For girls camp the girls were given secret sisters. They were not allowed to buy them anything, they were only allowed to do acts of service. What a brilliant idea! The girls all loved it so much. On Wednesday for Young Women's they had a wrap-up to camp. They passed out awards. Sammy's leader thought about giving her "The Love of My Life" award (some inside joke that the whole camp seemed to know about). However, she ended up with "The Funnest Camper" award. Then they had their secret sister reveal. They were each told to make a homemade gift for their secret sister. Sammy made the pillow she has in the picture. She hand sewed it. She did a great job!!!
Yesterday was also the sacrament meeting to official concluded the girls camp experience. The bishop called Sam and asked if she would give a 5 minute talk on the mission lessons they had shared at camp. The girls were each paired up and asked to give a lesson on one of the Christlike attributes. Sammy and Tara picked Love & Charity.
Saturday night after Sam came home from babysitting we asked her if she might want to practice her talk before she went to bed. Chris and I were a little nervous about what she would say and thought we'd have to help her. She gave her talk. Chris and I just looked at each other in complete astonishment. Her talk was perfect. She talked about the lesson, had scriptures to go with it, added some camp experiences. It was really great.
It was fun to watch her up on the stand. We kept making really big smiley faces at her, but you could see her start to get a little nervous. She quit looking at us! The best part was when she stood up to the podium and you could hear little voices saying, "SAMMY, SAMMY" and "Look Mom, there's Sammy." The little kids in our ward just adore her.
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