Catch The Spirit
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Submitted by: Toni K Wygant toni.heber@juno.com

Daily themes included:

Get in the Game: For Mother Nature (spiritual class for the day) the focus was Heavenly Father’s Game plan. We are already on the team but to really GET IN THE GAME and keep from sitting on the bench we need to know the RULES (found in the scriptures). Once we know the rules we need to be in shape. The spiritual comparison was made to the physical aspects of being in shape—strength, endurance, flexibility, skill, and nutrition.

Lastly we need to think about our priorities…number one priority being our relationship with our Heavenly Father. The "bead" was a little foam hand, pointer finger raised, with #1 written on it. (Like those big foam #1 hands you see at games.)

Attitude is Everything: Mother Nature today boiled down to two things, what attitude is and isn’t and being our own cheerleader. You don’t hear cheerleaders say, "David, David, he’s our man, if he can’t do it…we are not surprised because he’s lousy and can’t hang on to the ball." So why are we so negative towards our selves? The bead was a little megaphone.

Cover Your Bases: Comparisons were made between each base in a baseball game. First base=scripture study and prayer. Second Base=using your agency wisely. Third base=relationships. Almost Home=AGAIN! (returning home to Heavenly Father.) At the end was read The Parable of the Popcorn and the bead was a little tiny bag of unpopped popcorn.

The Best is Yet to Come: Our Stakies started this Mother Nature with the following song:

You Are His Children (Tune from ‘We Are the Champion’)

You are his children my friends, So please keep on striving tell the end.
Now that camps over, Don't change your team side.
You've got the power to keep that good spirit... alive.

Cause you are his children my friends.
So please keep on striving tell the end.
You are his children, you are his children.
No one can change that cause you've got the power... to withstand!

Then the following quote was memorized and recited to the girls:

You are a royal generation. The Heavenly Grandstands are cheering you on. We  are fast coming to the close of this game. The opposition is real and is  scoring. But we have scored, we are scoring, and we will score in the future.   The Lord is our coach and Manager. His team will win and we can be a valiant  part of it if we so desire. Rise up, O youth of Zion! You hardly realize the  great divine potential that lies within you. May you all follow your leader, Jesus Christ, and increase mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially. Ezra Taft Benson

The spirit was incredible! It was an AWESOME way to end camp!!!

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