Koinonia Christian Campus Fellowship – UC Berkeley Club

Last Saturday, while the junior class when to an awesome looking Pacifica Beach, the sophomore class hit the mountains at Sierra Lodge. And let me tell you, it was AWESOME! So if you missed out, I’m sorry to tell you that you probably missed the best Sierra Lodge trip yet and possibly…ever to come. So please, if you are unable to handle extreme fun don’t finish reading this post because you will be too jealous to look us in the eyes

So moving onto the good stuff! First thing after we got to SL, we went straight for the warmth and comfort of the gazebo. What better way to start the weekend than with toasted soft marshmallows, flamed evergoods, fun singing, and Eric & Martin’s LOTR reenactment.

Mmmmm Evergoods...

Look at those awed faces :O

For those of you who were expecting an Eric and Martin production, you won’t find it here. It’s actually highly confidential, but they are open for private showings. Please see manager Josh A for details.

After our fun time at the gazebo we went back to the lodge for even more food (aka. evergoods again <yay!> in ramen mmmmm…) and the name game.

Sorry but these aren't for sale.

Can you guess Alan's name while Jenny's face is like that? I don't think so!

After staying up late playing, we happily crashed with full tummys and smiley faces knowing what would come in just a few hours. Next morning, we started the day off with breakfast and even better food called DTs. After that came a glorious IRON CHEF competition between the bros and the sisters. Let me show you the food and you decide which one won.

Pan-fried noodles (missing is tofu stew and other goodness)

Yummy Appetizers with Two Different Dips

Compliment to the Appetizers, a Nice Side

Braised Pork, Chicken Delight, and Kick'n Asian Noodles

Did you pick your winner? If you guessed that last one, you were absolutely right! This wonderful and professional looking meal was prepared by yours truly, the BROTHERS team! And you thought we couldn’t cook. HAH! The sisters, took a glorious second, but if their cookies were in the race, they would’ve won for sure. Those cookies were better than Chips Ahoy, CREAM, and Mrs. Fields COMBINED!! Best cookies ever. yum.

Anyhow, this is a snow trip but where’s all the snow? Well it’s now the time you’ve all been waiting for…SNOW MADNESS!

Wanted: ultimate jacker who preys on the weak

These guys are the hounds we sent out to catch the criminal named Dan

Of course, we had to pile on the staff guys

The previous photo was a precursor to this bigger pile

Some people were eventually left for dead

Turns out the sisters were a bit too vicious and their photos could not be uploaded because it would no longer be rated G or even PG…maybe not even PG-13.

WEEEEE! See how much fun we had? For those of you who missed out, we really missed you guys so come next time okay?

Come next time...so we can cream you too!!

This past Saturday, while the sophomores were playing in the snow in Sierra Lodge, the juniors were playing in the sand at Pacifica. It was a great time of hanging out, playing sports, and enjoying the outdoors before all the homework we’ve been procrastinating on catches up to us.

We started off the day playing beach volleyball. For many of us, this was our first time playing (or our first time playing in a long while), so Ray demonstrated for us how to hit a volleyball correctly.

And for some reason, I was included in this picture. I think I was looking at someone tossing a football or frisbee or something.

So we set up the volleyball net and starting playing. Apparently, the net was too low because, according to an unnamed brother, even short people like Steph could spike the ball.

And of course, tall people like Will could spike the ball too.

After playing beach volleyball, I thought that we were going to play football. We split up into 2 teams, and I was relieved to see that Isaiah was on my team, especially since Dereck was on the other team and football on the beach usually involves tackling people. To my [pleasant] surprise, we ended up playing frisbee instead.

Despite recently turning…older, Ray can still play.

After our fun time our sports, some of us were pretty tired.

Being tired is no good, but being tired and hungry is even worse, so after our sports time we had food time: sandy clam chowder, hot links and dinner rolls. We would have had s’mores too, but we were short on time because we had to take pictures first…pictures like these.

I think we’re ready for G-Live.

The sisters didn’t want to copy our awesome pose, so they went for a more normal picture.

(Except for Myra of course.)

After picture taking time, it was time to go home. Hopefully we’ll have another trip like this soon, for all the people who weren’t able to make it out this time!

UPDATE: Hey, RELIVE the trip and check out our video recap:

This past weekend, the frosh and seniors went to Sierra Lodge as a getaway after taking a bazillion midterms in the last couple weeks. It was a time packed with fun, or maybe too much fun where most people were too tired to even attempt to stay up during Saturday night! Man, never knew having fun can be so tiring.

The trip was filled with mucho fun activities like singing songs and eating s’mores around campfire, kayaking, playing football, frisbee, volleyball, and british bulldog at Lake Tahoe, baking, playing basketball, ping pong, etc! And of course, we cannot forget the ultimate ming mang mong and king kong shower (or as Steve Suh calls it, “King Kang Kong”)!

Here are some pictures from the trip:

Campfire and some singing and s’mores action!

Sisters rocking brothers in ping pong (I think they really beat the brothers!)

Brothers vs. Sisters Human Knot. I think the picture shows who won.

On Saturday, we went to Lake Tahoe early in the morning and played until late in the afternoon.

Getting ready to sail out!

Frosh coming back from intense kayaking!

While some of us were kayaking, some brothers played tackle football.

Tim getting rocked by frosh!

And then massive British Bulldog with 150 people!

And our final group picture

Frosh and seniors…what was your favorite part of the trip? Leave a comment!

This past weekend, the sophomores and juniors headed up to the Sierras for an awesome time of fun and fellowship at our very own Sierra Lodge! Check out the video recap! Awesome!

Friday night, we headed up to Sierra Lodge and had a great time of board games, basketball and King Kong Shower.

King Kong Shower Ridiculousness

But the highlight of the night was gathering at the gazebo to sing around the campfire! We roasted marshmallows, sang songs, and even had some people sing solos for the rest of us! Gathering around the campfire and singing songs just never gets old.

Gathering around the campfire

Saturday, we went on a quick hike to get out and see the beautiful nature around us.

The sophomores on the hike...

...and the juniors!

After hiking we went kayaking at Lake Spaulding! We rowed all the way across to the other side of the lake.

Well, most of us.

We told them not to take the rowboat...

...because we had to "rescue" them after!

The rest of us went over in our spiffy new pontoon boat.

It looks like a Disneyland ride!

We had lunch on the other side of the lake and climbed some cliffs to take this awesome picture.

A little bit too awesome..

Awesome picture!

After the tiring time of kayaking, there was no time for rest as we headed back to Sierra Lodge to play frisbee and basketball! We also had a rematch of the staff versus students basketball game from last time. Needless to say, the students won.

Frisbee

The Epic Staff vs. Students Game

After all of that physical activity, we dug in for dinner at the lodge. After dinner, it was time for everyone favorite game not named King Kong Shower….Ming Mang Mong! We had an epic final round of Ming Mang Mong, but when all was said and done, the sophomore guys prevailed! Good job!
(Sadly, everyone was too busy watching Ming Mang Mong to take any pictures. Use your imagination!)

The night wasn’t over yet. We broke up into groups afterwords to brainstorm ideas for Thanksgiving Celebration, and then we had to go up and present our ideas. Here were some of the better ones…

They want to see YOU at TC!

The level of shamelessness in the performances was inspiring. The sophomores and juniors will definitely be ready for TC when it comes around.

Join us next time!

Freshmen, don’t miss this exciting trip to our beautiful Sierra Lodge on Friday 10/15 to Sunday 10/17!! There will be some major bonding to get to know the other frosh, good food, hiking, boating/kayaking, campfires (with campfire songs!), basketball, frisbee, stargazing…FUN.

See what the Sophomores and Juniors have to say!

Please SIGN-UP here for the trip!

All sophomores and juniors – we’re heading to our very own Sierra Lodge next Friday night (10/8) to Sunday morning (10/10) [update]. If you don’t know what Sierra Lodge is, ask a friend…but it’s basically our property with nice lodges, gazebo, firepits, basketball court, sports field, etc…nestled in beautiful mountains, next to a pristine lake!

“No place on earth like that,” you’re saying to yourself? Think again! And we’re headed there for some fun and fellowship.

Please sign up here for the trip!