
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| Adventure Game |
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| Put up safety equipment before tree climbing |
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| Briefing before tree climbing |
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| Clip and lock before climb |
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| Instructor demonstrates how to climb the tree |
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| Cool! |
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| Orienteering |
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| Orienteering |
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| Mountain biking - uphill (: |
To all that have attended, instructors and participants alike, THANK GOD FOR EACH OF YOU!! YOU HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE!
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