Sunday, June 29, 2008

GIRLS CAMP!!!!!!!!!!!

OMGSHHHHHHH I LOVED GIRLS CAMP IT WAS THE BEST THING IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! OK FYI FOR ALL THOSE WHO R GOING IF U DON'T WANT YOUR STUFF TO GET DIRTY BRING A TARP TO PUT YOUR SLEEPING STUFF ON BECAUSE THE GROUND IN THE CABBINS R DUSTY! AND BRING A SLEEPING PAD IT HELPS! IF U WANT TO GO TO SLEEP EVENTUALLY FIND A CABIN WITH NOT AS MANY PEOPLE IN IT. OK MY CABBIN WAS AWESOME! THESE WERE THE PEOPLE IN MY CABBIN! OK SO OF COURSE MARY AND MYRANDA! AND THEN KAITLYN! TIANI! BROOKE AND BECKY!!!! WE MADE OUR UPSTAIRS A LOUNGE WITH OUR CAMP CHAIRS AND ALL OUR FOOD! MY FAVORITE DAY HAD TO BE THURSDAY! WE DID THIS AMAZING RACE WITH OUR WARD! WE HAD TO DO SKILLS WE LEARNED TO COMPLETE THE TASKS! WE GOT 3RD PLACE! IT WAS AWESOME!!!! WE HAD TO MAKE LUNCHES LIKE THIS IT WAS HOTDOGS. SO FIRST WE HAD TO FIND OUR LUNCH WITH DIRECTIONS AND A COMPASS, THEN WE HAD TO START A FIRE WITH FLINT AND STEEL, THEN WE HAD TO MAKE A ROASTING STICK, THEN WE HAD TO COOK OUR FOOD THEN WE HAD TO PUT OUT THE FIRE PROPERLY. IT WAS AWESOME AND HARD! WELL THAT NIGHT WAS THE BEST THING OF ALL. WE WENT ON A COMMITMENT HIKE. WE WERE TAKEN ONE AT A TIME BY A PERSON DRESSED IN WHITE AND GUIDED OVER TO THE IRON ROD, WE WERE GIVEN A SET OF INSTRUCTION SUCH AS DON'T LET GO OF THE ROD. WE HAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THERE WERE PEOPLE AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING BUT I SOON FIGURED OUT THEY WERE TEMPTING US TRY TO LEAD US OF THE PATH. AT THE END THOUGH THERE WAS THE TREE OF LIFE WITH A LITTLE FRUIT OR PRESENT FOR US ALL IT WAS A BOOK CALLED ONE BRIGHT SHINNING HOPE BY PRESIDENT HINCKLY (ONE BRIGHT SHINNING HOPE WAS OUR THEME) AS APPROCHED THE TREE ANOTHER LEADER DRESSED IN WHITE HUGGED ME AND WELCOMED ME HOME. WE WENT OVER BY THE TREE AND THERE WAS A FLUTE PLAYING BEHIND IT WE HAD TIME TO REFLECT. I THEN KNEW HEVENLY FATHER DID KNOW WHO I WAS AND WAS WATCHING OVER ME. HE CARED FOR ME. IT WAS A LITTLE GLIPSE OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO GO HOME. MY TESTEMONY GREW I CAN'T WRITE ALL OF MY FEELING BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND SAREN I HOPE U HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN U GO! GIRLS CAMP IS SO MUCH FUN! AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL!!!!! I CAN'T WHAIT FOR NEXT YEAR SAREN I JUST WISH U WERE THERE WITH US!

2 comments:

Mike and Laken Cannon said...

I'm so happy you liked girls camp. It was my favorite! Love your cute blog!

Myranda said...

I'm so happy that you were able to feel the spirt! I felt it as much as you did. It was truly amazing! Our fly infested cabin had to be the best part! Plus, me getting sick! :)