Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church, Milpitas

   

This weekend we hosted a group of young folks from Milpitas. There were about 80 students from 7 to 17 years old. They have a club called TNTT which promotes God as well as teaches about their culture.  They were supported by about 40 parents which worked the kitchen and assembled a stage and worship tent. This was a student lead program.

 Above is the stage they erected. the projector was behind and it was well secured for the breezy conditions. Below is a place of worship and prayer. They also had Eucharist in the tent/gazebo. 

 

Good thing I leave a milk crate in the kitchen area, when you put a 50 quart pot on it , well, stirring it can be a problem 

They ate in shifts. First the  students got a meal then the adults ate. We were concerned about the limitation of the dining quarters but their system worked well. 

They had prayer bags where you could drop off a note to someone in the the group. They originally were under the blue canopy by the worship gazebo. This is similar to PBCC having a Barnabas board for leaving encouraging notes.

Saturday AM they had different stations they went to. Skits were practiced songs were sung.
The weather changed Saturday night. The lightning was visible about 10 PM and lasted till dawn. It got close enough to add thunder about 2:30 AM into dawn  the rain started then as well. We got over 1/2" during the night, and another 1/2" between 10AM and 4 PM. Hopefully, it will help some of the trees, which are drought stressed.

 So the activities Sunday morning were in the dining pavilion. They held mass and we heard "How great thou art" being sung several times.

We had one motor home on the soccer field which make it off successfully.  This car had some challenges with street tires. Fortunately, he had some friends.

1ST Baptist of Stockton

This was the third year this group of Jr highers choose to visit Whisper Canyon.

It was unusually cool for a July visit. Which actually was nice. There were about 40 in the group with their leaders.

Last year they helped disassemble the steps to the water slide. I made a couple trips down during the year, to remove the wood but it needed two more trips this week, to haul it out of the canyon and stage it for the dumpster. They helped move the carport frame back to the side of the shop, hauled about six loads of branches from a fallen grey pine and racked 3 trailer loads of leaves from behind the boathouse. This was a working vacation for them.

Last year their was a fire just North of camp as they arrived. This year it was a fire to the south. Nether fire got close to the camp, still they are disconcerting with the dry conditions.

Home Schoolers

Some families from Atascadero area came for a class in creation science.

The kitchen is an important part of the camp experience

 

The merry go round is always popular with the students

Framers came for a weekend

We had the some of the framers come back to Whisper to share the camp with their families back in June.

Sweet time having them at camp. Of course Salvador wanted to work, so he made some steps to one of the Yurts

They came out looking very nice. Here they are with his son, grandson at the railing.
He also rebuilt the seating around the upper fire pit. It looks very good

Comunidad Cristiana de Fe

 This group come from King City. It is a ministry reaching out to students giving them alternatives on Friday nights

They had some teaching times and just enjoyed the camp and hanging out.

Way back at March

PBCC is our first group of the season. They come in and hold Vacation Bible School with several of the churches in King City. Here is some worship time at the camp.

 Charlie from Mount Hermon was their teacher this year

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They formed up into teams prior to the trip. Here they are praying prior to heading into town. They teach bible verses, sing songs and just love on the younger students in town. The real story is what happens in King City, But that is for them to tell.