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Rain Soaked and having a blast!
Have you ever been excited to be in the cold, pouring rain panning for gold? Surprisingly, I have. It was like I had gone through a time portal and ended up back in the days of the California Gold Rush at a camp called Rock-N-Water located near Coloma, California. […]
A door opened
Everyone I know could tell you that I have always had a passion and love for outdoor adventures. But to me, outdoor adventures were always limited to family camping trips, climbing the trees in my friend’s backyard, and climbing on top of ever large rock I saw. […]
Rock-N-Water – A Poem
Rock n’ Water Away from the cities, nestled in the hills, by the lollipop tree, and a river that fills, There is a small beach between brush, with a rock, a sound place to stand, a bit firmer than sand. […]
Unequipped, in Charge, in China
Rock-N-Water has been a place of tremendous growth for me since my volunteer summer four years ago. Both the staff around me and the responsibilities I have been given have pushed me past my comfort zone. However, I recently was put in a situation in which I felt completely unequipped… […]
A Million Times Over
I went to Rock-N-Water a couple years ago with my church’s youth group and I couldn’t pick a better place to grow in my faith and friendships. I still hold on to the bonds I was blessed to make with my friends, how much I got to get closer to God, and how I was [...]
Rich in My Heart
At Rock-N-Water I panned for gold for the first time. My experience changed the way I thought about gold-panning. People on television make panning look effortless. What I learned that day was nothing like I expected. […]
He Causes Growth
God is moving every single day. If you think about it, the growth that happens in you is continuous. When I look back to a couple years ago, last year, a few months ago, or even a week ago, I’ve grown a lot. God teaches me things every single day, and at the end of [...]
Suicide Prevention Training
6 years ago we lost our 19 year old daughter, Linnea Lomax, to suicide due to a mental illness. I look back on that time and realize how unprepared she and the rest of her community were when it came to addressing her onset of mental illness and suicidality. Her parents, friends, college pastor, roommates, [...]
The Dignity and Humility of Christ
dig-ni-ty (noun) The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect A sense of pride in oneself; self-respect1 In a social-media dominated world, there is a constant pressure to prove yourself. Prove to your peers that your life is just as glamorous and exciting as theirs. As humans, [...]
Encouragment Brings Hope
In the article The Big Difference of Simple Encouragement, Becky Keife shares the story of an experience that was so small, yet so big. All it took was an encounter with a stranger at the library while she was on an outing with her children. Becky mentioned that she was feeling exhausted and worn-out trying to [...]
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