We survived Girls Camp last week. We left on Tuesday, July 21st at 7 am and came back on Saturday, July 25th at 10 am. We had a great time with 8 girls and 5 leaders. Our first day there we spent 3 hours on canoe's, the giant twister and confidence course. It was hot and sunny and alot of fun. Our ward theme was MISSION POSSIBLE: Young Women of Value. We were top secret spies, so we had a bag of spy accessories, bandanas, knit hats (made by Grandma Holly) and T-shirts. The second day we went on a 3 mile hike all around the bowl of MIA Shalom. It was so beautiful and green. We had the girls carry a raw egg on the hike and they were told it was there most prized possession. We assigned Erika and Heather to be the Tempters and try and get the other girls to throw their eggs or drop them. We likened it to how sometimes Satan tempts us and fools us even our closest friends can make us do bad things. By the end of the hike, only 4 eggs remained unbroken out of 11. The third day we did certification and crafts. We made bracelets out of pop tabs and pictures of christ with mode poge. We had to lower the flag that evening and had to do our HERO spotlight. The girls did awesome and our spotlight of our hero, Kevin Santos, was very touching and special. We invited Kevin's mom to come up that night. She was so happy and gratiful for our girls to pick Kevin. The last day was the 24th of July. We had pioneer activities, like rag rollers, button spinners, three legged races, stick pull, human knot and nail hammering. This was alot of fun for our girls and leaders. Later that day the Bishopric came and we had a days of 47 parade, where each ward was assigned to make a float. We didn't have much time to come up with something, so since we were TOP SECRET spies, we told them that someone stole it. We had testimony meeting that night with the Bishopric and then Saturday morning at 6 am we were up and packing up to get back home. We arrived at home at 10 am and Erika and Sharri both showered and slept for a few hours, until we had to unpack the trailer. We are still recovering from the lack of sleep from last week, but it was worth it in the end. Sharri took over 850 pictures and will be having a Camp Reunion slideshow on August 4th for all the girls, leaders and their parents. We finally are done with planning and doing Girls Camp. Thanks to all the leaders that helped out and made it a great success and a memorable experience.
