Day 6/ Day 7

Day 6
Quick update for today our last full day at camp.
Each leader met with each camper for one on ones.  Campers
Enjoyed free time, club, cabin time, hearing more from our work crew and had a huge banquet feast.
A full day of fun and great conversation.  Many prayers answered today.  God is good.

 Day 7
Today is our last half day at camp.  We will eat breakfast and lunch here, enjoy one last epic club and head home!  Wait.... A surprise for campers is coming.  We are only 60min from one of the wonders of the world that is too close to pass up.  We will be surprising students and having a quick detour at the Grand Canyon on our ride home!  We are excited to let kids see God's beauty and spend some time connecting with him there and making memories.  Students will have their phones about 5pm our time- and 7pm LS time.  Our eta for LS at this time will be 5pm, Sunday night.  I will be emailing you with more updates.  Sorry no pictures- busy enjoying our last few moments!

Day 5

YL Camp is one of the best weeks because we tell the truth.  Yesterday we got to hear the greatest love story ever told.  We heard the truth about who Jesus is and tell the truth about our own lives.  Our YL leaders have loved getting to hear truth from each camper and point them toward Jesus.  Today each leader met one on one with each one of their campers to listen, love, and pray.  What a gift that was.  We love our students.  They inspire and encourage us and we LOVE them.  We LOVE them regardless of their decision to follow Jesus or not.  We LOVE them in their brokenness and their confusion, we LOVE them in their joys and hyper-activity.  We LOVE them here at YL camp and the good news is we will LOVE them in LS. 

Students listening to camp speaker Bo at club

Camp crush :)

The giant swing

Day 4

Time seems to be flying by.  Yesterday was full of surprises I don't want to give away.  Let me tell you it was a beautiful day.  It was a sight to see 500 kids being kids...dancing, singing, screaming, playing, and laughing.  There are so many things we do at YL camp that have a bigger purpose and a why behind it.  I love watching students "get it."  Many students would say I would never... to jumping off a tower in the trees to grab a trapeze bar, or square dancing the night away.  Those experiences break down walls and allow kids to consider more I would nevers as they consider the full life Jesus offers.  God is good. 

Ropes course

Otto with his biggest fan- Alex Diaz

Western Night

Landon and Paul- YL leaders taking pie in the face

A beautiful night of dancing

Day 3

Another great day at Lost Canyon.  Food, fun, messy games, a rodeo, an incredible outdoor dinner and dance party, club, cabin time and a wee bit of sleep.  Students heard a club talk on John 5:1-10 and learned more that Jesus offers us real life.

Pictures coming soon!

Day 2

Wow.

Day 2- We ate 3 amazing meals.  Enjoyed all the free time at camp and activities.  Dressed in our crazy cabin outfits and competed in cabin challenge games, rode horses, and did a ropes course.  Had an epic club where we heard more about how Jesus comes to us and how He calls us son and daughter.  We are having a great time!  Check out our pictures and stay tuned.

Horse ride

Cabin challege

Junior girls cabin praying before their early horse ride on the mountain. 

Day 1- Lost Canyon

The place where we have club each night. 

They destroyed the big cookie. 

Maybe 1 min to eat the big cookie. 

Our amazing LS YL leader team!

We arrived 21 hours later!  We were greeted by the work crew. 

 

 

Lost Canyon Ranch

We made it!  21 hours of pure energy, exhaustion, and anticipation.  We arrived at Lost Canyon Ranch where we will call home for the next 7 days.  The reaction on kids faces was priceless.  To have them see the beauty of this camp, the places to experience adventure, and find truth.  Yesterday after getting off the bus students ziplined, ate snow cones, shopped the YL store,  went on the blob, played soccer, swam, went down the waterslide, made new friends.  We had our first meal and let me tell you it was delicious.  The epic big cookie made an appearance.  Then the best- our first club.  I had tears watching our LS crew stand outside the doors to club chanting, cheering, and screaming.  It did not disappoint.  We laughed hard and listened in to our speaker Bo share more about what Jesus invites us into.  The night kept on.... we had an obstacle course in the rain storm, late night pizza, and ended with a cabin time where we got to share more about our own lives and journey.  We are in for a treat.  These students are not here by accident.  They are here for a reason... they are here to be free, to be kids, to find purpose, to connect to Jesus and one another.  It's the best week. 

4 Days to the bus

We depart in 4 days to experience the best week of our lives.  Stay tuned to more info on the blog and how our group of 73 from LS YL are doing. 

Come celebrate with us... it's tradition.  The 2 bus send off will be this Saturday 7/26 at 8pm from LSN parking lot by the tennis courts. 

Also a big thank you to those who sponsored and played in our LS YL golf tourney!  It was a successful and fun day supporting LS YL. 

Special thanks to those who volunteered above and beyond:

Kim and John Carlson
Laura Fitzsimmons
Kevin Enyeart
Kathy Johnson
Carol Mela
Pam Wilson

And thank you to our sponsors:

Farmers Insurance - Greg Olinger
Complete Strength Sports Performance Training
Anderson Dental
Auto Color and Equipment
Talley's Auto Body
Janet Sanders
Batteries Plus
State Farm - Jim Hallman
Spencer & Spencer Pediatric Dental