October 18, 2018
Jonny May candidly admits he was “an idiot high schooler sent to work on LLYC Program Crew” in 1997 after making a poor decision involving underage drinking, tobacco, and a well-known big box “superstore.” Recently, Laity Lodge Family Camp talked with him about his relationship to camp, and he explained, “God used that [first] summer (and camp) to grab my heart for the first time. I would count it as one of the most […]
January 4, 2018
At Laity Lodge Family Camp, we pray, desire, hope, and plan for our guests to experience wholeness and transformation–from individuals to families. In our final Fall retreat, LLFC partnered with YoungLives to put on a weekend camp experience with this goal for teen moms and their babies. What a beautiful sight to see! What a joyful noise was raised! At each LLFC retreat, people roll into the Canyon, and weight rolls off their back. This […]
December 6, 2017
For most of us this time of year is spent being very busy with Christmas parties, shopping, decorating, preparing for guests, traveling, studying for exams and countless other holiday rituals. In the midst of these usual rituals we often forget about Advent. The Christian Church Year identifies the season of Advent as taking place from December 3rd through December 24th.
October 12, 2017
This fall Cary Hendricks and his new friend Shawn Perez enjoyed a meal around the table at Laity Lodge Family Camp. As the two talked, Shawn opened up about his story—the jaggedness of his past and the source of genuine hope for a future. Shawn, along with his wife April and youngest son Daniel, came to Family Camp for the first time by way of the House of Faith/LLFC Parenting University partnership. He admitted he […]
July 17, 2017
During one camp session this summer, I ate with a family attending LLFC for the first time. Their two teenage girls loved the fishing, slip n’ slides, and zip lines. Meanwhile the parents were struck by a new sense of freedom. On that hot summer afternoon, they shared how Family Camp helped them experience true freedom in their journey with Jesus. Rather than obligation and duty, they discovered real joy, laughter, and fun. They had […]
June 25, 2017
If I close my eyes, I can hear the sounds of the Canyon. I hear my tires turning onto the caliche road, crunching and spitting dust in the slow and steep descent down into camp. I hear the swish of the Frio River as I drive into it, the creaks and thuds of the car as we bump along the limestone riverbed and the echoes from the canyon walls. I can hear the voices of […]
