EFY Overview

Hello!! Well EFY is over. It is this horrible bitter sweet happy feeling. I am pretty excited to get my life back to some kind of normalcy, but I love the people. They make me so happy and make me a better person. I am going to miss them all so much. It's amazing and how close we have all become.

My last week they threw me in as a counselor. I cried, and cried. Hahahaha! I loved being a health counselor, being able to be in charge if I wanted to and if I didn't then I didn't. There wasn't any force in anything really. Then, they threw me into a counselor position where it is the most demanding job. You are with your kids all the time, and you have to keep track of them and blah blah. It was way fun because you get to actually have lessons, and teach them, and be friends with them, however it is exhausting! I would probably do another week as a counselor because people always say that the first week is the hardest, so I would like to try that next year, if I have the time.

Hmmmmm.... how else can I summarize my EFY experience?? It was flat out AMAZING!!! Being able to watch the differences in the youth, and being able to speak and say what they need to hear is an experience beyond anything else. There were several times where I would open my mouth, and say things that were not me talking. It was awesome! After wards I would leave and go find one of my BC friends and just cry. I didn't know what to think about the whole experience. I learned to love it though. Yes, I am a cryer, in case you haven't caught onto that.

These are some things that I have learned being at EFY all summer long. 
♥ The people are amazing!
♥ The spirit is so strong
♥ It's hard work
♥ There is hope in finding someone with the same standards as I have
♥ Eating the same food every day every week is really nasty :)
♥ Eating cafeteria food is nasty as well
♥ I have never been so tired in my entire life
♥ Practice what you preach :)... like.. DRINK WATER hahaha
♥ I don't have to be a Gospel scholar to feel the spirit, and to have the spirit speak through me.
♥ Starting your day out right by reading the scriptures and prayer makes everything else a ton better!
♥ The Lord will always find a way. Holy cow! Is this true!! There were several times, several times, when things could be potentially disastrous and they all worked out. It was crazy!
♥ The Lord is full of tender mercies

I could go on and on with this list. I could never describe how EFY blessed my life. I am so grateful that I took the job.

Have a wonderful time and we will see what we can do about getting life back to normal over the next few weeks :)

Love JaNae