Girls Camp
Well, It finally happened, I finally got released as the stake camp director. I loved the calling, but it was definitely a hard one too. I love the whole camp experience, and it has been fun to watch the girls in the stake grow over the last 5 years. They are so amazing. Young Women have so much to deal with now, everything seems so much more complicated. I loved planning activities that were empowering, and that helped them gain self-confidence. I loved planning activities that helped them learn how to recognize the spirit, and I really loved to plan activities that helped them build their testimonies of their Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I guess I loved it because all of those activities did all of those things for me, too.
So anyway, I had about 4 days to think about how weird it would be to not go to camp, but then I was called as the Beehive adviser, so I am now really excited to get to go to camp (and have all of those amazing experiences) without having to be in charge. (woo-hoo!!!)
I wasn't sure about accepting the calling as the beehive adviser, mostly because Shelby is a beehive, and I really don't want to be the overbearing mom who can't let her kids have their own lives, but so far it seems to be going ok. We worked out a few code-words so that she can let me know if I am being "totally embarrassing". My friend Jenny is the Young Women's president, and she keeps teasing me that the only reason I was called was because I have a Suburban and I can drive everyone to all of the activities. It is kind of fun to drive through the neighborhood and pick up all the girls, so if that's my whole job, I can handle that.
Last Tuesday for our activity we learned how to make our own lip-gloss, flavored and everything... it can't be better than that, right?
