Your Stories

We cherish the stories shared by our participants. Whether told during gratitude around the fire ring at the A/U Ranches, passed along to a DiscoveryBound National Leadership Council class leader, or shared here, our participants' experiences open new windows into the endless good found in Adventure Unlimited programs, all with the support of our generous donors.

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Youth Camp practitioner

What’s It Like to Be a Christian Science Practitioner at Youth Camp

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It was an adventure of being completely focused on that little community where God is the lawmaker, the inspiration and the sustenance for camp.

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Ruby

NLC Teens Share Adventure Trip Gratitude

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I’m grateful for all the new memories that I now share with my classmates, and I know that this trip has brought my class and I closer, and it’s thanks to you that I could experience it.

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Charlotte

Young Family Camper’s Eye Healed

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Our family is so grateful for the provision of a free onsite Christian Science practitioner for all needs, and for the healing environment the A/U Ranches provides.

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Brianna

Video: Healing and Love in the Herd at the A/U Ranches

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Corral staff member Brianna witnessed quick healings of horses at the A/U Ranches last summer. She also was inspired by how her campers connected with the horses they rode. She…

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Mountain Reunioners

Video: Mountaineering Reunion Memories

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Wendy Jones, Melvin Andrews, Christopher Webb and National Alumni Board member (and Mountaineering Reunion committee chair) Holly Valentine remember what the A/U Ranches meant to them as youth campers and…

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Jake Doe

Video: DiscoveryBound Outreach 20s/30s: Practicing Christian Science

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Participating in DB Outreach 20s/30s weekend events has helped solidify Vince Lomascolo’s practice of Christian Science. Watch him share about the friendships and healings that have come into his life…

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Jake Doe

Video: The Program that Changed Everything: NLC

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Many NLC participants continue to feel the effects of the program after they graduate. Sofia Minich (2022A class) talks about some of the blessings she experienced and skills she gained…

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Vince

Healing of Anxiety During Weekend Trip

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The way I feel being a part of the DiscoveryBound family is how I want to feel all the time.

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Truth Johnston

Awakening to the Highest Sense of Love at Family Camp

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I realized the highest and most helpful form of love was to see others as complete, perfect children of God, instead of lacking mortals needing my sympathy.

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Dean

God's Guiding Hand on a Climb

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The day was very hard, but I felt like God was carrying me along the way. I felt like every step I was doing, something was one step ahead of me, guiding me onward.

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