Girls Camp 2012

Finding Light in a Tangled up World

I don't even know where to start. First of all, I can honestly say that girls camp could not have gone better than it did. No drama. No homesick tears. No back biting. No unprepared moments. Seriously- it was All fun, laughter, good talks, spritual moments, nature, staying up getting to know each other, and loving each other! As a leader, that is a miracle! I love these girls and we had such a good time together!

The first day we met at the Bishops house and drove to Duchesne to tr Bullock's cabin. We got there and it was a beautiful place! We had a low key start and played a bunch of get-to-know-you games such as "I've never" and a candy bar game that you told about yourself according to what candy you had. It was really fun to learn about each other!  That night after dinner we had a speaker that introduced our theme for camp. Then we played games until all hours of the night and talked and talked.

The second day we spent most of the day at the beach at a lake called starvation. We were blessed to have two different boats they're so all the girls could have fun doing boating activities. We also played watermelon football on the beach which was hilarious to watch!  After the beach we went back to the cabin and we ate dinner. The girls all seemed exhausted so we thought we would get an early night sleep. Jokes on us! We didn't go to bed till after midnight because the girls got a Second wind!

The last day was really fun. We drove to Brother and Sister Preece's cabin and went on a short hike. After the hike we played on their zip line and then we had a spiritual thought a couple more games and ended with solo time. Solo time is a beautiful time where we can contemplate life, read scriptures, pray, write in our journals or anything else you want to do with time in nature. It is always one of my favorite times at girls camp!

We went back to the cabin and had Dutch oven cooking for dinner that the bishopric made for us. After dinner we played some games with the bishopric which were hilarious. We got to know some funny things about them! Then at night we ended with testimony meeting which is definitely one of my favorite parts. The bishop gave a thought about sharing our light with the world and then we each had a turn to share testimonies about Gospel.

I am so grateful for each one of these women who teach me so much. They're great examples to me of sharing their lights with those around them. It was so fun to have a girls camp where we could have a lot of downtime to get to know each other! Everything seriously went so perfect and I'm so grateful to my leaders and camp directors for all the wonderful planning and help with camp! It was so much fun!!!

 

   

Beach day! So fun!

Watermelon Football- I got the honors of covering it in crisco :)...

 

 

Games, games, games- a huge part of camp and so fun to just hang out together and get to know each other.

 Okay, okay...I admit we were completely spoiled. The cabin was beautiful, we didn't have to set up tents, we had a kitchen to cook in and the leaders all had beds to sleep in. Not really "camping" I will admit, but they were going on a pioneer trek three weeks after and could get the WHOLE outdoor experience :). And it was much easier planning with it being in a cabin. It was completely wonderful!

Our wonderful Bishopric! We love them! They have been in their callings for almost 6 years...so this most likely was their last girls camp and we are very sad about that!