Youth Trip!

Jason and I just got back from California last Friday night! It was a great time spending an entire week with our youth group from church! It was a beautiful camp ground in Ojai, CA! The campground was actually 10 minutes from the beach... but you never would've guessed it, because the campground itself was in an area a lot like Prescott (very wooded area). The weather was great - and the camp experience, as always, was awesome! Attached are some pictures, from our great week!

"Marked" was the name of our conference! The students learned that they are "marked" and designed for God's purpose and will in their lives!


Worship....


Games....
Capture the flag! As I mentioned in a previous post, our youth pastor left to go to another church a few months ago. Since then, our Senior Pastor has hired another youth pastor! This was Drew's first week with our kids.... hopefully he likes us and sticks around :) JK! We had a great time getting to know him! Yes, that is Drew - the guy standing on the rock... he is going to be great!


More games....
Ultimate Frisbee!


and more games....
Dodge Ball!


There were many activities for the kids (and leaders) to do! This was one of Jason's students on the Zip Line! Jason tried it, but I wasn't there to get a picture :(


We went to the beach! This was Jason with one of the students - out in the ocean!


The boys thought it was fun to catch Sand Crabs.... Jason brought it over to me - I was supposed to babysit it.... It must have fried, because it actually died while I was watching it! Ooops!


The girls wanted to make Jason into a Mer"man." This is them in the process....


Almost completed result!


My two good friends Paige (in the white) and Brandi (in the black) - coming to hang out and get some sun with me, on the beach!


The town of Ventura!


God's beautiful creation! I think I could sit and enjoy it forever!


One night during the week, we all dress up! Yes, most of us "dress" up in skirts, dresses, nice jeans, etc. The guys this year all decided to dress up in a different way - can we say attention getters? They looked great and made everyone laugh! Can you believe they actually paid money for those outfits at goodwill? Left to Right: Adam Aragon, Jason, Drew Thurman (our new youth pastor), Justin Baugus (one of the seniors in our group), and Casey Tornberg! They all have the personalities to pull off these outfits, so it made for quite the laughs :)