I'm A Mormon, I know it, I love it, I live it!

I loved sister Dibb's talk and story she told today in General Conference about the young woman she met from Colorado who wore a T shirt that told that she was a Mormon.  Sister Dibb then put some thought into what she would want to put on her own T shirt and she came up with this:
"I'm a Mormon, I know it, I love it, I live it".  This should be the theme of every young woman, young man, and pray that they feel this way about being a member of our church.  Stand tall, be strong, and boldly proclaim that indeed you are a Momron, and don't be afraid to share your testimony showing the love of the gospel. Follow up with living your lives so that others will know you live it too!
I created this free poster for each Young Woman to frame and put in her room that reminds her of who she is.

These bookmarks are to share with friends.  Print on white cardstock.

Much Love,
Katie Gauger
P.S.  It is set up to print 8.5 x 11.

YW Girls Camp - On the Sea of Galilee

My ward YW went to camp this past week, and it was quite an amazing experience.  Our leaders are wonderful and they did everything they could to make the experience fun as well as very spiritual and educational.  The focus was on the miracles of Jesus Christ on the Sea of Galilee. 

We went to Bear Lake (Utah) which surprisenly enough really resembled the lay of the land and the look of the Sea of Galilee.  They were told the stories of Christ, Walking on the water, Calming the storm, Fishers of men, and others.  They were taken to a look out point that overlooked the lake and told all about Galilee, and the Bishop shared some of his testimony there.  They had a day where their food was the kinds of things that they ate at that time, such as humus, olives, flatbread, and more.  Their YW President had been to the Holy lands and had a lot of pictures as well as clothing that she showed them. 

One of the activities were that the girls made their own oil lamps out of salt dough clay mixed with cocoa, so that when it dried, the lamps resembled clay lamps.  It took several days for the lamps to dry, so they let them dry in the sun for several days.  The last day, which they sat around the campfire and had a testimony meeting, the girls got to put oil in their lamps, and enjoy them, until they started to burn the salt dough.  The YW President had a picture of the 10 Virgins and read to the girls while they were making their lamps, about each of the 10 Virgins.  You can find the reading here: http://gaylaprince.com/the-ten-virgins/ The girls also made some tiny pottery and such out of the salt dough and really enjoyed it.

They got to go on a boat ride out in the sea of Galilee ( Bear Lake) and I am guessing that they were told about the story of the walking on the water, or the fishers of men. (I wasn't with them at this time)

They had a tent pitched that resembled a tent that could be seen in the dessert, with a satan rug on the floor (Satan comvorter).

Of course they did all the certification that was needed, and they had dutch oven cooking for dinner every night by the husband of the YW President.  These two were such great examples of what a married couple should be like, complementing each other, putting the other's needs first, helping each other, and smiling all the time.  Girls need these kinds of influences.  He was one of the two Priesthood holders at camp.

The Camp leader did a marvelous job and had great crafts and things for the girls to do. A couple of the things were that they made necklaces out of a tiny corked jar (very small) and they put sand from the sea of Galilee, to remind them of their Galilean Camping experience.  Another craft was that they made these flowers out of fabric rounds, to decorate their flip flops that they wore at camp.  They made braclets out of embroidery floss, and other things, that were meaningful to the girls.

I Found a link to sugardoodle that has more on this Girls Camp theme. http://www.sugardoodle.net/Ten%20Virgins/index.shtml

iPod Skit for New Beginnings

​I finally found the iPodd Skit for YW new Beginnings and I am giving you the drop box link to have access to it.  I will also be posting the link on my blog.

Here is the link:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2ey40kvpv09two/Ipodd%20Skit%20for%20New%20Beginnings.pdf

 

Enjoy and Best regards,

Katie Gauger

Young Women's Girls Camp

I had a woman email me and ask for ideas I had about a talk that she is giving to the YW at Girls camp this summer.  She needed ideas, and of course I am full of them, so first I came up with an idea, and then as I thought about it more, I came up with some others.  I thought since so many others will be looking for ideas for their Girls camp that I would post them for you.  Please read on:

 

The YW Values are what make a Young Woman.  Maybe you could draw a silhouette of a Young Woman in Black, and divide it up into sections that would represent each YW value.  (Sort of like puzzle pieces)  You could talk about a particular value and place it up on a board, or wall or some kind of background that you could find at camp.... maybe a poster board.  By the time you have talked about the each of the values, each of the puzzle pieces would be in place and the girls would see what you were making with them. ( A YOUNG WOMAN)  They would see that it is these Values that make a Young Woman, and maybe you could go into the Value of a Young woman, more precious than gold!  Somehow you could tie it into the theme that they are having at Camp, or not, but as a little handout, you could maybe, get some pieces of chocolate gold coins and place in an organza bag with a draw string. Or talk about how much Heavenly Father loves his daughters and even so much that he stands in wait for them to open the door to Him, like the picture of Jesus at the door, with no door knob on his side. 

That picture you could find at Deseret book and maybe that would be a better hand out.  Another thought that just came into my mind is gold leafing, and perhaps you could do a gold leafed picture of Jesus.  You get a transparency copy of Jesus made at Kinko’s, and then spray glue, then place bits of gold leaf on the glue side.  You could make a lot of these if you did them in a tiny size like $ store tiny small frame.  Or you could just copy these, and put in a tiny frame…



When I looked up the 2012 YW Theme, I realized all my additional thoughts and ideas centered around that theme of "Arise and Shine Forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations". So I thought of more ideas and they center around "Light" and the scripture that popped into my mind was found in Matthew 5:14-16

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

 16 Let your light  so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

This scripture goes so well with the YW theme, and has so many applications.  I can see you talking about the light that radiates from a virtuous  young woman, one that shows in her countenance so much that others can see it.  She is different from the world, and shines forth. (There are many stories that talk about the fact that LDS look different, something about them that makes them stand out)

You could put a glowstick on a piece of yarn or twine, with this scripture attached to it and hand them out for the girls to "light their way, or light the path, or remind them that their light shines so brightly it cannot be hid, and to use her light for good".

A song comes to mind also, that I remember years ago when my daughter went to camp.  The words are based on the scripture I just mentioned from Matthew and it goes like this....

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This little gospel light of mine, I'm going to let it shine

This little gospel light of mine, I'm going to let it shine

This little gospel light of mine, I'm going to let it shine

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Everywhere I go for sure I'm going to let it shine,

Everywhere I go for sure I'm going to let it shine,

Everywhere I go for sure I'm going to let it shine,
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Hide it under a bushel, oh no, I'm going to let it shine,

Hide it under a bushel, oh no, I'm going to let it shine,

Hide it under a bushel, oh no, I'm going to let it shine,

Let it shine all the time, let it shine. 

Jesus gave me the light for sure, I'm going to let it shine,

Jesus gave me the light for sure, I'm going to let it shine,

Jesus gave me the light for sure, I'm going to let it shine,

 Let it shine all the time, let it shine.

Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm going to let it shine,

Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm going to let it shine,

Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm going to let it shine,

Let it shine, all the time, let it shine!

I have looked up the sheet music for this song, but they are all different from the tune that I have learned, so if you think you want to use it, you will have to call me and I can sing it to you.  The melody for each verse is the very same and it is very catchy tune.

Another thing I was thinking was that if you are going to Camp in July, then "Fireworks" come to mind, because of the two different holidays... 4th of July and 24th for Pioneer day in Utah.  I am sure that you could not do fireworks at camp but maybe a sparkler??? To tie it into the "Light" theme, you could use some quotes like...

"Fire works are a huge display contained in a very small package, but their beauty can't be put on display until a flicker or flame or spark would ignite them. Once they are lit, there is no stopping them and their beauty bursts forth and creates awe and joy!  Like fireworks, we need to ignite our gospel light and keep it burning throughout our lives to become the glorious display that our Heavenly Father had intended us to be as His daughters and Young Women.  Our example can "spark" interest in others as we go about living the Young women standards.  We will have many opportunities throughout our lives to share that light we have within us and who knows when we will touch off a spark in someone elses life and get their light buring brighter through the Gospel of Jesus Christ".

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My Friendship Lesson

The  link that was previously posted no longer works, and since Blogger can't accept PDF Documents, I am going to have to convert my Friendship lesson files into JPEGS and add each page separately.  Oh well,  at least all of you will have access to the lesson and the dropbox links won't expire. 

This is the  friendship lesson that I have spoken about in a prior post.  I have had so many requests for it, I decided to quit sending it individually and now I have posted it on dropbox.   I hope it helps you with your Young Women.

I find it interesting about all Young women, and mind you, I was once one of them.  They need this kind of a lesson and need it during the YW years.  Young Men probably would never have need for this kind of a lesson, but girls... yes they do.  It was a very well received lesson and I think it should be taught every year or at least each year new girls move in, or are old enough for the Young Women program.

Enjoy, and let me know how your lesson went, in the comments section of this post or the one with all the rest of the info on the lesson. (See the lesson pages) ( by the way, I had previously posted about my friendship lesson and the visuals are on another post.  You will just have to scroll down a few, to find the visuals that it is talking about.)   Katie G