Camp Director

One of my callings for church is Young Women Camp Director. This year we're doing stake camp. I thought initially that I was off the hook for planning and being involved. BOY WAS I WRONG!!

I've been actively involved in this calling since October of last year.

Theme: CAMP OZ, ONWARD TO ZION
Mission Statement: "Do more than belong, participate. Do more than care, help. Do more than believe, practice. Do more than be fair, be kind. Do more than forgive, forget. Do more than dream, work." William Arthur Ward
Camp Scripture: 13th Article of Faith
Motto: Believe, Hope, Endure
Song: I walk by Faith
Goal: Each ward is to compse new lyrics to the song 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' all three verses. Based on this years themes of Believe, Hope, Endure as well as our YW Camp theme of Camp Oz, Onward to Zion, and the 13th Article of faith. Have each young woman learn this new song, be able to recite the Stake Mission Statement and the 13th Article of Faith.

Daily Themes at camp:
Mon: "It's always best to start from the beginning"
Topics of: Morality

Tues: Believe, Brain - "Follow the Yellow brick road"
Topics of: Agency, Peer Pressure, Facebook, Computer

Wed: Hope, Heart - "Give us your Hand, we'll pull you along" Scarecrow & Tin man
Topics of: Being an Example vs. letting your guard down and Gossiping

Thurs: Endure, Courage - "...You had to learn it for yourself" Glenda the good witch
Topics of: Media, Music, Dance and Modesty (clothes)

Fri: "There's No Place like home" Dorothy
Topics of: Eternal destiny

Since January we have been working on Passing things off so that we have more time at camp to get into these topics.

Each month as a ward we worked on some of these things.

In January we passed off Night Sky & Cloud Certifications. We also worked on our Somewhere over the Rainbow song.

In February we worked on First Aid training.

In March we did our Swimming Certifications, so that the girls would be aloud to swim at the lake at camp. This was a fun month. Lots of participation, more than I had anticipated.

April we passed of Knot tying. Thank goodness for Apps on my phone. I was able to download for free and how to tie knots app....this is how our girls learned them LOL. It saved us.

The Hill

As a Stake in May we passed off our Hike. We didn't have a very good turn out from our ward, but I had fun :). When we got there I was obsessed with the idea about rolling down the hill...I don't know if it was really classified as a hill really, it seemed more like a small mountain. This is a place in the winter where EVERYBODY goes sledding. In this picture the dots on the hill are people. Kind of gives you an idea of how big this hill really is. After our spiritual hike I couldn't stand it anymore. I climbed to the top of the hill with Brittan and we cleaned up the sticks and debris that could hurt us. Then after I could make sure that my roll was going to be recorded, I went for it. Of course a roll down the hill is never straight. I was disappointed that I couldn't just go straight down. However, at times I truly felt like I was a rag doll. Turn up you speakers so you can here the commentary in the background. That's what makes me laugh. If anything I may get released from this calling for being a bad example. I do stuff like this all the time.

I was FILTHY afterwards. My legs were scraped up, but I couldn't complain about it, because then everyone would say that I deserved it LOL. It was worth it.