Camp Riley

So I haven't posted for awhile and it's because I got sucked into facebook which is another blog option really anyhow I haven't shared my girls camp experience and this is really more journaling stuff for me so feel free to skip ahead to something more entertaining. It started out as any normal camp year the stake leaders were gearing us up to head to the mountains (Mia Shalom up Fairview Canyon) the first week of June. By memorial day we still had not been told if we would be able to get to the mountain due to snow. Well if you'll remember (haha memorial day ok I'll stop) it snowed here on Memorial Day so you can imagine the snow that was dumped in the mountains. Still we don't get word until Thursday (after memorial day but 5 days before camp was to start) that we were moving the camp to a place called Willow Park in Lehi. We make a few adjustments and get geared up to go a little closer to home (actually a lot closer to home) the girls were troopers and we were able to get a young women that sports a wheelchair to come because all the trails are paved. We get to camp set up our tents have a great Stake program and dinner and then head to bed. The next day it rained and rained we were prepared and warm and dry but our fellow campers were not so lucky. By 1:00 that afternoon a decision needed to be made should we stay or go. The camp directors and young women presidents from each ward gathered together to make a decision. It was decided to go home to indiviudual ward locations and then meet together as a stake (about 240 young women 12-18 years old plus leaders) the next day at our church. This is where Camp Riley comes into play yes I brought my girls to my home cleared out the furniture in my family room and squished 11 girls down there. The leaders slept in my front room we had just enough room for all. I learned that sometimes what we are asked to do by our leaders doesn't always make sense. We had a weather forecast why not just put camp off for a couple months? In life we have to be flexible (Shalom, Willow Park, Camp Riley) With each decision that was made much prayer was put into it and as we followed the will of the Lord we were blessed. Friendships were forged, memories were made and testimonies of our Savior Jesus Christ were strenghthened. Although our plans seemed to keep falling apart all of our goals were accomplished it just took a little more creativity. I'm thankful for parents who taught me to be flexible, for a Father in Heaven that does know each of us individually and is there if we will only ask, and gives us trials to make us stronger. What could have been a horrible experience was instead an amazing experience.