I feel blessed to serve with amazing
woman and have another year of girl’s camp under my belt. I don’t love it yet I’m not a camper but this
year I didn’t have an anxiety attack so I am making progress. Next year Rianne will be coming how crazy is
that? The theme this year was Oh the
places you’ll stand to go with the Young women’s theme of “Stand ye in holy
places and be not moved”. It was
a beach theme and
It was an inspiring and
reflective week for me.
On the hike
Bishop took us to a canyon that is a beautiful sight but stopped the youth just
before the tree line breaks to see it and us leaders went on to look at it we
took pictures and came back to show the girl’s.
They were disappointed they wanted to see it for themselves. Bishop gave a great parallel of Lehi’s dream.
I was asked to finish skit night with a reading of “
Oh the places you’ll go”
by Dr.
Seuss.
How could I top a cross
dressing sasquatch, Debbie Do-lee or a fire walker?
I
t was fun to
get “scared right out of my pants”
I
ended by trying to tie in the beach theme with the poem footprints in
the sand.
I then reflected on last time
I was at girl’s camp I got the call that my brother’s wife had passed
away.
I shared this with the girls
“That was 2 years ago and at the time I thought it was so
unfair. My brother
has some limitations…well what the world considers limitations, he doesn’t fit
in, he is weird. He sees the world
different and they see him as different.
My parents were told he would never live on his own and he would never
be able to maintain relationships. Here
he had overcome all the odds went places no one thought he could go, served a
mission, He had a family a secure job etc.
I questioned why him, he still has post-it notes to tell him to comb his
hair. He is extremely smart but socially
and emotionally unaware. Why would God
ask him to travel this road, alone with 2 teenagers to raise? At the viewing his children we’re too distort
to even stand in the family line. So
there next to the casket ALONE stood my brother. When my mom went up to stand by him she told
him “I can stand here with you so you don’t have to be alone” He quietly said
mom I have never been alone. When my mom
returned to her seat and shared this with us we looked up to see Christ
perfectly placed standing next to my brother in the picture that hung in the
back of the room. I had no idea what the
Lord had in store for my brother Oh how far he has come.
Girls:
You will see the path differently
than the world and they will think you are weird too. In your most trying time will also come those
moments of clarity. Those moments will
make up who you are where you’ll go and where you stand. Stand ye in Holy places right?
In D&C 68:6 Wherefore be of
good cheer and do not fear for I the Lord am with you and will stand by
you. I testify that he will stand by you
I would add he can also carry you. Oh
girls the places you can and will go with Him!
The next night each leader
brought shoes with a story, these leaders knocked my socks off. Kathryn may not like monkeys but gave a great
story of being in someone else's shoes.
Sister Travis also gave a great story using the scriptures. Diane used Uchtdorf's talk about walking in
circles. Jolan brought baby shoes and
talked about her mom. I was uplifted and
inspired, so blessed to serve with such incredible woman. I even learned some Navajo words and laughed
late into the night, I shot a bow and popped a balloon, and got the girls to
eat sand!
Oh the fun I had.
