And also....: Girls Camp

Wow, what a week. Girls camp was so much fun. The young woman in this ward are amazing. Seriously, I have never met more fantastic woman. However I'm not going to lie and say that it wasn't hard at first. You see, I got called into this calling 3 weeks before they left for camp. Very little preparations had been made for camp and even less communication. It was if no one knew how to take charge. The problem was...this didn't really manifest it's self until it was too late. The first young woman's meeting I went to I was late because I had been told the wrong time. It was at 6, but I was told to come at 7pm....that was until I got a phone call at 6:20 asking where I was. Then when I got there, no one spoke to me, no one told me what was going on etc. I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing--if anything--and no one was filling me in. I'm so shy that I didn't really get in people's faces to try and find out, I just kind of sat there and didn't say anything for an hour and a half. Later when it was time to go to girls camp, it was another round of mis-communications or non-communication. There were mis-communications about the certifications our ward was supposed to teach, where our girls were supposed to be, etc. I finally had to push myself out of my comfort/shy zone and put myself in charge and get things done. I must say it was awkward and hard, but in the end it worth it. The girls were just so responsive, once they had someone in charge. Things went a lot smoother after that. I made some great friends--both young and old. I even conquered a bit of my spider fear.....well I learned to co-exsist with them. Here are a few pictures from our camping fun.