Young Life Area Camping Trip 2015

For the past 3 years our area has made a tradition of going camping in the Spring. The reason we go is to build community among all the leaders, grow in the Lord, and rest. 

This year was another faithful example of how the Lord is blessing us. One of my highlights is when we talk about how and when we have seen God moving in our lives and ministry. 

There were a lot of "God Sighting's" this past year!!!

As an area we praised God in worship and in action. We had a solo time Saturday morning and communion together on Sunday. Each night we worshipped together and talk about God.

The Lord has been super faithful to our area once again. 

Enjoy the shots below from our very own Rachel Antoun

-Dave

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

Wyldlife Camp 2013

Hello all! I dont even know where to begin on how to explain the past week so im going to do my best and i hope that some of the pictures will do it justice! We just spent the last 6 days at our Wyldlife camp just outside of the town of Ramona! We had 16 jr. high students and 4 leaders go down from our Wyldlife club here from San Juan Capistrano! The week was filled with crazy messy games, water wars, skateparks, ropes courses, high dive competeitions at the pool, lots of ping pong and way to much laughing and not nearly enough sleep !!! haha. but the best part of the week was amidst all of this our jr. high kids were introduced to the gosple of Jesus Christ and what it looks like to start a real relationship with him! 

-Dmar

All Area Leadership Camping Trip

In the beginning of April we had our leader camping trip! Most of us arrived in Santa Barbara on a Friday night, grabbed In n Out for dinner, and then went back to the site for s’mores and time around the campfire. We spent Saturday morning in prayer and then spent the rest of the day walking around the beach, exploring the surrounding areas, and relaxing at our campsites. Our Area Director, his wife and our committee chairs made us dinner that night – Chillie dogs and baked potatoes  - and we had a devotional around the fire. The rest of the night we hung out around the campfire, enjoying each other’s company. It was a great time to get away from the craziness that we have in our day-to-day lives, and spend time with the people we serve with.

-Rachel