So much to say about Girl's Camp! I figured out like a couple of days before that Sister Lunnen was in charge of Girl's Camp so I knew it was gonna be amazing right then :) Started on Monday I didn't get lost unlike last year it's actually pretty easy to get there. It was a good first day hanging out with the YCL's (youth camp leaders). We had a lot of fun together and I really like the idea of us having a day to ourselves to just bond more. Then it was raining Tuesday morning but thankfully stopped when people started arriving :) I don't know if I'll get every day right but I'm gonna try! The first day we made magnets in craft. We had hour of power which we talked about The Strength For Youth pamphlet and tried to remember all the different topics in there with clues. I didn't do the greatest which tells me I need to read it again! We worked on the 3rd years certification that day and actually got pretty much all of it done. Surprising how much we can figure out ;)
I was conducting for President Kirk that night. He talked to us about parables. We talked about one that the Lord told men that they would all receive the same but some worked an hour and some worked all day long and the men that worked all day long felt they deserved more than they were given. Although, it was the promise that they would receive the same. We receive more blessings when we endure things well rather than complaining about what we think we should have. We are not the knower of all things.. There is a plan for us whether we like it or not but I know it won't be all bad there will be more good! :D He also talked about another parable. One man received 5 talents, one man received 2 and one man received 1. The men with 5 and 2 talents doubled there talents and went back to the Lord and said you have given us 5 or 2 and we have developed 5, 2 more talents. The one that only received one talent was afraid and buried his talent and didn't develop any more talents. The men that doubled their talents and continued to learn and develop more were rewarded but the one that hid his was not. Not everyone has a million talents but we should not hide what we can do and refuse to help others. I'll let ya know when I find something I'm really good at but I'm sure there are things I don't notice and using those and not trying to change myself will help others. Life can always be worse and we need to realize what we have in front of us and how lucky we truly are. That we are special and loved.
Wow, a lot has happened. Tuesday still. We did Night at the Oscars. Each year, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th were assigned a fairy tale to act out and props. We got the 3 little bears. I totally didn't really know this story so I was like okay lets see how this goes. It totally brought out another side to a lot of the girls that I hadn't seen yet. It went really well and the girls had a lot of fun doing it. It was so funny though because we weren't supposed to have phones and I was looking at one of the leaders phones because she had a cool one. A leader yelled my name and I was like "It's not my phone!!!" Haha she wasn't even talking about the phone she was gonna tell me that I did a good job conducting I was like oopss.. We chatted though and it was all good! Oh, plus our YCL leaders I took chairs for our Skit and one of them was our leader's and she got it the next day and had a bunch of bugs crawl all over from it.. The other leader drove another YCL and me to the gate to let people in in the morning and I brought orange juice with me. I forgot all about it and left it in her cup holder and she put her phone in her cup holder the next day to charge it.. Funny, but bad. Thankfully it wasn't broken!!!
Now to Wednesday! We went on a 3 mile hike! Wow I needed something like that to tell me I'm out of shape!!! It wasn't all that bad though. I don't remember hearing any of my 3rd years complaining about it. This was the somewhat rough day for me because I was so tired from not sleeping the day before. I went to take a nap during free time but then a storm came and we had to go down to the lodge. Then a couple other things... You can't stay in a bad mood too long at camp though :) Crafts were washers that we hammered letters into and colored in and made necklaces out of. Really not as easy as it sounds. Mine looks alright. Hour of power was a little different because of the rain and everything but it made me think of things I really never thought of before. I remember that during it I'm just trying to remember details!! We talked about Liahona's and we made a necklace with one on it. We talked about in Nephi when Lehi received a Liahona that helped guide them. It only worked when they were faithful though. Like us having the Holy Ghost but we can only have it as a companion when we are worthy. Like the Liahona the Holy Ghost help guide us. The scriptures help guide us as well as our Prophet. We did a team building that we all layed down shoulder to shoulder and two rows with our heads by each other and put our hand up to carry people across. Wednesday was Bishop's night, We had a little competition with our Bishop's to recieve information about a Prophet from the scriptures that we would have to describe. We got Joshua. I learned more about him because I didn't know that story.. That's where our camp theme came from though. Joshua 1:9 "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest." After that we got to go have snacks with our Bishop and Wards. Oh gosh it was hilarious. I guess Wednesday night Catherine, who I was sharing a tent with asked me to borrow my phone cause hers wasn't working right and I was totally dead asleep and don't even remember waking up but I guess when she asked me I looked right at her and was like I don't know. Then she told me I said something else too but kindof in a mean way. haha I totally wasn't awake.
Thursday. We had another team building activity that was pretty fun. We all had to get in a circle and pass a hula hoop around our necks without using our hands. I must say the group I was in won both times :) We visited the Johnson home first. I think that was the second time I had been there but it may have been the third. Every time visiting a historical site you learn something new that you didn't learn the last time or that you didn't remember. I learned a lot more about Joseph Smith than I knew before camp. If only we could all be like him! I don't know many people that could be beaten, tar and feathered and still preach the next day and continue on with what he had to do. He did so much so that we could have some of the things we have today like the Book of Mormon. Hour of Power on Thursday was making armor. Each armor has a purpose. What, I couldn't tell you but we did it :) Ours looked really good and we had to figure out what each one meant and label it on our armor. Then for the first time at camp I tried out the slip and slide. It was really fun! One of the 3rd years slid all the way to the end so then I was determined to do it too! Just needed a bigger running start :D I really liked crafts that day. We had jars and we chose stickers of different things to put on them and then sprayed them with this white stuff but that you could still see through the jars. You could put a handle on it but I just used the wire and put it around the top of the jar with beads on it. They have candles in them too. We had dinner with our years and made dessert in dutch ovens that all turned out a little funky.. The pizza was good though I was totally wanting pizza all week! The total best thing about any Girl's Camp is the testimony meeting! I love it! Now, the past two years have been good but this year I was amazed with what some of the girls said. The girls varied from 12-18 and was definitely spiritual. I went up of course I had to I couldn't resist :) Plus the majority of the 3rd years went up and the other two YCL's that were over them :) Then everyone pretty much stayed up late that night. Each ward has a camp director and ours was Anna. It was pretty last minute but she got everything situated quickly and efficiently :) We chatted a while after testimony meeting til we wanted to go to bed haha.
Friday morning as well with Wednesday and Thursday we had solo scripture study. I was conducting this and had to share a scripture. I chose Doctrine and Covenants 121:45 "Let thy bowels also be full with charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven." I wasn't sure what I was going to read but I was looking through D&C because Joseph Smith wrote them and just the area we were in. I was looking in my Young Women personal progress book to try to find a scripture and I found this one and it totally worked. Charity is always so, so important. Plus at camp everyone is always willing to help one another and it's great! I just wanted to remind everyone how important it is to carry that on when everyone goes home. Then we had to tear our camps down and do the chores for the day. Pretty sad to say bye to people but will hopefully stay in touch with most of them :)
I was just so glad to go to Girl's Camp. It was better than I ever anticipated. I have somewhat been in a rut lately but it has left me with more knowledge than I had before and more friendships. It's always a good place to be with others that share the same values and beliefs and I totally grab onto that as often as possible, I love that feeling! Everyone had told me that I'm going to love BYU-I. I am so looking forward to it and for that same reason. Wow I spelled receive wrong like 7 times!! I guess I said that a lot. Now I before E except after C. I guess that is somewhat useful ;)
I was conducting for President Kirk that night. He talked to us about parables. We talked about one that the Lord told men that they would all receive the same but some worked an hour and some worked all day long and the men that worked all day long felt they deserved more than they were given. Although, it was the promise that they would receive the same. We receive more blessings when we endure things well rather than complaining about what we think we should have. We are not the knower of all things.. There is a plan for us whether we like it or not but I know it won't be all bad there will be more good! :D He also talked about another parable. One man received 5 talents, one man received 2 and one man received 1. The men with 5 and 2 talents doubled there talents and went back to the Lord and said you have given us 5 or 2 and we have developed 5, 2 more talents. The one that only received one talent was afraid and buried his talent and didn't develop any more talents. The men that doubled their talents and continued to learn and develop more were rewarded but the one that hid his was not. Not everyone has a million talents but we should not hide what we can do and refuse to help others. I'll let ya know when I find something I'm really good at but I'm sure there are things I don't notice and using those and not trying to change myself will help others. Life can always be worse and we need to realize what we have in front of us and how lucky we truly are. That we are special and loved.
Wow, a lot has happened. Tuesday still. We did Night at the Oscars. Each year, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th were assigned a fairy tale to act out and props. We got the 3 little bears. I totally didn't really know this story so I was like okay lets see how this goes. It totally brought out another side to a lot of the girls that I hadn't seen yet. It went really well and the girls had a lot of fun doing it. It was so funny though because we weren't supposed to have phones and I was looking at one of the leaders phones because she had a cool one. A leader yelled my name and I was like "It's not my phone!!!" Haha she wasn't even talking about the phone she was gonna tell me that I did a good job conducting I was like oopss.. We chatted though and it was all good! Oh, plus our YCL leaders I took chairs for our Skit and one of them was our leader's and she got it the next day and had a bunch of bugs crawl all over from it.. The other leader drove another YCL and me to the gate to let people in in the morning and I brought orange juice with me. I forgot all about it and left it in her cup holder and she put her phone in her cup holder the next day to charge it.. Funny, but bad. Thankfully it wasn't broken!!!
Now to Wednesday! We went on a 3 mile hike! Wow I needed something like that to tell me I'm out of shape!!! It wasn't all that bad though. I don't remember hearing any of my 3rd years complaining about it. This was the somewhat rough day for me because I was so tired from not sleeping the day before. I went to take a nap during free time but then a storm came and we had to go down to the lodge. Then a couple other things... You can't stay in a bad mood too long at camp though :) Crafts were washers that we hammered letters into and colored in and made necklaces out of. Really not as easy as it sounds. Mine looks alright. Hour of power was a little different because of the rain and everything but it made me think of things I really never thought of before. I remember that during it I'm just trying to remember details!! We talked about Liahona's and we made a necklace with one on it. We talked about in Nephi when Lehi received a Liahona that helped guide them. It only worked when they were faithful though. Like us having the Holy Ghost but we can only have it as a companion when we are worthy. Like the Liahona the Holy Ghost help guide us. The scriptures help guide us as well as our Prophet. We did a team building that we all layed down shoulder to shoulder and two rows with our heads by each other and put our hand up to carry people across. Wednesday was Bishop's night, We had a little competition with our Bishop's to recieve information about a Prophet from the scriptures that we would have to describe. We got Joshua. I learned more about him because I didn't know that story.. That's where our camp theme came from though. Joshua 1:9 "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest." After that we got to go have snacks with our Bishop and Wards. Oh gosh it was hilarious. I guess Wednesday night Catherine, who I was sharing a tent with asked me to borrow my phone cause hers wasn't working right and I was totally dead asleep and don't even remember waking up but I guess when she asked me I looked right at her and was like I don't know. Then she told me I said something else too but kindof in a mean way. haha I totally wasn't awake.
Thursday. We had another team building activity that was pretty fun. We all had to get in a circle and pass a hula hoop around our necks without using our hands. I must say the group I was in won both times :) We visited the Johnson home first. I think that was the second time I had been there but it may have been the third. Every time visiting a historical site you learn something new that you didn't learn the last time or that you didn't remember. I learned a lot more about Joseph Smith than I knew before camp. If only we could all be like him! I don't know many people that could be beaten, tar and feathered and still preach the next day and continue on with what he had to do. He did so much so that we could have some of the things we have today like the Book of Mormon. Hour of Power on Thursday was making armor. Each armor has a purpose. What, I couldn't tell you but we did it :) Ours looked really good and we had to figure out what each one meant and label it on our armor. Then for the first time at camp I tried out the slip and slide. It was really fun! One of the 3rd years slid all the way to the end so then I was determined to do it too! Just needed a bigger running start :D I really liked crafts that day. We had jars and we chose stickers of different things to put on them and then sprayed them with this white stuff but that you could still see through the jars. You could put a handle on it but I just used the wire and put it around the top of the jar with beads on it. They have candles in them too. We had dinner with our years and made dessert in dutch ovens that all turned out a little funky.. The pizza was good though I was totally wanting pizza all week! The total best thing about any Girl's Camp is the testimony meeting! I love it! Now, the past two years have been good but this year I was amazed with what some of the girls said. The girls varied from 12-18 and was definitely spiritual. I went up of course I had to I couldn't resist :) Plus the majority of the 3rd years went up and the other two YCL's that were over them :) Then everyone pretty much stayed up late that night. Each ward has a camp director and ours was Anna. It was pretty last minute but she got everything situated quickly and efficiently :) We chatted a while after testimony meeting til we wanted to go to bed haha.
Friday morning as well with Wednesday and Thursday we had solo scripture study. I was conducting this and had to share a scripture. I chose Doctrine and Covenants 121:45 "Let thy bowels also be full with charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven." I wasn't sure what I was going to read but I was looking through D&C because Joseph Smith wrote them and just the area we were in. I was looking in my Young Women personal progress book to try to find a scripture and I found this one and it totally worked. Charity is always so, so important. Plus at camp everyone is always willing to help one another and it's great! I just wanted to remind everyone how important it is to carry that on when everyone goes home. Then we had to tear our camps down and do the chores for the day. Pretty sad to say bye to people but will hopefully stay in touch with most of them :)
I was just so glad to go to Girl's Camp. It was better than I ever anticipated. I have somewhat been in a rut lately but it has left me with more knowledge than I had before and more friendships. It's always a good place to be with others that share the same values and beliefs and I totally grab onto that as often as possible, I love that feeling! Everyone had told me that I'm going to love BYU-I. I am so looking forward to it and for that same reason. Wow I spelled receive wrong like 7 times!! I guess I said that a lot. Now I before E except after C. I guess that is somewhat useful ;)
