Girls Camp 2008

Me and my 2 other camp moms
The CPR Dummy - isn't he awesome?!
riding the bus to camp - the other mom's thought I was crazy for doing it - I thought it was great - who wouldn't love to sing camp songs for over 2 hours!
unloading the buses - these girls brought more stuff than I did and I had to bring extras of everything in case they forgot stuff!
our stake's 3rd years - there was about 25 of us - the largest group at camp
singing with my branch - I was camp director for the Branch - we sang A Donde Me Mandes Ire (I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go)
This is our 3rd year group - I did not have one member from my Spanish Branch in my group.







Our first time ever Omar and I were away from each other since being married was when I spent a week at girls camp. This camp was a lot of fun. It was up in Georgia in some state park. We were fortunate to not have really any mosquitos. That was a blessing considering how terribly hot it was and we had absolutely NO airconditioning anywhere. It was real hot! We did fun stuff like canoe - my group was so big I never got a chance to go out, made crafts (I finished one of my first crafts ever - I decopaged a jewelry box and it is actually cute), of course all the certifications which I actually taught the girls how to use a compass (incredible since I have no sense of direction and never understood it - I just looked at the compass and figured it out), build emergency shelters, build and light fires without matches, etc. (thank you BYU Wilderness Survival Class) - I was in camper paradise! On our last whole day they brought in the big blow-up toys - the obstacle course and the gigantic slide - awesome! I think the girls were shocked that I played - I even got a battle wound which is still healing. Fun times. I was just amazed by these girls - I had to teach many of them how to crack an egg to cook it - they had never done it before - sad! What are parents teaching these days? But I was also amazed at their desires to be righteous and how each of them struggle in different ways to do the right. They were all so shocked to learn that others who seemed perfect had issues of some kind. It was incredible to see these girls from completely different backgrounds and histories come together and love and support one another. It was a week well spent - exhausting - but good.