by Alyssa Kalaw, Parañaque Before, I was just a girl with a heart disease who only thought of when would I be on my deathbed. I was only 12 years old when I joined this summer camp called Camp CALYE: No God, No Glory. My aunt and registered me for this camp that I didn’t even want to attend- I mean, what’s a girl with a heart disease will do? But still, I attended and at first I thought to myself “What am I supposed to do here? Sit on the bench?” but as the four- life changing -days passed by, I knew the reason behind my attendance to this summer camp. During those four days, I met new people, gained new friends and had a group of loving and caring people to call my family. I also met a new person to call my mommy and she is one of the reasons why I stayed at the Feast. I met a bunch of people who made me enjoy life more, who made me realize that a heart disease won’t kill me at such an early age, that there’s more to life than this disease of mine and through these people, I felt His love for me. It’s not only the people I have interacted with but also because this camp taught me how I can express my love for Him. It made me realize that God is always with us, through thick and thin, and whatever it is, He will always be there. And with that I guess I could say that camp CALYE definitely changed my life and more importantly me because now I am His servant at the LOJYouth PICC and I have attended five camps, three where I was an attendee, one for a leadership camp called ALAB and the most recent wherein I was one of the facilitators who was also called mommy. Now, I am a girl with a big heart who trusts in Him and believes that everything happens for a reason. Before, I was just a girl with a heart disease who only thought of when would I be on my deathbed. I was only 12 years old when I joined this summer camp called Camp CALYE: No God, No Glory. My aunt and registered me for this camp that I didn’t even want to attend- I mean, what’s a girl with a heart disease will do? But still, I attended and at first I thought to myself “What am I supposed to do here? Sit on the bench?” but as the four- life changing -days passed by, I knew the reason behind my attendance to this summer camp. During those four days, I met new people, gained new friends and had a group of loving and caring people to call my family. I also met a new person to call my mommy and she is one of the reasons why I stayed at the Feast. I met a bunch of people who made me enjoy life more, who made me realize that a heart disease won’t kill me at such an early age, that there’s more to life than this disease of mine and through these people, I felt His love for me. It’s not only the people I have interacted with but also because this camp taught me how I can express my love for Him. It made me realize that God is always with us, through thick and thin, and whatever it is, He will always be there. And with that I guess I could say that Camp CALYE definitely changed my life and more importantly me because now I am His servant at the LOJ Youth PICC and I have attended five camps, three where I was an attendee, one for a leadership camp called ALAB and the most recent wherein I was one of the facilitators who was also called mommy. Now, I am a girl with a big heart who trusts in Him and believes that everything happens for a reason.
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