EFY (monday June, 27- FridayJuly 1)

this week i went to E.F.Y. for the last time and I had a lot of really powerful experiences. I want to write about two experiences that happened to me while I was there

The first experience I want to talk about was on Thursday. We got to dress up and have testimony meeting and stuff. but the amazing thing that happened was that a certain sister got up and spoke about all the hard things she'd gone thru in her life and after she was done I went over to her and I said, "no matter what you hear, don't ever think that you're not worth anything because you are. And remember that God loves you and that I do." OK, I know that probably sounds weird that I said that to a girl that I had never met before EFY, but I just wanted her to know that there would always be two people there for her. The other thing I loved about Thursday was the fact that every single sister there was dressed modestly. I actually went over to one of them and thanked them for not making me uncomfortable because of the way they were dressed and how it really makes the young men at EFY feel good when they see that the sisters are willing to dress modest.

The other one that happened was on Friday, the last day. We got to watch the session director and his wife and two other counselors do a skit about EFY from "15 years ago", as though 15 years had gone by since this session. It was amazing because when they said a certain key word, the young women got up and said the young women values and after they were done, they sang, "He Knows Me Better." A few minutes later, the session director said another key word and the young men stood up and sang a song called "what faith can do." to the young women. After this was all over, we met as companies and sang the E.F.Y. medley (As Sisters In Zion/ Army of Helaman.) during the "Sisters In Zion" song, I had this overwhelming impression that what the sisters were saying was coming straight from their hearts and they weren't just saying words from a song, but that they knew 150% that they were a daughter of God. I will never forget that. I mean I had heard that song several times but for some reason that day it really hit me that they didn't just THINK they were daughters of God,  they KNEW they were.