Girl's Camp

I absolutely LOVE Girl's Camp! I remember going to camp Shalom for the first time when I was 12 years old. After getting over the fact that girls camp was not going to be like the camp on Disney's Parent Trap, I learned to love camp. It wasn't hard. It is so beautiful up there. Even though it is not full-fledged camping it is still so much fun to be out in the mountains enjoying the beautiful creations and just being filled with the spirit. I went to camp 9 years with the Lakeridge Stake and I have told myself I would never pass up the chance to go when I could.
This year that chance came again. I was asked to help out with Girl's Camp. Unfortunately I had a slight problem that I never had before, I'm pregnant. This means that I can't go and STAY up at camp, but I could go for the day. It was so much fun helping get things ready for camp. Then Tuesday morning they all left and I spent the rest of the week praying like crazy that everything would turn out ok.

Friday afternoon Devin and I went up. We got there just in time to hear President Hatfield give his closing talk to the girls. I remember how much I loved all of President Johnson's talks. Girl's Camp is such a great chance for the girls to get to know the Stake President better.

We then helped Bishopric fix pizza for the girls for dinner. After dinner the girls broke open the pinata that they had received from another ward. They had so much fun. I love seeing the Young Women happy and smiling and laughing. You can't help but feel good when you are around them. They even gave me a fun camp award. I got the "Anxiously Expected" award for two reasons. (Yes, I am pushing my stomach out in the picture, my belly isn't THAT big!)After all that we went up to Beaver Dam. The girls did their skit for us. This was great! It reminded me of all the fun skits that I did at girls camp. Only at girls camp would you have the time of your life doing a skit about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles having a conversation with Moroni and then because of his inspiring words you then are able to defeat the evil Shredder and his band of ninjas. What girl would pass up a chance to act all goofy and be part of something like that?
Then Bishop gave a great devotional on faith, hope, and charity. It was a great evening. My favorite part of the night was when we got back to camp and the girls shared their feelings about Christ. They have such amazing testimonies. I was so impressed at how they would take a simple scripture and then share what it meant to them and why. It was amazing!
I am so grateful that even though I didn't get to go to all of camp, that I still got to go up and be part of a little of it. Isn't it amazing that even though by the end of the week the girls are tired and dirty...they still shine!