Camp is Coming- Dana Hills

As we announced the camp dates our students filled with excitement. This year there are new kids too who are already looking forward to the "best week of their life". 

As leaders and people who support Young Life, we can do alot to prepare. We work towards this all year actually. That week away to really get a chance to talk to the kids about Jesus away from their every day distractions. So much growth comes out of that week. Kids who have never talked to God before pray on that trip. 

It is incredible! 

What we really need to do is spend these few months in prayer. As you think of Dana Young Life from time to time, I ask you to join me in praying for our students and that week at camp.

Pray for:

• Kids to have an encounter with the Lord that forever changes them. To truly know God's love.
• They will desire to follow Him more than anything this world offers
• They will feel comfortable opening up to their leaders and sharing their burdens with us for our leaders
• Funds

Thank you for all your love and prayers that help carry this ministry.

-Megan

Serving at a YL Camp

July 13- August 4th I was serving on assignment at lost canyon. Lost canyon is a young life camp in Arizona where we took kids about a month ago. I was blown away seeing the behind the scenes of camp. You can know that hundreds of people are volunteering in the summer, working very hard, to put camp together. All the work it takes is usually unnoticed yet the people are not discouraged. It is amazing to see so many people with servant hearts giving everything they have to see lost kids be found by Jesus.

One of my favorite parts had to be the young lives week. It is a young life camp for teen moms. The whole camp is turned upside down so each kid can experience "the best week of their life." We have strollers and high chairs everywhere. Child care workers paid the $500 to watch these babies all week for free. The Lord worked in huge ways. Generational bondage was broken that week. That is one of many examples of a normal week at a young life camp. Normal people going out of their way to make sure Jesus is shown to the last and the least. Each kid matters there. It is a little glimpse of heaven on earth.This experience made me love young life even more & very excited for the upcoming school year.

-Megan

Lost Canyon- Capernaum Style

Camp, as always, was a jam-packed week full of adventure and fun!  Our campers had the opportunity to try things they had never done before, be wild, goofy, and crazy, and some even conquered a fear they never thought they could.   We had dance parties, sang songs, and played outrageous games, however (from the majority of students I talked to), their hands down favorite part of camp was club.  Club was a time set aside everyday that we were able to take a break from all the camp activities and hear a message from God’s word.  Our speaker Dave did an excellent job of sharing personal stories and stories from the bible that helped explain what God’s love is like, and what it means to have a relationship with him.  I believe that both campers and leaders took something very valuable away from the time we spent at camp.  It was incredible to see God at work in the lives of so many people!

Brett and his new friend dancing on western night J 

 Shanel conquered her fear and went down the zipline!!

Some of the girls harnessed up and ready for the ropes course!

Robert judging at the blob contest

-Tayren

Dana's Last Club of 2013

About 2 weeks ago we had our last club of the year! I can't put into words how amazing this year has been. Despite normal life challenges and difficult circumstances, Jesus continually provided for our club and led us. He brought so many new faces to Young Life. We have 23 kids coming to camp this year, most have never been before! I am so excited to watch them fall in love with Jesus. I am praying they truly come to know him at camp in 2 weeks. We are so blessed, the kids showed up and now we have a fun adventure right around the corner! 

To our donors, Thank you for all your support this year, we could not have done it with out the support of our amazing partners so THANK YOU for making this year possible! You have no idea what an impact you make, from $1 a month to $100. We are grateful for any prayer. It all matters. It all makes this possible. These kids have an opportunity to meet Jesus because of people like you! Thank you for showing them grace by believing in them. We could not do this without you. 

Thank you,  thank you, THANK YOU!






-Megan

Dana Hills- Lost Canyon 2013

After a year of hard work we finally took our kids to camp. We took 19 students. Most of the kids had never been to camp before. It was an amazing experience to watch God work in their life & draw close to them. Each student had so much fun and I could tell they felt genuinely loved. I love what camp gives the kids. A place to be accepted, welcomed, cared for, and love unconditionally. It is a place where the love of Christ is everywhere.  

-Megan

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Help us make Young Life happen in the South County. Money from this will go directly back into our programs and help our students get to camp this summer.

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Please make sure all check are written to Northminster Presbyterian Church or NPC


Mail check to
Young Life- Dave Jansen
26542 Paseo Belardes
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

Camp Video Scrapbooks

One of the coolest parts of camp is that the camp creates video scrapbooks. Below are the links for our Woodleaf camp and Lost Canyon camp. This link will be good until next April, 2013.

Enjoy!!!

Lost Canyon

http://scrapbook.younglife.org/playlist/Lost-Canyon-Week-5

Woodleaf

http://scrapbook.younglife.org/playlist/Woodleaf-Week-5

-Dave

Dana Hills Lost Canyon Camp Trip

Not only was it a lot of our girls first time at camp, it was my first time as a leader. I did not know what to expect. 

Every single girl left saying it was the best week of their life. It was the best week of my life too. I can't even begin to tell you how life changing the week was for each girl. They each got a chance to think about Jesus and grow closer to Him. Most of the girls accepted His love for them & are now trying to walk with Him. Camp gives the kids an opportunity to feel loved & valued. They got to have a week away from a lot of hard things going on at home, and get to enjoy being a kid. Each kid got to experience Jesus's love & they were very grateful that people were willing to support them in getting there. 

The kids got a chance to push through a lot of fears on things like the ropes course or the zip line. It showed them they could do things they thought were impossible. The skits and the games gave them a chance to have fun & enjoy being a kid for once. Lastly, club was amazing, showing them how much God cherished them. Thank you so much for making this happen & for all your prayers. A lot of our kids have heard about the Lord for the first time in Younglife. Younglife was truly life changing for them, and they still talk about it everytime I see them. 

- Megan Modes & Josh Smith

Assignment at Lost Canyon

This summer I had the privilege of serving on my first assignment.  For three weeks my roll at camp was to be the tawashie work crew boss.  I had nine high school girls who came from all over the Country to serve along side me.  Although our duties in housekeeping may not have been the most glamorous, by the end we all agreed we wouldn’t have traded it for any other job .   A typical day for a tawashie consisted of cleaning the dining hall, clubroom, game room, infirmary, leader lounge, and camper’s dorms.  With that came lots of toilet scrubbing, vacuuming, mopping, taking out trash and ending our day in Clarabelle’s with about two hours worth of laundry.  Needless to say our job was challenging.  Reflecting on my time at Lost Canyon, I decided that my favorite part was being able to witness my tawashie girls humbly serve and grow deeper in their relationship with Christ.  They never ceased to impress me; serving with excellence, always willing to take the hardest (or in our case grossest) job, never taking short cuts, and all the while managing to have a positive and joyful spirit.  Our devotional time turned out to be everyone’s favorite part of the day.  It was a time for us to go deeper, be honest with each other, ask tough questions, and challenge ourselves.  I was so proud to see the progress and steps of faith that were being taken.  I am certain that God will continue to use the gifts and talents of each girl to shine His light in there communities back home.   I’m hopeful that they will have the opportunity to bless those around them in the same way that they have blessed me! 

                        -Tayren Burns 

CAMP CAMP CAMP

We are half way through summer and have had 3 of our 4 camps completed this summer.

Our first camp was to Lost Canyon with 8 of our High School Friends. 

Here is a picture taken after the New Believers Walk.

 The next group that went to camp was our friends with special needs. 

They got to spend their week at Woodleaf. We were able to take 18 of our friends this year.

Here is a picture from the final dinner.

This last picture is from our first Wyldlife Camp at Oakbridge. 

6 middle school kids got to have the best week of their lives!

Our last camp group will leave in August for Oakbridge. 

This last camp is with our friends with special needs who are part of our Capernaum Beyond group.

Thank You for partnering with Young Life to allow our friends get to camp.

With camp costing over $30,000 this year we had help raising almost 20% of those costs.

Thanks for reading- Dave Jansen