YSA Fall Camp

The Fall YSA camp was held the middle of November. The theme was “Ask in Faith”.  It began on Friday night and ended Sunday afternoon.  The camp was located a few kilometers from Zutphan.  Most of the YSA’s were from the Netherlands.  There were a few from Belgium, Sweden and Germany. 

 As usual, the YSA’s in charge did a wonderful job of planning the camp.  There were great classes and activities, President and Sister Bunnell gave a devotional Sunday morning and it ended with a sweet testimony meeting. 

The countryside was beautiful and the trees were covered in fall orange and yellow. 

 We stayed in this hotel, located down a single lane road (it looked more like a bike path!) deep in the forest.  It is a miracle we found it on a dark and rainy night! 

This class was taught by Jurgen Hoole,  the Branch President of the Lelystad Branch and Sister Daryle Hoole's nephew.

The food was super delicious! Brother and Sister Van DerVlis were the cooks.   It was so nice not to have to do food : ).......

 .......and the YSA’s all pitched in to do dishes (Roselyn, ? , Alma and  Cherida).

The kids really love just hanging out.  (Felecia, Remco, Thomas and Victoria). 

(Victoria, Camille, Marije, Roselyn, Julia and Thomas). 

It isn’t camp without a dance on Friday night, complete with decorations : ) 

 The Saturday afternoon activity was a scavenger hunt.  Each team went to nearby Zutphan with an apple and an egg.  They “traded up” and the team with the biggest and best trade items won.  It was hilarious and what they got was amazing! 

(Julia, Michael, Veerle-the Van Der Put’s granddaughter, and Sjoerd).  

                         

The end of camp….what happy, competent, strong young adults.  Their road isn’t easy but they make the sacrifices to participate in the gospel.  It has been a blessing to serve them.

(and that includes squashing their luggage into our tiny car-oh how I’d love to  have our Expedition!-so we can drop them off at the train station!)

(Cherida & Amy)