WEEK 2 OF EFY!

Ok here are the pictures that I promised! This week was a lot harder than last week, but I learned so much from it. One of the things that Heavenly Father taught me was that none of His children are alike. He also showed me that each of His children must have a desire to change. Well I think I will run down the week day by day so that you will now what goes on in the life of an EFY counselor!! Hold on tight cause it is CRAZY!
SUNDAY NIGHT: We get to our session check in and then we have a fireside with the session director. After that we meet with our B.C. groups and then it is off to find your co-counselors(my favorite part)! We then go back to our rooms hang our door tags and then it is off to bed. You want as much rest as you can get!
MONDAY: This is the day when the youth come!! YAY. Well the counselors have a meeting then it is off to check-in. This is fun because as counselors you get to see all of the youth who come in. Plus you get to see some of them with their parents. After check-in it is off to meet your counselor! During this portion of the program I get to tell them what I expect of them and they in return get to tell me what they expect of me! I also go over some rules such as the "BIG FIVE"! After all that business is out of the way we go and meet our company. We all get to know each other and then it is off to Orientation, Dinner, FHE Lesson, FHE Games, then Goal Setting. By the time this is all done it is 9:00 and time for Head-Count, Devotional, and then Lights-OUT!
TUESDAY: As a counselor I am up by like 5:30 am so that I can be to a 6:30 am meeting! The youth just have to be ready by seven so that we can have the participant devotional(meaning the youth give the devotional), then its off to breakfast and Gospel Study. After Gospel Study we go to the Session Director Morning side and then it is off to classes, lunch, and more classes. After the last class the youth get free-time (for some counselors this means NAP TIME)! After free-time it is off to Dinner and then to a DANCE!! After the dance it is time for head-count, devotional, and lights out!
WEDNESDAY: This day is the same as Tuesday up until Dinner. BECAUSE after dinner it is time for GAMES and the CHEER OFF!! After games/cheer-off we all head back to our rooms with much anticipation of the pizza that is going to come! WEDNESDAY NIGHT is PIZZA NIGHT. This is when real "GIRL BONDING" takes place. It is a lot of fun. However you can't have PIZZA until head-count and devotional are done. So on this night they are very helpful!!
THURSDAY: This is probably one of my favorite days of the entire week.This is what is known as the Young Womens/Mens activity. Meaning we separate the girls from the boys and they each go off and learn about the Gospel. The youth have to dress up this day and the SPIRIT is just so strong. After the activity it is off to LUNCH and then to the VARIETY SHOW. In 2006 David Archuletta was at EFY and he performed at the Variety Show. I heard it was pretty much amazing. After the variety show it is FREE TIME and then off to dinner. After dinner it is off to a fireside with the session director and then off to TESTIMONY MEETING. I LOVE this part because this is when you really see a SPIRITUAL change in these fine YOUTH of ZION. After testimony meeting it is off to bed but not before devotional!!
FRIDAY: This day starts out the same as any other day with devotional/breakfast/Gospel Study. However after Gospel Study the youth get a DATING MESSAGE from the session director. However at times I think it is more for the counselors! After the dating message the youth learn how to take what they have learned home with them . Then it is off to FSOY! You are all wondering what is FSOY! Well it is For the Strength of You! This is where some of the counselors are assigned to teach the youth how to live the principles that are taught in the FSOY pamphlet! After FSOY it is off to lunch and then to the SERVICE project. This year they are knitting hats it is alot of fun. After service they now have free time which is also used to go and get ready for the banquet/pictures/and the DANCE! After the Dance they show a slide show of the week everyone cries we then sing the EFY melody and everyone cries some more and then it is time to say good-bye so that everyone can get ready to go home the following morning!
Well I hope that this didn't bore you all too much. I love EFY so much I have had so much fun and it seriously makes me so sad that I am not there now. But JD comes home tomorrow and I guess that it is important that I am there. REMEMBER THE CHURCH IS TRUE!