Interpretations Galore! (Mar 8, 2015)

Written by Jemima Chong
Edited by Eliza Tan

       Welcome to our 21st Chapter Meeting, the last meeting before the Singapore conference! With the ICC Tournament just round the corner, we were both excited and nervous as we met for the last time before the close of our ICC year.

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Eliza Tan

       Mafia, our icebreaker, was led by Charis. In this game, everyone sits in a circle and each person is assigned a role. Three would be assigned as mafias, and three would be doctors. The rest will be normal citizens. Then everyone has to close their eyes.

       When Charis announces that it is night time and says "Mafias awaken," the three people appointed as mafias would open their eyes and look around. Then, silently, they would agree upon which person in the circle to kill, after which Charis would say "Mafias go back to sleep."
When she announces that it is daytime and says "Doctors wake up," the three doctors would open their eyes and decide on three people to heal, trying to guess who the mafias had targeted. Then Charis would tell everyone to open their eyes.

       If the targeted person is not healed by the doctors, he would be declared dead. Everyone would then have one guess the identity of one of the mafias. At the end of the game, Coach Alfred and Speaker Nathanael were declared dead, and the revealed mafias were Coach Daniel and Coach Joseph.

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Ha!

  After the exciting icebreaker, Speaker Eunice led us in a time of worship.

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Nathanael Chong

       Coach Daniel and his daughter, Speaker Jern Ling shared us their devotion about the recognition of the LORD's voice. They reminded us that we are the sheep, and that we should be able to recognize the shepherd's voice.

Photos by Eliza Tan

Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Eliza Tan

       They then led us in the song "Speak, O Lord" by Keith and Kristyn Getty. This song reminded us that we have to continuously tune our hearts to the voice of God.

       Coach Joseph taught us that, above all, a leader must be CLEAR. He must give clear direction to his followers and not blur the line between right and wrong. He then showed us a video in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United States Congress. His message was a great example of being a clear communicator.

Photos by Eliza Tan

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Eliza Tan

       Speaker Nathanael then practiced his Persuasive Speech for the upcoming tournament.

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Photo by Alfred Chong (Coach)

       Next, some of the speakers gave their Interpretations! There was a lot of improvement. We could see that they had put hard work into their speeches!

Ranen:

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Photo by Eliza Tan

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Me:

 

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Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Nathanael Chong (Coach)

Jaeriel:

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Jern Ling:

Photo by Eunice Tan

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Ian:

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Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Nathanael:

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Jern Yoong:

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Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Nathanael Chong

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Photo by Eliza Tan

 

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  After that, I gave my speech on My Favorite Bible Verse one more time for my coming tournament.

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 Charis also gave her Limited Prep!

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Photo by Nathanael Chong

       Towards the end of the Chapter meeting, Coach Joseph gave us another go at the Salesman Squabble. We certainly had a good time!

Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Nathanael Chong

Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Nathanael Chong

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Photo by Eliza Tan

 

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Photo by Eliza Tan

The Gang!

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"The wise man search..."

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Photo by Eliza Tan

Hiya!

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The Royal wave...

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Photo by Toh Jern Ling

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Photo by Eliza Tan

 

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Coach Joseph tries to play the harp...

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Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Eliza Tan

Photo by Eliza Tan

Ahhh!!

Photo by Jonique Chan

Photo by Nathanael Chong

       We couldn't wait to present our speeches in the tournament at Singapore conference! Bye, bye! End of our last ICC Chapter meeting! This has been a milestone in our journey, and we look forward to what the future holds for us.