Reflections on Christmas Camp Site

The campsite is Cogeenick Youth Camp, owned by my good friend and also a member of our Executive Board in Manila Council, Sir Efren Edgard P. Dieta.  The campsite was really clean and nice.  I praise God for such a wonderful place.  The people are also respectful and honest.

It is a ten hectare lot where there is a dormitory for male and a dormitory for females, a main hall and so many activity areas.  They also have a canteen, mess hall, two swimming pools, and four air-con units.  I praise God because I am Camp Director and had a privilege to use one of the aircon room, at least it is very private.  The place is very cold and windy, air-con is no longer necessary but I still used it as a luxury and rest moments for myself.

The Dieta family was complete, Mrs Alice and their two kids, Cogee who acted as camp doctor and Nick who help in their store for awhile since they do not have staff because it is Christmas break.  There were all warmth and always smiling.  

There are also a lot of Nipa huts around the camp.  We used some of the huts to be our camp headquarter, another as Post Office, another as Scout's Own booth, another as Scout Shop and so many others.

The camp has other facilities like fishing, team building facilities, rappelling and course for challenges.  The place is big enough and full of trees around.

I praise God for this family, we actually requested for so many additional facilities which they happy invested though we were not able to reach our target participants.  They were still accommodating and openly supported our activities.  Originally we targeted 800 participants but we ended up 333 only.  I felt ashamed for not hitting our target but still though they know we will not hit the target number they still continued constructing and building the facilities we requested, what we paid them I think is only 1/3 of the new investments we requested.

God is indeed still good.  I praise God for such wonderful family.  I praise that God would bless them more for the good deeds they shared with us.

I was able to quiet down and read half of Tipping Point of Malcolm Gladwell.  I was not able to finish because of the many responsibilities but I was still able to spend time with God.  Praise the Lord.