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Contriubuted
by: Tanya Stelly Sulphur, LAWpstelly@aol.com
Okay, this
really dates me, but there used to be a popular story about a
Church Authority (can't
remember who) and during a visit to
Africa he was
told
to never step into any size puddle. When he
asked why, the guide took a
stick and stuck it into a nearby puddle of water and a
crocodile bit the
stick in half. Sorry that I
can't remember particulars, but you could
research it and find the original.
(The story
about the crocodile in a footprint is in the Book of Mormon student manuel that is
available through the Distribution
Center.)
Other
thematic take offs--"the PRIDE of ABC Stake--and that's no LION" You could also
do a take off of the Six Bs where one is "No Cheeta, Be
Honest"
Crafts? How about doing masks of the girls faces and
letting them decorate
them? You could do paper
machie, or some latex application. They could
makes
lances and decorate the shafts. You could use
a "roadmap" for the
shaft--like one red stripe if they have recited the 13 AoF,
a blue stripe if they earned the Duty to God Award in Primary, Yellow stripes for perfect
seminary
attendance,
Orange for each
year in seminary, and other "mile
stones" that you think of. This is based on an idea for an "Arrow of
Light" for Webelos that I saw recently where the shaft of an arrow is painted with
the
individual boys accomplishments--gold arrows, silver arrows earned.
You could
have a face painting day where certain symbols and colors on the
face represent certain
accomplishments. I'd do this in small groups
around a campfire.
Find out
different tribal names from Africa and use
them for group
names--whether you do this by tents, age groups, wards, etc.
Contributed
by: Mary Anderson mlanderson@nsdplaw.com
What about
doing the "typical" line of "It's a jungle out there" phrase and maybe
have jungle vines that represent each of the ways (prayer, testimony, scripture reading,
service etc.) we can "swing" ourselves back to living with our Father in Heaven. You could decorate camp with vines and leaves,
jungle animals etc. Each tent/cabin could be a
different jungle animal group (lion pride, elephant herd, den of bears, etc.) or maybe
have them choose a famous jungle explorer, tarzan/jane type to be their mascots. You could also use the line "A Hut above the
rest" and talk about ways we can keep our lives (huts) above the strife and turmoil
of this world. This would also be a great way
to talk about ways to make our family homes more like heaven.
As for
games you could do a scavanger hunt on your hike (or anytime else for that matter) where
the girls are given clues that lead them on their "Safari" back home to camp
(paralleling our finding our way back home to heaven of course!).
For a
campfire moment you could list all of the things that you would need on a safari and
relate them to gospel principles (i.e. a good pair of hiking shoes = faith, because
without good shoes you are going nowhere or to arm yourself with a machete knife to cut
away branches/foliage = the scriptures because the word of God gives us the power to
dispel temptations or your backpack=your testimony because however much you prepare for
the journey ahead is as far as it is going to take you.
If you pack only a little water and food in your backpack, you won't last
the trip, but if you strengthen your testimony by going to church, reading scriptures,
prayer, etc. your lamp will be full at the time of the Savior's coming.
On
Safari, Searchin' for Heaven in "97"
Camp
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