Young Women Night of Excellence

I was called to be the Personal Progress Advisor for the Young Woman in our ward, and as of just last week, was released, and called to be the Laurels Advisor. Since I was over Personal Progress however since we moved into the ward, I was in charge of doing the Night of Excellence (Personal Progress) for our Young Women. It was a lot of work, but it was a really great success, and I had a LOT of help. The theme for the night was "A Journey of Values". We decorated the room in maps, luggage, value colors, and other cute accessories.

There was a story told of a woman back in the time of Christ, who lived in Jerusalem. She had heard that the Son of God was on the earth, walking and teaching among men. She wanted so badly to meet the Savior, because she knew it would strengthen her and make her better. She set out on a Journey to meet him, and searched the whole land over. She went to places like "Faith Mountain", through "Choice and Accountability Canyon", Crossed the "Sea of Knowledge" and made her way through "Good Works Garden". Through her trials of making it through each of these land marks, she overcame much, and knew it would all be worth it to just meet the Savior, and know who he was. She finally reached her "Destination of Divine Nature" and by the time she came to the location of Christ... he was on the cross. The woman was devistated. She thought to herself "I have taken such a long journey, and have sacrificed so much to know Jesus Christ, and know I will never be able to know him. She was very sad for a minute until she realized the most wonderful blessing. Through the valuable lessons she learned on her journey in search of Christ...she realized that she had come to know him. Her values had deepened within her, and rooted deeply inside her was a testimony that this truly was the Son of God, and Savior of the world.

This story set the theme for our wards night of excellence "A Journey of Values" and the girls realized that through participating in personal progress and striving for their Young Womanhood Recognition award, they are truly developing a relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We have wonderful Young Women, and phenominal leaders. I am so lucky to be serving in this calling, and I just learn so much from them! I love'em to pieces!