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Thank you.
LynnEl Springer

Mahomet Ward Getting Ready for Girls Camp

We are excited for Girls Camp this next week. Our girls can't wait. We have 10 girls attending! Yahoo!! As for us leaders, tonight (Tuesday) we are preparing and making little gifts to give the girls each night (pillow thoughts) to let them know we are thinking of them and give them a positive thought to sleep on! We are making little scriptures with the theme on them made out of little Hershey Nuggets and more, also little $1.00 boxes with starburst in them with a catchy little 'star' quote. Then we have bubbles to give them with a sticker on them about being bubbly and friendly to everyone while at camp. We also have a glow necklace to give the girls with the quote from Pres. Monson that says "If you want to give a light to others, you have to glow yourself" which is so appropriate! So there you have it! Some fun ideas to let the girls know how much we love them and appreciate them and want them to have fun and know we're thinking of them.

LynnEl Springer
Mahomet Ward YW Pres.

High Adventure 2011!

Yet another successful high adventure!  In fact, everyone had so much fun that they forgot to take pictures :)  But from what I heard, the girls who went said "LET'S DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!" 

The girls and leaders ended up rafting a total of 21 miles, and learned a lot about team work and coordination along the way.  They also learned about what it means to be prepared... and how it feels when you forget things like sunscreen :).  Next year's high adventure will bring a few changes to increase the challenge and spiritual rewards of the high adventure, but you can be sure it will be just as fun as it was this year.  Can't wait!

Memories of Youth Conference

Looks like everyone had a great time at Youth Conference 2011, Quest for the Best!  Thanks to everyone who put in so many hours of hard work to make this Youth Conference possible.  The testimony meeting made it clear how much the youth of the Champaign and Springfield Stakes loved interacting with other LDS youth and strengthening their testimonies at the same time.

Everyone learned a lot from this conference, including all the leaders who organized it.  The Stake Young Men and Young Women leaders are already making plans for next year's Youth Conference using the experiences gained in Springfield.  The first steps to another successful Youth Conference include putting together a new youth committee and deciding on a new location.  We'll fill you in on all the details as soon as we have them, but you can be certain that next year is going to be awesome!