A group of 5 youth from the Reality LA youth group met up with 70 other youth from Reality Carpinteria and Reality Ventura for the summer camp of a lifetime!!
God saved! God moved! God worked!
Here are some highlights of our 5 day camping excursion at Lake Piru.
PSALM 148:1-4
1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
2Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his hosts!3Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
4Praise him, you highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens![This is our group minus Jenna! From L to R: Imana, Sunshine, Stephen, and Kyla.]
ROMANS 12:4-5
4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
[First night there we played a giant kick-ball game!]
PSALM 29:3-4
3The voice of the LORD is over(A) the waters;
the God of glory(B) thunders,
the LORD, over many waters.
4The voice of the LORD is(C) powerful;
the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.[Sunrise over the Lake]
ACTS 2:4242They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
[Preparing for another delicious meal! Our chef, Angelo, was a blessing]
ROMANS 15:5-6
5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, 6so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[Tired but excited with blue zinc-ed faces on the way to Hurricane Harbor]
JOHN 10:10
10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
[We were abundantly supplied with enough eggs to feed the 80 of us!]
PSALM 139:12-16
13For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them[Spontaneous photoshoot to encourage the girls that they are beautiful]
GENESIS 9:13-15
13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
[It started to rain right before an evening service, but we prayed for the Lord to stop the rain, and He did!]
JOHN 17:22-23
22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
[We took polaroids of all of our kids that were at camp. They are each unique and wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ.]
2 TIMOTHY 4:7
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
[Our victory drive back from camp! We celebrated by listening to our favorite song ‘Horchata’ by Vampire Weekend while eating ice cream!]
“We may not know what tomorrow holds, but we know who holds tomorrow.” -Pastor Devin
