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. […]
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 [...]
I was on fire for God and I loved working at summer camps, but I didn’t realize just how many more lessons God had in store for me. I had spent the previous two Summers working at Trout Lake Camps in Pine River, Minnesota. And though I loved it, I felt it was time to [...]
I hate to admit it, but fear has played a big part of my story. Not only has it played a part in my past, there are times fear affects my life even now. Whether it is fear of the unknown, fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of missing out, or just a general [...]
It’s February, the month of love. But what is love? We use the same word to describe how we feel about pizza, dogs, family members, our sports teams, and God. The Bible uses different words that all get translated to “love.” The one we are commanded to do is agape. Agape love is selfless, sacrificial, [...]
I love how The Message words the passage of Matthew 11:28-30, “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get a way with me an you’ll recover you life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me-watch how I do it. Learn the unforced [...]
When it comes to the end of the year, we start thinking about what we can do to better ourselves in the next year. So what are your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you plan to eat healthier? Lose weight? Exercise more? Pray more? Get out into nature more often? What about resolving to gossip less? [...]
If you have ever been to Rock-N-Water, you might have noticed that on every adventure we do there’s a senior guide that is in charge of safety for that day. It’s this guide who gives the safety talk, makes all the decisions, and takes command should anything go wrong throughout the day. Our guides spend many [...]
During my middle school and early high school years, our youth group would make a summer trip to go out whitewater rafting on the American River. This was before I had even heard about Rock-N-Water and when my dad was the only one in our family who knew how to guide, compared to the four [...]
A burly, bearded mountain man in a plaid shirt and rolled up trousers is the picture that most people think the typical early Californian gold miner was like. However, historically speaking, the average age of a forty-niner was twenty-two. Many miners actually were minors! They came from the East with their older brothers, cousins, schoolmates, [...]
