Over this last weekend our son spent four days in the mountains with his youth group. A long 5 hour drive to Quaker Meadow Christian Camp located at an elevation of 7,200 feet in the Sequoia National Forest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in South central California. The Camp is nestled among majestic Giant Sequoias and has offered 60 years of the Christian camping experience for all ages providing an atmosphere of learning and recreation.
The splendor of God's creation is the perfect setting to meditate on God's word and worship Him for the wonderful God that He is. A place to renew your relationship with Christ and draw closer to Him.
The camp sits among 200 foot fir trees and a few Giant Sequoias. The snow was up to my sons chest in some areas. Notice the picture below? The kids actually did a little sledding off that roof !
On Saturday there were three separate devotion times where they gathered together hearing the word, fellow shipping and praising God. My son said there was a ton of food at every meal. ( Teenage hunger...go figure)
They played games, listened to worship songs, wrestled around, went sledding, snowboarding, and even played pranks on each other. It was all in good fun. Sunday they had the Lord's day services in the morning and evening . Then came home Monday night. The first thing that came out of his mouth when he got home was,
" Can I go back next year?"
What a blessing of a time he spent with his friends in God's country. He has thanked us several times since that we let him go. I am so happy that he had a wonderful experience !
Hope you enjoyed the pictures... It is hard to see in the group shots where my boy is...
I can see him, can you find him?
hee hee.
Hi Mica,I have been trying to reach you! I sent an email to your hotmail to let you know.. I am in Florida and Have been for the past 3 weeks.I hope you received your valentine atc.. I hope you liked it? I will not get to see yours until I get home in 2 wks. ;-{however, when I do.. I am sure I will let everyone know..! lolI enjoy reading your stories and haven't been around too much as there have been soooooooooo many art festivals here in Fl. to go to.Fun fun.. Have a wonderful day.. and you may delete this is you wish.. *SHugs,Darlene
ReplyDeleteI think I was in this forest with the little brown cabins when I was about seven. Anyway I loved the snow pictures. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteRoberta Anne
Beautiful pictures. Looks like where I live, except we have just pine trees! :-) What a blessing to be able to send your child somewhere where he can be around like-minded people his own age. I did that for the first time with my daughter this past summer, she is 14. I was a little nervous at first, but when she told me that one night in the cabin, her leader and the 2 other girls were talking about boys and such and whether or not to have a boyfriend, the leader said "I am waiting. I know God has him all picked out for me and I will wait for Him to bring that someone to me". I cried!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter, too, said "Can I go back next year!" Praising God for places like this for our "babies"!
Tonya
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What beautiful photos! Reminds me of Diamond Lake here in Oregon. Wow, what an experience for Vinnie. I am glad he had a good time.
ReplyDeleteLove that boy..and you too!
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Mamma Chickki