I went to Girls camp a couple of time when I was in Young Women's because they always had it the same week that we would go to Jackson Hole, so I always decided to go with my family White Water Rafting instead of going to Girls camp. So, I got called last year to be the Mia Maid adviser and luckily they had just had Girls Camp, so I was set for a year. It's not that I don't like to camp, because I do, but with emotional teen girls and camping and bugs and stuff, didn't sound like "that" much fun to me. This week was Girls camp, and although I wasn't as excited as I should have been, it was a great time and I am glad I went for the 2 days I did get to go.
I went up Wednesday morning and it was an adventure getting up to Camp Hanna in Utah. We finally got there in enough time to start lunch and then we hung out as a ward and did some fun things. This year was a Stake Camp, so we were all together as a Stake and had a lot of Stake activities we needed to do too. Wednesday was a beautiful day, so they let the girls play in the lake, and one girl used the rope swing, jumped too early and fell on her back in the water on rocks. They had to call an ambulance from the nearest town to come get her. Luckily she was okay, nothing broken just a lot of bruising. That night we had the Bishopric up and had a nice Testimony meeting in the freezing cold as well as some fun Faith building activities. Our Bishop said he couldn't confirm, but he was pretty sure that Heavenly Mother went to Girls Camp :)
On Thursday, we did a lot more Stake activities. We had a Hunger Games style first aid challenge. We literally should have gotten at least 3rd place, but other people were cheating...not going to lie. We then had the hike up a killer Red Rock mountain behind our camp, but right as they were leaving, it started raining, thundering and lightening. A lightening bolt hit so close on the mountain it started a fire and the Stake President said it was time to get off the Mountain. Our YW President watched it happen and called 911 for the Fire team to come start fighting the fire. It was quite adventurous. They came down off the mountain and one of our girls still had a sister on the mountain and was quite upset, so we said a little prayer with her and a couple girls and it was very emotional. The spirit was so raw and I knew that everything would be okay, but it was still a concern. Everyone finally made it down and they started their devotional all over again. They were way behind schedule. They ended up pushing back dinner to 7:30 after flag ceremony, so we decided that after our ward time after the devotional. We left about 7 and made it home at 9:30. Way better timing then the way up there.
It was a great couple days at Girls Camp with the girls and the leaders and I am glad I went.
