Youth Camp (2): Outing and Dinner

This year's youth camp outing was to the island of Pulau Ubin.  The youth took a bus to Changi Village, where they bought lunch in the local food stalls before taking boats to Pulau Ubin.

Getting off the bus at Changi Village

The ten-minute boat ride was followed by a few hours of hiking on the island, including the Chek Jawa Wetlands.

Cheryl and Grace Huizenga by a heliconia plant

Given and Eric down by the water

Jessica at Chek Jawa

Looking down from a tower near Chek Jawa

They ran into a lot of monkeys on the last half of their hike!

Group photo

The last night of the camp, a Friday night, the congregation was invited to join the youth for dinner.  As they did last year, there was a cook-off between two teams, with three judges voting for their favorite dish, best presentation, etc.  The congregation was also allowed to vote for their favorite dishes.  Foods included fried bee hoon, deviled eggs (thanks to the U.S. girls!), puto (described as "soft and tender Filipino steamed rice cake"), Thai papaya salad, and wonton mee--a favorite of my husband and Emily for as long as we have lived in Singapore.  There was one more dessert not pictured below, which was served with durian ice cream.

The judges' table

Preparing the meal

The winning team

Second-place team

There was time throughout the night for fellowship, and after dinner there were games.

Jee Fung, Jean, and Foong Ngee

Aaron, Meng Hsien, and Seow Thong

Trying a Chinese tongue twister :-)

Competition between Marcus and Max (above, getting ready) and my husband and Gim Theng (below)--Swing the marshmallow into the teammate's mouth so they could eat it.

Water gun battle between Eric and Given

A big thank you to the committee who planned this year's camp, and we pray that God will continue to bless the youth of CERC and give them a love for "the old paths" (Jer. 6:16, the camp theme).