A Temple assignment

Yesterday while Stephen was at football practice,Mike, Bryce and I had the great opportunity to go up to Heber Valley Girls camp to work.

(this picture taken as we approached the camp...yes, those are the yw value colors)

We spent most of our time picking up and loading logs that had been cut from trees that had either fallen down or had been cut down.

We had an assembly line going most of the time loading these logs into the truck...Mike just stood by and watched me work...mostly...jk;)

Some of the logs were way too heavy for one person to carry and so they had this contraption to help.  This is where the other girl (who was pregnant-what a trooper;) and I got to sit in the shade and watch. 

Many of the senior couples who are called there have their own ATV's and their own very large trailers that they take up there and some stay in cabins the entire time they are there.  It is so peaceful up there.

I wish I had gotten more pictures of the camp because it is very large and quite beautiful up there.  There are some 8,000 acres of land that the church owns and it has some ropes courses and several cabins and pavillions where they hold many sessions of girls camps in the summer, boys winter camps and you can also schedule your family reunion there.

There are senior couples who are called to this mission...yes, it is a mission.  Some of them are local and work a couple of days a week there to relieve the couples who have been called for 18 month missions and take their p-days.  This is Elder Anderson and Sister Bunnell who supervised us yesterday.  They told us so much about the camp.  They said that the camp was actually dedicated as a temple so that all the girls who come there and those who work and visit would grow closer to their Saviour.  They said they had seen many miracles happen there.  They promised us that as we went home to tell people that we were on a temple cleaning assignment... and they promised us that we would be blessed and would feel peaceful as we went home that  day.

Here was the group of us from our stake. 

 It was a great experience and we were all so glad we got to go on that temple assignment.

p.s.when we got home bryce went to football practice and said he did better than he ever had and

Mike recieved a random call from california and found out that we a refund check being sent our way...Brother Anderson was right....

correction:  8,000 acres....oops!