by Nicholson Tee, PICC
I grew up in a Catholic family. I knew God and the Church from the very beginning. Since childhood, my parents raised me the Catholic way of life. I go to Church every Sunday. They taught me how to pray and just did what I thought I was supposed to do. I didn’t know Him, I just knew about Him. As I continue to grow up, I noticed that I was living a life without the sense of direction or purpose. I was searching for myself. “What is my mission here on earth?” This was the question I was asking myself and answers were nowhere to be found. One Sunday my mom woke me up so early and I asked her why? And she said get up we are going to PICC. I said “what?!” with my surprised face. “May graduation po ba ngayon? Sunday ngayon ahh?” Then she explained that we are to attend mass there, The Feast. We went there and I tell you my first time in the Feast was really life changing. Live music, bright lights, great worship songs, you can really see people expressing their faith to the Lord in a very bold way. The following Sunday I was the first one to wake up and was very excited to go to PICC. Then we, my parents and I, decided to serve and joined the warmth ministry. The feeling of serving the Lord at least once a week is just wonderful. Yes it’s tiring but at the end of the day you have that sense of fulfillment in you, and that gave me the purpose I was seeking a long time ago. Then I joined Camp Calye 2014. It was my first time to join a camp and at first I was uneasy and I was nervous. At the camp I met wonderful people and made friends but the real highlight of it was I became closer to God. After the camp, I can say that I knew God wholeheartedly. The camp alone is enough for me to say that it was the best summer vacation I’ve ever had in my life. Since knowing Him, a lot of things had changed. He has given me fulfillment, purpose and joy. I am still messed up, but now I know that God loves me despite all my flaws and imperfections. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 3:14. This is now my inspirational push every day. God will always be there for us no matter what, we just have to believe and have faith in him.
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