{"id":6288,"date":"2014-12-10T00:17:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T07:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2014-12-10T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T17:58:55","slug":"yosemite-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/yosemite-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mia C.<br \/>\nAge 14<\/p>\n<p>Among the hundreds (or even <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6289\" src=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/Yosemite-worship-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Yosemite worship\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/Yosemite-worship-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/Yosemite-worship.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>thousands) of American national parks, Yosemite\u00a0proved to be one of the most beautiful of God\u2019s creations. As a camp, we hiked up to\u00a0Vernal Fall. Before our 2.5 mile trek there, it began pouring rain, which was cool and within a few minutes we were all soaked and our group was divided into the \u201craindancers\u201d and the wet \u201crain-o-phobics.\u201d The rain then devolved into a sprinkle as we continued on our journey. As we walked, small scurrying creatures caught our eyes. Tiny squirrels ran around to the \u201cawwwws\u201d of the group. They were followed by much\u2026less tiny squirrels that obviously hoarded enough food to fill a hot air balloon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6290 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/Yosemite-Hike-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"Yosemite Hike\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/Yosemite-Hike-292x300.jpg 292w, http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/Yosemite-Hike.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/>Besides the cute animals, there were clear streams rushing past rocks and massive mountains. From a distance, Vernal Fall was visible as white foaming water gushed over the cliff and joined the water below, letting out bursts of moisture and steam. The walk began to get tiring as the humidity and sweat kicked in, but the group was entertained by the beauty around us and by Professor\u2019s life stories and nature quizzes. Along the way, people were asking about our Cam\u00a0p Gilgal shirts and we gladly shared information about our faith with them. It was nice to be given the opportunity to tell people about Jesus, whether they were believers or not. All in all, this hike introduced us to incredible portions of God\u2019s creation, adorable and amiable animals, and to the task of spreading Jesus\u2019 name to people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mia C. Age 14 Among the hundreds (or even thousands) of American national parks, Yosemite\u00a0proved to be one of the most beautiful of God\u2019s creations. As a camp, we hiked up to\u00a0Vernal Fall. Before our 2.5 mile trek there, it began pouring rain, which was cool and within a few minutes we were all soaked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5979,5975],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teen-camp-west-gilgal-gazette-2014","category-gilgal-gazette-2014","post-preview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6288"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6682,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6288\/revisions\/6682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jforj.org\/campgilgal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}