Friday - Alissa came home from Girl's Camp! I'm so happy to have her back home. I missed her too much! It was really weird with out her here. There was this emptiness in our home all week. It just felt different with out her here. Anyways.... So, I'm really glad she is home. She had so much fun! At the end, they gave out awards to all the girl's. Alissa got the award for being the whittler. She learned how to whittle and had lots of fun making little creations. Here she is posing with the very first thing she whittled (in her right hand) and her supper cool knife that she whittled.
Alissa said that she was surprised at how many spiritual experiences they had. They had a testimony meeting and she didn't expect that it would be very good, but she said it was the best testimony meeting she had ever been to. She said she cried a lot that night (but it was a good cry). They did an activity where they blindfolded the girls and had them hold on to a string or something that represented the Iron Rod. They instructed the girls to hold on the the rod and don't let go no matter what. Alissa said, people kept coming to her and trying to convince her to let go, but every time, there was another voice (quieter than the other) reminding her not to let go. At one point someone tried to pull her off and she had to hang on much tighter. At another, they tried to convince her that there was a big rock in front of her, so she needed to let go to get around the rock, then she could grab on again. She didn't fall for it, and held on tight to the rod. When they got to the end, they got to take off their blind folds. There was a big tree, lit up with little white lights and hanging from the tree were pictures of their families. After that activity, they got to take their pictures and they were given an envelope and told they could go find a quiet place to read. In the her envelope, was a letter from me. they had asked us to write letters of love and encouragement for the girls to read while they were there. Alissa said, when she read the letter, was when she cried the most. She wasn't too home sick for most of the time, but that night she was.
She had a ton of fun with all the other girls. She said they had a really funny skit night. She just loved every minute of it! She is still 11, so she is not in Young Women's yet. She got to go, since she will be 12 soon. She has 4 more Sundays left in Primary. She can't wait to go to Young Women's. She feels like the next 4 weeks are going to drag on.
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