Robbins: June 2010

Girls camp was a blast! We got to go to Heber Valley for camp this year and we had Oh so much fun! It was stake camp this year and I was the lucky leader of the beehives cabin. :) I love the beehives! (even if they did think I looked like a 17 year old! haha it took me a while to convince them that I actually was in my 20's!) But along with that young stereotype and fountain of youth, they did expect me to do everything and anything with them! I had no excuses! It was a fun week of singing, dancing, braiding hair (I have never braided so many heads in my life!), activities, hiking, challenge course, canoeing, and yummy food!

It was so fun going back to girls camp, a little different this time as a leader. I have never felt Heavenly Fathers love so strong for his daughters as I did this week. Every day I felt the love and care he has for these girls. It was so strong and by the end of this week I had grown to love these girls so much that even I would step in front of a bus for them! Wow, amazing what girls camp can do! haha :) It was a straight week of fun!

A few weeks before girls camp I was asked by one of the stake leaders to speak to the girls while we were there as one of the inspirational speakers. The only guidelines they gave me were that they wanted it to be inspirational, entertaining, and make the girls want to do and be better. Ha! Piece of cake right?.....uhhhh, not so much. Oh and did I mention who the other speaker was.....oh ya know, just Miss America...and later went on to be Miss World! Who knew she was in my stake! (luckily I didn't find out about her prestigious labels till I was at girls camp). I was a little intimidated and nervous. But as soon as I hung up the phone, I had an idea pop into my head and I grabbed a pen and some paper and started scribbling away. Thank goodness for the Holy Ghost! By the time I set that pen and paper down I knew exactly what Heavenly Father wanted me to speak to His young women about. I felt confident and so excited to speak....but still nervous :) I mean, I had to give this talk 4 times because we had so many young women that we had to divide them into groups. But lucky for me it all went so well! It was so neat to be able to give it that many times because each time it was a little different. Heavenly Father prompted me to share different things with each group because the things that I shared he knew would pertain to each of their lives and different situations. I was grateful that I wasn't the only one with wet eyes and that the spirit was able to touch the hearts of these girls as well. I love this gospel so much and know how much the L0rd loves all of his children. I am just grateful that the Lord was able to use me as an instrument in his hands.

This is me and little Holland. She was so much fun and so cute! Miriam did our hair in corn-rows! (never thought I would experience this hair-do in this life time! haha but it was so fun!) Thanks Miriam, you are amazing! She could braid hair so fast! It took her like 1o minutes to do a head! Mine about 20 min....sorry girl! Believe it or not Miriam was an African Princess before she came to the US. She is amazing and beautiful inside and out!

This is Danielle and Azi, my little beehives! So much fun!

Me and Cassi!

Some of the girls were scared to do the challenge course so I had to show them how much fun it was!

Me and the two blonde beauties!

The girls said I looked Indian....ha ha (not the first time my nationality has been questioned!) so April stuck a jewel on my forehead and started snapping pictures. This is me just humoring them :)