The Young Women have left the Mountain

It's hard to believe that 11 weeks have passed so quickly.  The last week has been very memorable.  Monday night Gary Bromley, Granger's friend from Distribution, knocked on our door!  He was here with his ward as a  Priesthood leader.  We had a great visit.  His ward joined us on the lake Tuesday morning.  He and Granger had a great time on the lake- except for the wind!

 Another fun group we had on the lake was the Salt Lake Tongan Stake.  These beautiful girls serenaded us with amazing songs, including, Love At Home and We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet- sung in Tongan.  They had all of the missionaries in tears.

What they couldn't do, was canoe :-)  The winds were very strong- almost to the point of not being able to put them out.  The girls were clueless when it came to paddling a canoe!
I came up the dock and talked to one of the leaders.  I told her the girls needed to channel their ancestors!  She in turn laughed and said, "I know, you would never think we came from the islands!!!"
      The missionaries had to rescue several of the boats and tow them to shore.  Granger jumped in a canoe to try and help, but it never got off the shore before the wind overturned it and he ended up in the water.  He then went over to the dam to coach the girls off the rocks.  He slipped on the rocks several times and almost turned over one of the canoes when he fell over into the front of it!  Needless to say, he was quite wet- even his waterproof boots, inside and out!

     After our session, we headed over to Camp Rebekah.  Gwyn, our son-in-law's Mom, and my fellow Grandma, was up for the day with her ward.  We had a fun, quick visit with her.

     Wednesday was our p-day.  We headed home and met up with some of our grandkids at the Davis Co Fair.  It was lots of fun, but very HOT!!! We were glad to escape back up to the mountain.   When we got here, we found out we had missed a downpour and thunder storm.  The next morning we began the day by hauling out the life vests that had been put in the showers the night before to dry out.

Thursday was a beautiful day!  We had great sessions of girls, and a surprise visit from the Young Women Committee. It was fun to have them on the lake!

Sister Greenhalgh and Sister Lythgoe

       

Sister Johansen and Sister Hyde

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our final session of the day was a stake from Layton.  They finished in great style with every life jacket soaking wet- but no canoe tipovers!!!

We estimate that we have seen about 27,000 young women at the lake this summer!  
It has been an amazing experience, one we will never forget.