Girls Camp

This is a picture of the Young Women in my ward or congregation.

In this month's Ensign(which is a magazine my church puts out monthly full of wonderful and spiritually uplifting and enlightening articles from both church members and church leaders) there was an article by one of the twelve apostles Elder Ballarad about using the internet to help spread the gospel. He specifically talked about how pervading the internet can be in both negative and positive ways. He specifically talked about how much influence we can have if we share our feelings on the internet about the gospel. For anyone who is not a member of my church who may be reading my blog I have a hyperlink on the left side that is a picture of the Salt Lake City Temple spires that says 'I belong' if you click on that it will take you to my Church's website where you can see in its entirety anything you'd like to you'd like to know about my church.

After reading that article I immediately thought I'd like to at least once a month share my feelings about the gospel in hopes that I can yet be a emmissary of the gospel and help spread it positively in whatever way I can. So this month I'd like to share about Girl's camp. Nothing says I have a testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel more than the sacrifice of attending girls camp 7 months pregnant. I could not leave my two small children and husband, and abide the 100 degree heat for four days if it weren't for a cause I felt was totally worth it. No where have I ever felt the spirit of God stronger at a testimony meeting, than at girl's camp. One girl in particular touched me when she stood and said with great emotion "There isn't anything I wouldn't do for this church because I know it is true. If our church leaders asked us to leave our homes once again like the pioneers and leave all we knew and had behind, I would do it." It struck me because I knew I felt the very same way and in my own small way I had made a series of sacrifices to go to girl's camp and I felt so strengthened by the end of the experience that I really couldn't call it a sacrifice for me anymore.

Ward member friends and family willingly watched my children during the day and my wonderful husband willingly took on all responsibility at night so I could serve the young women. I am so grateful to all who helped me so I could be there. The gospeel is alive and well today and it blesses everyone's life who choses to let it be apart of their's. Christ stands at the center of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (commonly known as the Mormon Church), and leads it today through a modern day prophet who today is President Thomas S. Monson. I have met him and I have felt the power of the spirit that is in him. He is truly a man of God. Never have I felt a more powerful and reverent feeling than when I had the privilege of meeting him.

This is me proof of pregnancy at girl's camp with my dear friend Jessica. I was so excited when we both got called to serve on the YW camp board. She is such a great friend and example to me.