Challenge Accepted

Girls Camp is just two weeks away. A lot of planning and prep work still needs to get done. I'm so excited to spend a week with some amazing YW  and fantastic leaders. I'm probably biased but our camp is better than anyone else's. And we're combining stakes this year so that makes us double better.
Our YCLs this year have totally stepped up and taken on more responsibility and I'm so proud of them. I remember a few of them when they were just little 12 year olds coming to camp for the first time. They've grown up so much and are pretty much running the show now. They're amazing.
Last night at our YCL sleepover the girls were issued a challenge for the next fifteen days until camp.
1. Tell themselves every day that they are a daughter of Heavenly Father who loves them.
2. Read their scriptures every day. Even if its just one verse.
3. Pray for inspiration to know how to help the other girls at camp
4. Cut out technology that's not uplifting. Turn off the TV or Facebook or certain music that keeps the Spirit from their home.
5. Show kindness to someone every day, as well as taking note of how someone is kind to them.
At camp, they'll share their experiences from this challenge with the other girls.
When we were talking about this challenge, one girl mentioned how much better our lives would be if everyone accepted this challenge every single day for forever. How much happier we would be, and grateful, and more joyful.
During the sleepover last night, I didn't see any of the YW using their phones for anything other than taking pictures. They put them away and were talking and laughing and mentioned more than once that they love camp because they're cut off from the rest of the world. (Really that's by force because there's no service up there....but still.....)
These girls are great, and they make me want to be a better person and a better example to those around me. I'm thrilled that I get to be apart of this experience with them.