By Rev. Jeremiah Thomas

Greetings in Jesus’ Name. We had our district youth camp on 01st – 03rd April, 2011 at Malaysian Bible Seminary, Kundang. The theme was "Declare His Glory Among The Nations, His Wonders Among All Peoples" (Psalms 96:3). 124 youths attended this camp and this year the camp was based on practical ministry. We focused at three areas of ministry such as Social Concerns, Missions and Evangelism. The entire program was arranged in line with these three areas of ministry.

One the second day of the camp we had workshops on Social Concerns, Missions and Evangelism. After the lunch, the youths went out for practical ministry. We have divided them into three groups according to the ministries. The details of the ministry are as below:

Group 1 (Social Concerns)
This group visited Anne’s Cottage Children Home in Country Home, Rawang. There the youths helped them painting the home (rooms), draw some pictures on the wall, had games and did some art and craft work with the children at the home.

Group 2 (Missions)
This group visited an Orang Asli Kampung (Kampung Sungai Kelubi) in Rawang. Here the youths painted the church in the village, clean the village and had played few games with the children.

Group 3 (Evangelism)
This group cleaned Rajawali Apartment in Country Home, Rawang and distributed tracks, and conducted a survey to find out those do not have birth certificate and identity card in Palma Apartment in Country Home, Rawang. Here, some of the youths had the opportunity to pray for the few families lived in the flats.

On the last day of the camp, God called and anointed many youths for His ministry. The youths had a wonderful and meaningful camp this year. The practical ministry time enabled youths to gain a little experi-ence on going out and doing God’s work.

I believe that many servants of the God will be raised from the Selangor District MYF. Here I would like to thank my Almighty God for blessing the Selangor District MYF to have a meaningful and wonderful camp.

I also would like to thank the co-workers or Christ (Selangor District Superintended, Rev. P. Tevaraji, Selangor District Pastors, Selangor District MYF EXCO & Counsellors, Selangor District Churches, Local MYF, Camp Speakers, Rev. Kunabalan and MYF Rawang) for their support and co-operations. Kindly continue to uphold this youth group in your prayers, so that they will be able to shine for the Lord. 

[Rev. Jeremiah Thomas is Associate Youth Director, Selangor District, Tamil Annual Conference.]