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Serving as secretary and treasurer was truly a whole new experience for me. In all my services to the
Lord, none has been so trying, so painful, so rewarding, so enriching. This dual position was taken up by myself for the reason that I felt a certain gifting in this area. To be very honest, I did not give my position in the FOCC much thought or prayer. Yes, I did what was necessary as a secretary and treasurer. But I was doing it for the committee itself, not as unto the Lord. Initially, apart from the few laughs that broke out during committee meetings, I did not experience the joy of serving God in this area. As the months progressed, I realized that the committee had to undertake various tasks e.g. publicity, fundraising, etc. and our capital was unfortunately unable to meet the financial requirements of the tasks ahead. Increasingly, I grew worried regarding the finances. Being the treasurer, I could see firsthand the actual financial climate of the committee's treasury. It was due to this that I started to add the FOC into my prayers. In the twinkling of an eye, it was exactly one month before the camp date. We were lacking $700 to pay the management of the campsite. During a time of prayer and fasting, the Lord led me to the following verse: Deuteronomy 10 : 14 Despite that, my willful heart refused to lay its burdens down. A few days later, the Lord spoke again during a time of prayer regarding the finances: 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6 : 31 - 33 During the camp itself, a lot of cash was leaving the treasury as the food was paid for on a daily basis. Yet as I counted the money at the end of each day, there always seemed to be "extra" money left over. Defying both reason and logic, the "extra" money increased day by day. I checked, rechecked and triple checked the accounts but nothing was amiss. To my own knowledge, if I had omitted any entry in my record book, it would reflect a deficit rather than a surplus, since more money was going out than coming in. Eventually, the "extra" money amounted to a nice, round figure of $105.00. As they bore with my weaknesses, I learnt to love and treasure each and every one of them, not for what they did or can do, but for who they are, as made by their Creator. I shall always marvel at how God used an unworthy servant as myself to serve and glorify Him in my own small ways. Remember how I started out? Beheld my wavering faith? From my experience, the following verse has come to pass in my service in the FOCC: II Timothy 2 : 13 James 1 : 6 Lawrence Yue (Arts 2) Secretary & Treasurer
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