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2010 Video of Students at Disneyland

Kyle Yates — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:36:27 +0000

Here is a video of students at Disneyland during the 2010 homestay program.

2010 Arroyo Verde Park

Kyle Yates — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:08:46 +0000

We arrived at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura at 10:30am just when the fog was burning off allowing the warm sun to shine. It was another beautiful day! The air temperature was about 23C or 73F. We couldn’t have asked for better weather!

After arriving, we setup the volleyball net that the Morenos brought from home. Then we played a little volleyball together, ate, played some softball, relaxed and talked, played frisbee and catch, hiked and then played some more softball before cleaning up and heading back to our respective homes to spend our last night together with our host families.

Pictures from the picnic at Arroyo Verde Park.

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Sayonara Party

Kyle Yates — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:07:15 +0000

Like every year, we don’t really know where we are going to have the Sayonara Party. Thanks to the Piszczeks and their friend Laura, we were able to have the Sayonara Party this year at a place where the everyone could swim, lounge around by the pool under some shade and even ride or pet horses. It was a blessing!

Tom Triplett and Kyle served the food and the families sat around discussing the homestay this year while the kids swam in the pool and played around. We had some great conversation and it was another successful party to end another wonderful amazingly blessed homestay program.

Here are pictures from the party.

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2010 VBS Day 2

Kyle Yates — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:24:11 +0000

Today was day 2 of VBS. The kids worked on their songs and dances, listened to another Bible story, played games, ate snacks and then, afterwards, we went to the beach.

We had about 20 people there from the homestay: host families, kids and students. Those who didn’t mind the cold water tried learning to surf. Those who didn’t want to get wet or swim in the cold water played in the sand, talked or walked along the beach.

We had beautiful weather and lots of fun!

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2010 VBS Day 1

Kyle Yates — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:59:51 +0000

Today was the first day of VBS. All the students arrived early at the church and gathered in the sanctuary. The students sang songs and listened to their first story of the week, then we went to arts and crafts, to music and dance and then went up to our room and discussed the story. After discussing it for a while, we then went outside to have snacks and drinks and played some games.

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Day 3 at Universal Studios Hollywood

Kyle Yates — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:42:59 +0000

We got an early start this morning meeting at Calvary Chapel of Oxnard at 7:30am and arriving at Universal Studios at 9am, just when they were first opening the gates.

Not many people were at the park that early, so we were able to get three rides in a short amount of time. We first did The Mummy, twice, and then rode Jurassic Park and got wet. Some of the people who The Mummy were not feeling that well afterwards because the ride is like a roller coaster. Their heads were still spinning and stomaches were a bit upset. But they felt better as the day went on.

We then rode the Studio Tour of the Backlot where many movies have been made and are still being made. There are several new attractions there since the fire that burned down many buildings in 2008. The latest one is King Kong 3D.

Later, we ate lunch and then split up into groups so everyone could do more of what they wanted to do. Some went on other rides and some went to shows.

At the end of the day, after playing in the water park at Universal, we met and went for dinner at Bubba Gumps where we ate tons of shrimp, fried potatoes and salad.

It was a long day and most everyone slept in the van on the way home.

Next is the Dodgers game!

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Preparing for 2010

Kyle Yates — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:35:47 +0000

2009 was a lot of fun! Now it is time to begin preparing for 2010.

If you are interested in attending, go ahead and let us know to reserve a place.

Details about the 2010 summer homestay program will be added to the site sometime in the near future.