YL Capernaum Everywhere

Written by Jamie Fendler, Capernaum Staff in Burnsville, MN - Thank you Jamie! I met my friend, Annika, when she was a freshman. I would hang out at her adaptive softball games and she would turn around in the stands and giggle at me all throughout the game. Honestly, if someone had told me back then that Annika would be doing work crew heading into her senior year, I might not have believed them. But Annika has matured so much in her relationship with Christ and it has been so fun to be a part of! Since that year, Annika rarely misses a Capernaum club and has come as a camper to Castaway the last two summers. After camp last summer, Annika started to ask me about doing work crew. So, when our region decided to do an all-metro work crew training, I asked Annika to come along! On our way to the first day of training, Annika was full of questions. “Will I be the only one with a disability there?” she asked nervously. We had a great conversation about how her disability doesn’t

We love this outreach camp story from YL Capernaum Tuscon!  Thank you for walking with your friends like Mabel and introducing them to a lifelong relationship with Jesus! This summer we had the privilege of going to camp with our friend Mabel. This was Mabel's second year at camp with us. When we first started talking about camp 2 years ago, I handed Mabel's parents a flyer for camp.  They were shocked that Mabel would be able to go to camp, and more so that we would be willing to care for her physical needs the whole week. This was the first time that Mabel would be away from her parents since she was born. Last year Mabel experienced new adventures and heard the gospel all week but wasn't ready to make a decision to follow Jesus.  Over the next year, Mabel continued to come to club and hear more of the gospel while building her friendships with the leaders. Two months prior to camp, Mabel's parents got divorced. This year at camp she was able to grieve and pr

Thank you Sarah from San Francisco for sharing this with us!!! Shreeya is a rising junior this year. She has had many health scares in her life due to having epilepsy and a myriad of allergies. Seizures in her childhood caused Shreeya to have trouble with her speech and communication, which has made making friends a challenge for her. All that began to change when her Young Life leaders met her 2 years ago at her high school. Over time Shreeya and her parents have come to love and trust her leaders. This summer was a marathon of firsts for her, all alongside new friends and her YL leaders. She went to her first ever sleepover in the spring on our spring break overnight in San Francisco. She went to the movies with friends for the first time ever this summer with us. Shreeya had friends over to her house for the first time ever to hang out and spend the night. AND she experienced camp at Woodleaf for the first time ever this summer.  Over the spring and summer of fir