June 6-7 Relief Society Retreat

Bishop Anderson was able to borrow a cabin in Midway for us this weekend. The entire Relief Society was invited to spend the night at the cabin. Callie and I got to Midway about 5:30. We were able to spend the evening getting to know the girls in our ward a little better. After a dutch oven dinner the bishoprics' wives spoke to us. The focus of this retreat was "Finding Joy in the Journey." The talks that these 3 women gave were great and I learned a lot about each of them. However, the highlight of the trip was most definitely the karaoke. While I am NOT the karaoke type, there are several girls who are and they provided the entertainment for the evening. We were up until 1:30 a.m. watching routines. I would have to say that the gold medal performance would have to go to Heather. I don't know how that girl did not get worn out.
Another highlight of the evening was a demonstration by our very own CERTs. CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team. Five girls from our ward went to trainings for 8 weeks to become certified CERTs for our ward. They are now prepared to handle any emergency. They have recently finished their training and had practiced and perfected quite the show (fog machine and all). I was highly impressed, and also convinced that I will never be able to get up in front of a group of people and put on a performance quite as...... exciting. :)
We spent the night at the cabin and got home this morning about 11:30. Callie and I both had to got right back to bed for a nap. It was a fun night and I am glad that I have been so warmly welcomed into this ward. There are a lot of neat girls in our Relief Society.