Girls Camp

I just wanted to take some time and blog about the girls camp I helped chaperone. Brianna and I rode to the camp in Franks car and enjoyed the music from the 50's. Well, at least I did. Much to everyone's chagrin I have found a new radio station. When we got to camp we quickly started to unpack but not quick enough for the banana bread Shelbi had made. A bushy tailed grey squirrel climbed into her truck and proceded to have a snack, right through the plastic zip locked bag. We enjoyed the luxeries of cabins with bunks, picnic tables, refrigerators, sinks, showers and most important flushing toilets. What a beautiful area Heber is. We were able to learn about the pioneers who traveled through and settled the area, folklore, as well as flora and local animals. We went boating on a nearby lake. The 3 women, including myself, got a paddle boat. We thought we got the easy one until we started peddling. Talk about a lot of work and not much progress, but we had a great time laughing about it and just being goofy and silly. The men, namely Jared and Frank, were trying undo our rutter in jest. Lucky for them they couldn't do it. You see they were the rescue team for the lake and if they succeeded in dismantling our boat they would have to tow us in. I went to a training meeting to learn how to work a game in the challenge course and it was opened with a prayer and I felt the spirit so strongly that I had to fight back tears. It is amazing how close you feel to God when you are in the mountains around so much beauty and animals. When it came time for the challenge course once again I was strongly hit with the spirit. So much symbolism and truth was revealed on that course. The need to help others on their journey as well as the need to allow others to help you. The best part of it all was Testimony meeting and the chance to be with Brianna and to get to know her in a different type of way and to watch how she interacts with the other girls. I think she will love the Young Womens program. I wish Liz had been able to come up. Work got in the way though. Thank you Shelbi for all your work and dedication to and for the girls. I really appreciate it. All the pictures are hanging up in the church hallway for this little expedition.