Girls Camp 2008

Well all of our young women in our ward left for Smithfield Canyon on Tuesday morning, and I have to admit, I wasn't too excited about camp this year when we got there. All our camp sight looked like was a big field of almost short grass and a couple picnic tables. So our leaders and our priesthood helpers got out the stuff from the trailer and the tents from the truck. We all had about four girls to one tent. Those four girls in my tent were Jayde Soto, Bri Wilkes, Stephanie Bland and myself of course. So we got our tent all set up and we realized that we put it right in the middle of the sun. So for the rest of the day our tent felt WAY hot. And since it was so hot we played a game that we made up called "Drip, Drip, Drench". It was so fun. All it was, was duck, duck, goose, but on drip you'd pour just a little water on her head, and then drench was where you poured the whole water bottle on her!!! It really helped but because I was wearing jeans I got a HUGE rash on my leg! They made us do a thirty minute scripture study before all of our devotionals. My friends Bri, Megan, Kellee and I were throwing jolly ranchers at each other. Random, I know. And that night the bishop took us on a night hike. He made us be silent for ten minutes and just look at the stars during that time to see how many could appear in ten minutes. He told us that we need to be like the stars: "Unique, and stead-fast and immovable. They all have different shapes and sizes just like you." Then Wednesday we went on a five mile hike. It was so much fun. I was one of the only ones that liked it. It felt really good to get up higher in the mountains and to enjoy the cool air while it lasted. Then yesterday we were all on the edge of our seats during the day because last night was testimony meeting. All of our bishopric was there and that made me feel a little better. Well as the night passed faster and faster I started thinking of what to say. One of my leaders and one of the directors read a really cute book. Then testimony meeting started. My friend Kat was the first one to bare her testimony. As she was going the spirit was so strong. I can't even describe how good it felt. It even made me cry!!! Then one of my other friends went and she was talking about how hard it was this Father's Day because her dad died when she was three. Then I went, and I had a huge long thing that thanked everyone for dealing with my crap and for all that they do for me. Well as I stood up I forgot everything that I was going to say. So I just had to wing it. Then afterwards my friend Jocelyn went. When she sat down she looked at me and said "when I said thanks for all the examples that have been set for me, I was talking about you." and that made me start crying even harder as if that was humanly possible. My friend Jayde stood up and was talking about how she was really grateful for everyone because she had fallen away from the church about a year ago and what an example we all were for her. She said that she didn't know what to believe but it finally hit her that she was here because of God. During that one I kept balling and balling. Then her sister Kellee stood up. She said that she was grateful for Jayde changing because during that year she didn't have that older sister example that she needed and she was kind of by herself. But then she said that during that time she always felt so comforted. Everybody bore their testimony last night. Not one person didn't!!! Last year all but one bore their testimony. It really made us grow closer and stronger as a ward family. Most of the girls that I thought I would never get along with, are now like sisters to me. It was a really great experience.