Summer excursion-stop 4 and 5

Well, all summer, I had been trying to get a week as a "normal" counselor instead of a health counselor because the experience is SO different, and because I'll be on a mission, I won't get to next summer. The Wednesday of my last week in NH, I got a call from BYU saying that I had been offered a "normal counselor" week at a Special Edition EFY in Nauvoo, Il. These counselor spots are few and far between because the session is amazing and in a location where SOOOOOO much church history took place. After jumping up and down and announcing to everyone at lunch that I got the job, I realized that I had 3 days to prepare....it all worked out, though. Anyways, I made it home for about 20 hours, then drove up to Illinois for one more week of camp. It was SOOO much fun. It was pretty much my dream week. I got a small group-only 6 of the older girls (they are broken into two groups, 14-15 year olds and 16-18 year olds, and I got the 16-18 year olds), with one of the most amazing guy counselors I've ever met as my co-counselor. My group of youth were amazing, and my girls liked sleep just as much as I did. The counselor isn't allowed to go to bed until all their youth have lights out...well, my girls always had their lights out before 11pm, when it's required. It ROCKED!!! I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I love working with the youth and teaching the gospel. I was able to go to the Nauvoo temple too. Not only did this bring a few "interesting" experiences, but it was great to see the temple after it was dedicated a few years ago. I got to see the temple when it was still "in progress" for 2 youth conferences, but this was the "finished product." It was SOOOOO beautiful. AND the perfect way to end my EFY summer.