Do you see the traffic jam coming in to camp? In a matter of 3 hours 2,600 YW and their leaders come in to camp with truck loads of food, camping gear and busses full of girls.
Everyone is checked through the Welcome Center.
Dale thought it was like getting everyone loaded on a cruise ship. The girls are all checked into their cabins, eat a quick lunch, then start their activities. By 1:30 pm some of the groups have hiked to the challenge courses. Now our challenge begins. Each course starts 7 different activities, one of which is the zip-line. Between 50-60 YW will rotate through the courses. Hopefully by 5:00 we have gotten them all down.We had some amazing experiences with them. Fear of really high heights is very common. So many face their fears feeling the help and support of their Heavenly Father. Some of the YW like to write their experiences in a journal we keep on the benches. This is a typical journal entry that a YW wrote this week: 6/7/2011
Here at the Challenge course I have learned so much today! I had never really been looking for the meaning of the challenges, but this time I saw what they were trying to teach about. I so easily lose my way and it takes me so long to get back on, but these challenges have made me see that if you hold to what you believe and shield yourself from temptations you can't lose your way. Jesus will protect you.
And the missionaries here have changed my testimony about Heavenly Father. They showed me the quote, "With God nothing shall be impossible." And they said it so sincerely and I could see that they truly believed that. That thought was what got me through, knowing Heavenly Father was with me. I loved those missionaries!
(name and ward withheld)
After reading that, (and taking several doses of Ibuprofen for sore muscles) we are ready and excited for our next group to arrive tomorrow. We love this mission.
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