YW in Excellence!

It's hard to believe we have just accomplished another Evening of Excellence program! Last night was incredible! We met at 4 pm to set up and decorate the gym.....which turned out pretty dang awesome, if we do say so ourselves! For the program, Sis. Piula from the Homestead ward came and spoke to us about Individual Worth. Afterwards, each YW leader took a minute spotlighting each girl. As each name was read, 2 YM escorted each YW on to the stage where she would stand as qualities and talents she possessed were read. Each girl received a rose and a copy of what was shared about them. They all sat on the stage and after all the girls had been spotlighted, the parents and the leaders gave them a Standing Ovation for their Excellence and for being incredible Young Women. Carly sang a beautiful song, "Light house in the Night," Bro. McKinstry and Bishop gave closing remarks, then all the YW sang "I Am a Child of God." We had really fun refreshments......Chocolate fountains with all kinds of fruit, cookies, rice crispie treats, candy, etc. to dip! It was such a fun night! The girls were beautiful and so were their table displays! It was PERFECT!! (Now for the sad part...Please forgive me.....I took pics. before you all showed up, and remembered to take more pics. after most of you had left! Duh!!! Sorry!)

Serving all over the place!!

Spiritually Serving -

The past couple of weeks we have been working on a special Thanksgiving Service Project. Our ward is amazing.....so many incredible people willing to donate and give to others! We received enough money to purchase turkeys, along with a bunch of food items. The girls went around this last Wednesday to collect the food donations from those who had signed up to help. With all that was donated, we will be able to provide FOUR families in our area with a FULL Thanksgiving meal! We were so thrilled and so grateful to all who so willingly gave to this amazing project!Physically Serving -
We just played our first set of Region Games for Volleyball. We were undefeated and took first in the Stake.......we weren't so lucky at Region....but no one can say we didn't play our hearts out! The girls did awesome winning the first round of games, but by the end (after 2 more full games).....we were 10 points away from being able to continue on! While they were disappointed, they all handled it well and were good sports! Sis. Witt did an amazing job as coach and even came dressed to TRULY support the girls! It was a great night.....we were proud of you "WHOPPERS!!" (Loads of pics. I know,....but the girls like to copy them!)

Combined with the Young Men...

Tonight's activity was so fun! Food was involved, so you know it was gonna be good! The Young Men were in charge and they had some of their leaders bring food from their missions for us to try and then they each took a moment to talk about their missions. We had food from: Korea, Mexico, Germany, England, and Georgia (USA). (Raise your hand if you liked the squid from Korea!!!) We all tried things we never had before, and learned that we might have to do that as missionaries in the field! We enjoyed hearing about mission life and it really got us excited about missionary work and serving the Lord in that capacity. Thank you to the Young Men leaders for such a great activity! It was wonderful.

p.s.
Sister Rodgers' camera is in the dog house for not working that night. So sorry. Maybe Santa knows that is on her wish list..........

We love you all!