Youth Group at Pismo

Matt and I spent the weekend at Pismo with 30 wonderful teenagers from our youth group. We drove down on Friday night so we could enjoy a nice steak dinner alone at Jocko's in Nipomo before the students arrived. Like always, the steaks were amazing. Unfortunately, I was only able to choke down four bites before Baby Dildine put a halt to my dinner plans. Luckily, I was still able to enjoy a great night out with Matt.

The students arrived to our camp on the sand just as we served lunch on Saturday. After we all stuffed our faces, the group split in to three groups. One group went in to Pismo to go Boogie-Boarding, the second group went in to San Luis Obispo to go shopping and the third group stayed at the beach and played in the dunes. Matt and I stayed at the beach and enjoyed an afternoon with a handful of the kids. The students we were with enjoyed an afternoon of riding the dunes with 4x4 trucks and ATV's.

By six that night, everyone was back to camp and we enjoyed BBQ hamburgers, hot dogs and homemade chili beans...Mmmmm. That night we sang and had a devotional around the camp fire. After that, the students played games around camp and took another spin around the dunes at night.

On Sunday morning we had a wonderful pancake breakfast before "church" on the beach. When everyone was done eating we conducted our own church service at camp. After church we packed up so we could go in to Arroyo Grande for a big lunch at Klondike Pizza.

It was a great weekend. Despite the short trip, we packed a lot in and everyone was exhausted. We couldn't have done it without some very special people: Ken and Tami Cowger labored all weekend taking care of the students covering all bases- bathrooms to feeding frenzies. We are so grateful for all of their hard work. Avery Henderson, Kyle Mason and Casey and Veronica Sue brought 4x4 trucks, ATV's and other "sand toys" for the students to play with.

Matt got to play too!

We look forward to the next time we get to enjoy Pismo with the youth group.