Deaf Bible Camp 09

Day 1 - Landing at Camp Site

Day 1 - Luzon Baptist Church Camp gate

Day 1 - MCCID students prepare for long walk to camp site.

Day 1 - Participants fall in line for the first dinner of the week.

Day 1 - Chow time

Day 1 - Introduction Time with Korean Deaf Ministry Delegation

Day 1 - Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry Participants

Day 1 - Sir Ervin introduces MCCID delegation.

Day 2 - Bible study groupings, Green Team

Day 2 - Orange Team

Day 2 - Red Team

Day 2 - Blue Team

Day 2 - Violet Team at Covered Chapel

Day 2 - MCCID's Gibson Cruz tries his best on skip rope game.

Day 2 - Violet team prepares for Ball Relay Race.

Day 2 - Ptr. Mamerto Cortez Jr. welcomes delegates.

Day 2 - Praise and Worship through sign language

Day 2 - Song Interpretation Performance Time

Day 2 - Hearing interpreters/participants (Standing): Teacher Leonor Vizoro of Deaf Christian Church QC and Teacher Jojo. (Seated): Teacher Maribel Tablo of Nueva Ecija Church; Teacher Loida Alvarez of Bethsaida Tiaong, Quezon and Teacher Anabella Cuachin of Legaspi City.

Day 2 - Bible Passage Dramatization Contest

Day 3 - MCCID Boys inside the Dorm Room

Day 3 - MCCID Girls inside the Dorm Room

Day 3 - MCCID group had an emergency meeting and prayer for safety of all campers. This was due to the succession of untoward incidents that happened during the day.

Day 4 - Praise and singing

Day 4 - Preparation for Baptisim

Day 4 - One Deaf camper was immersed following the baptism of Christ. A total of eight Deaf persons were baptized.

Day 4 - Korean Lady Deaf Signers signing after every baptism ritual.

Day 4 - Cake and Fruits Table Feast prepared by Blue Team

Day 4 - Cake and Fruits Table Feast prepared by Red Team

Day 4 - Cake and Fruits Table Feast prepared by Green Team

Day 4 - Cake and Fruits Table Feast prepared by Orange Team

Day 4 - 5th Deaf Bible Camp Anniversary Cake

Day 4 - Cake and Fruits Table Feast prepared by Violet Team

Day 4 - Blowing of Candles and Dedication Prayer

Day 4 - Gibson receives the reward in behalf of Red Team

Day 4 - Cortez Family led by Ptr. Mamerto Cortez Jr. (left) proudly showing the Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera which they won as top prize during the raffle draw courtesy of Korean Deaf Missions.

Day 4 - Ptr. Jericho Manalo awards special gifts to Korean missionaries.

Day 5 - Distributing of the Bread (Lord's Supper)

Day 5 - Korean Rev. Shon Cheon Sig celebrated the breaking of the bread.

Day 5 - Home Sweet Home (photo shot inside the Bataan Bus)

A record-breaking attendance of nearly 300 deaf youth participated in the five-day 5th Summer Deaf Bible Camp 2009 at Luzon Baptist Camp, Km. 146, Brgy. Lucanin, Mariveles, Bataan from April 27 to May 1. The more than expected turnout was the affair’s first with group from MCCID College having the largest delegation of 32 campers which actively joined in all events.

The event was organized by the Deaf Evangelistic Alliance Foundation, Inc. (DEAF) together with Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry (CCBCDM) in cooperation with Rev. Shon Cheon Sig of Korean Deaf Mission Society and YoungRak Presbyterian Church of the Deaf . Filipino Deaf Pastors were led by Ptr. Cesar Castro of DEAF and Pampanga Deaf Church, Ptr. Julius Andrada of CCBCDM, Ptr. Jericho Manalo of Cornerstone Baptist Deaf Church of Tarlac City and Ptr. Mamerto Cortez Jr. of Bethsaida Church in Tiaong, Quezon.

The deaf participants were able to enjoy the camp for free courtesy of the Korean Deaf Missions. They only paid for a minimum of P100 registration fee. During the event, the deaf had an exciting experience learning about God’s Word through preaching, singing and dramatizing. They also had a great fun in various games and group activities. The event was culminated with the celebration of its 5th year of serving Christ through the Deaf people.

Five teams were formed; Blue, Red, Orange, Violet and Green. Free t-shirts representing their colors were provided to them for free. Each team had a friendly competition on various activities. For the Song Interpretation Contest, the winning teams were Orange (1st), Green (2nd) and Red (3rd) while for the Bible Story Dramatization Contest, the winners were Red (1st), Green (2nd) Orange (3rd). These activities were held on the second day of the camp program.

On the fourth day, a special feast was prepared by each team celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the Deaf Bible Camp. Each group were assigned a long table in which they expressed their creative talents in decorating it using all the fresh fruits that was provided to them as part of the competition. The Green Team won while the Red and Orange teams got the 2nd and third place respectively.

CAP College SFD and MCCID College formed part of the academe that supported this activity.