Yo Elder,
I hope you enjoyed my self-satisfied smugness when Mom sent the email on Burger King, it was ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!
Last Week’s Activity
For starters, the young women's activity on skincare was a blast! We learned more about how diet and what we eat could affect our skin; especially the face and the oil some foods contain. Coincidentally, I mentioned Milo as it was heaty, and there was a pack of Milo for us to drink for break. Cherrie, you remember her, mentioned that and I laughed. The whole activity was fun, I learned more about Vera and Jojo's impeccable speed on makeup as they are so familiar with the different brushes and products that they pick it up like trained royalties with their different cutlery utensils. Anika was there too and she was so peaceful to be with, pretty too!!! And of course, Jessie. He is interesting. When offering us a pack of opened snacks of seaweed which, to be honest, I don't know why he opened it in the first place if he wasn't gonna eat? Cherrie joked that seaweed was good for the skin, to which he responded with, " What? I'm not gay?" When I tell you I laughed so loud yet was so confused, it was an understatement enough. And to add the cherry on top, Jojo joked or recalled a story about Jessie feeling something in school. Yeah, I don't know what their sibling dynamic is like, but it's very homey. Don't know how Jordan, their youngest brother is gonna survive, or not cause he was a thief today during YW class. Bugger tried to steal tissues and bracelets.
This Week
So, this week. What to start with? Well Sept 16th-18th, both YW and YM had camps! YW camps were a blast, real fun compared to last year's. I felt I may have grown but I'm unsure if I did or if I avoided a situation.
First Day!
BOY, WHEN I TELL YOU IT STARTED WITH A BANG, I MEAN IT!!! IT RAINED SO BADLY AS SOON AS WE GOT OFF THE VAN! Our transportation, a van, couldn't go down the steep hill and we had to walk down after we got off near the entrance. It was a pretty nice steep hill to start as a jog before the actual camp, and as soon as we got off IT RAINED! It wasn't even a soft morning rain, it poured cats and dogs! Keyra and I ran down the wet rock pavements and booked it with us hunching our backs to avoid getting our bags, which were not waterproofed, wet. I had more important ones, like the letters and my Book of Mormon! Which spoiler alert, letters were safe but my scriptures got soaked up!!! We then introduced and decorated our notebooks after the rain stopped. During our free time, we walked around or played in the river. Skipped rocks or kicked around.
Sister Poh Peng saw this at our tent when I went to the river
I'll keep the second and third day for another, but it was a crazy and wild week, especially since I played my violin in an interfaith program where many different religions attended and showcased their way of praising God. Muslim, Baha'i, Soka Gakkai ( who held the whole event), and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was a good experience, especially playing for so many people and was so, so comforting to be with people who were chill and cool YSAs. Before the event started though, Sister Wan Yng ( a PJ YSA) and I went to attend a Youth Exchange discussion. It was about making peace, which was the overall message of the whole program. We were formed into groups and discussed what we could to make peace. As the discussion went on, I found the things they mentioned familiar. Like synonyms, the concept was thee yet using different words. Nevertheless, I found it fun and even input my opinions, which was to judge righteously, and Sister Wan Yng said peacemaker. I wasn't until the whole program and event was over when I was looking through my notes on the way back home that Mom summarised it perfectly: " The gospel teaches it. " It made so much sense and found it like a spectacular realisation of the gospel, just really amazing and kinda cool to see gospel applications. Here are some of the suggestions:
- Be torchbearers of peace and sustainability
- Consultations
- Exercise love for each other, seek peace in discussions
- Everyone is equal
- Be an example or leader in kindness
- Be silent in conflicts, don't make it worse
- Be a listener
- Be open minded
Or as the speaker who presented the lesson when referencing how Christianity makes peace, " Blessed are the peacemakers" ( Matthew 5:9). Overall, amazing and eye-opening things
P.S. I even learned handwritten letters are meaningful and can be simple as I wrote one for Sister Haltiner for her birthday tomorrow.
Yours sincerely,
Annabelle
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