Girls Camp

Jennie and I went to girls camp this week. We left on Tuesday morning and came home Thursday night. We had a great time and made a lot of new friends. The first day was pretty hard on us but after that our brains kicked in and we felt a lot better. It was a stake camp and there were about 40 girls there. They followed the camp manual and passed off their certifications. They had skits, a tree of life activity, testimony meeting, crafts, secret sisters and all those good things. A counselor in the Bishopric was there the entire time. His name is Brother Sorensen. He is a ER doctor with the Air Force on an exchange with Chile's Air Force. It was really nice to have him there. Our young women's president is from the US but she is pregnant and has morning sickness so she didn't come for much of camp. We had 4 girls in our ward who were English speaking and 5 that are Chilean. The other leader with me was named Teresa. She is actually from Peru. She is really a fun nice lady and is easy for me to communicate with. People in our ward are use to talking to gringos. Peruvians also speak much more clearly and slowly than Chileans- yeah! The stake young women's president is from Argentina. She had a strong Argentinian accent and I had to get use to her talking. For example the word for 'Ward' is Barrio. Normally it would be said with a little roll of your r's. She pronounces it 'Barshio'. I learned a lot and gained some interesting insights. Too much to write in a blog. All in all - a great time.