From: owner-lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com (lds-yw-digest) To: lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: lds-yw-digest V1 #193 Reply-To: lds-yw-digest Sender: owner-lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-lds-yw-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk lds-yw-digest Friday, July 17 1998 Volume 01 : Number 193 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:37:07 -0500 From: "Cowpattie" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Modesty I am reminded of something that was always said to me as a small kid in Primary eons ago. When one of the Leaders wanted to push a point, they'd always ask us what would Jesus think? My mental response was always "who cares"? My point . . . young people aren't going to care what Jesus thinks, until they know him. Kevin I agree with you that they know. Our only hope for themis to touch them with the spirit, teach them to desire that feeling, soon the desire to have the other feelings will lessen. I do teach and talk about morals and dress and standards, but I feel that what i say will have no impact, only what spirit says to spirit, on any subject, will ever change that desire for peer notice. > -----Original Message----- > From: Charmaine L. Peck [SMTP:serryp@burgoyne.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 2:22 PM > To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Modesty > > Sadly enough, I tend to feel that the YW I know who dress this way DO know > what shows and the effect it has on others. I remember some of those > feelings when I was a youthful non-member. Back in the 70s we wore halter > tops, belly (or no-belly \) shirts, etc, and I and my peers dressed that > way > FOR attention. I am concerned that so many of our young women WANT that > same kind of attention, and would be headed for trouble if they got it. > Perhaps they just don't realize the seriousness of it or the potential > danger. Could go back to lessons on tempting others being wrong, giving > them the wrong idea about the YW. I don't know...Any ideas? > > From: Susan J. Hogg > To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com > Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 10:04 AM > Subject: (lds-yw) Modesty > > > >We, too, have seen a problem with the YW modesty issue. We will be > >addressing it in a combined YW lesson on a fast Sunday. We have also > >considered bringing in a full-length mirror for the lesson and having > >each YW sit in front of it, cross her legs, sit different ways, bend > >over (for the front too - some blouses are too loose). This wouldn't be > >done in front of everyone, but may be set up in an unused classroom or > >something. We haven't fully developed the idea. I honestly don't think > >these YW realize what shows or that it DOES have an affect on those > >sitting across from them! > >Sue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin > > > >- > > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > > > > - > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. 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Kimball in our home] Received: from imo23.mx.aol.com (imo23.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.67]) by sherman.midplains.net (8.9.0.Beta3/8.9.0.FNG_Build) with ESMTP id TAA29425 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:52:20 -0500 (CDT) From: XUTAH@aol.com Received: from XUTAH@aol.com by imo23.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id 9UQJa26052; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:51:35 +2000 (EDT) Message-ID: <3584ab7b.35aea019@aol.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:51:35 EDT To: Paintnpat@aol.com, fmorris@midplains.net (fmorris) Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Fwd: [GEMS] Experiences with Leaders - Spencer W. Kimball in our home Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_900636696_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --part0_900636696_boundary Content-ID: <0_900636696@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I don't know if you folks get these or not, but this one was so sweet I had to share! - --part0_900636696_boundary Content-ID: <0_900636696@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-za02.mx.aol.com (rly-za02.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.98]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v45.18) with SMTP; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:39:49 -0400 Received: from lists.xmission.com (lists.xmission.com [198.60.22.7]) by rly-za02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id PAA00416; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:39:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from domo by lists.xmission.com with local (Exim 1.82 #1) id 0ywqx6-0004IS-00; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:32:16 -0600 Received: from (goodnet.com) [207.98.129.1] by lists.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #1) id 0ywqx3-0004IC-00; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:32:14 -0600 Received: from localhost (crockett@localhost) by goodnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA29567 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:36:22 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:36:21 -0700 (MST) From: Dave Crockett To: lds-gems Subject: [GEMS] Experiences with Leaders - Spencer W. Kimball in our home Message-ID: Sender: owner-lds-gems@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: lds-gems-owner@lists.xmission.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit From: Terry Naylor : When I was growing up, I had the great opportunity of having President Kimball and his lovely wife Camilla stay in our home for three days. My father had grown up next door to the Kimballs and kept in touch with President Kimball through cards and letters. One day my dad received a call that President Kimball would be holding an area conference in Southern California and would like to stay with our family for a few days. Of course the invitation was extended and arrangements were made. At the time my dad worked for the FBI and was able to set up security at the house and with the Limousine service. The three days were like nothing I have ever experienced in my life. I saw not only the very spiritual side of the prophet, but the humorous side, the loving husband, and the grandfather side also. These were a few of the experiences that we shared together: At night the Prophet would spend a few minutes with each child (there was thirteen of us) talking about our day and then kneeling at our beds for our personal prayers. That is where I really learned how to talk to my Father in Heaven. The prophet spoke to Him as a friend and a father. He did not speak in poetry, but in plain everyday tones with respect using "thee" and "thou". As we held Family Home Evening one night the Prophet told a few stories that went along with the lesson and then asked if I would sing his favorite primary song with him. I stood next to his chair, he took my hand in his and my sister took her place at the piano. Together we sang "I Am a Child of God". He stopped after the first verse and listened while I finished the next two verses alone. In the morning my Mom had to wake up before the sun to beat the Prophet into the kitchen. President Kimball liked to cook and he would get up around 4:30 a.m. to start making a traditional breakfast of eggs, bacon, etc. Of course, we didn't want to lose a minute of being with this great man, so most of the house was awake, talking and laughing by 5 a.m. Each meal started with a story about the prophet growing up or his church experiences. One memory that stays with me the most is one of humor rather than spirituality. One night at dinner President Kimball was helping himself to a glass of fruit punch and somehow dumped the entire pitcher or juice all down the table, into the food and covering the white table cloth. We all held our breath waiting for the reply from our mother, who would have scolded any of us kids. The scolding didn't come from my Mom, but rather from Sister Kimball. She jumped to her feet, placed her napkin over part of the juice puddle and began to let the Prophet know that he had done something wrong. She did not raise her voice, but the Prophet turned as a small child and sank into his chair. That is when the laughter rang out and we realized that even the greatest of men can make a simple mistake. You never realize how many items you have loaned out to members of the church until the Prophet is staying with you. We had ward and stake members returning items to our house during those three days that we didn't even know we had ever owned. The Prophet, of coarse, greeted everyone who came by with his traditional hug. I do believe that even our non-member neighbors felt his spirit when he made it a point to meet them also. It had been a few years after those memorable three days that I saw the President Kimball once again. This time it was to give my dad a special blessing after he had been badly burned from a house fire. President Kimball took each of the kids aside and told them how much he loved us and that it might be time for our dad the Stake Patriarch to head home to do his work for other who needed him. Again, I was reminded of how great this man was. Those are experience that I wish every member of the church and the world could experience. If it was so, there would be no doubt in anyone's mind that the Prophet of our church is a servant and mouth piece for God, The Father on this earth. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1998, LDS-Gems - distributed on the Internet via the LDS-Gems mailing list. Messages may be forwarded to individuals if this trailer is included, but may *not* be posted publicly without permission. To subscribe, Send SUBSCRIBE LDS-GEMS to majordomo@xmission.com LDS-Gems archives: http://www.lds-gems.com/archive/ **Submissions are encouraged!** Send to owner@lds-gems.com Dave Crockett, Tucson, Arizona - crockett@goodnet.com - --part0_900636696_boundary-- - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:19:53 EDT From: Subject: Re: (lds-yw) What To Do? We had a young women in our ward get pregnant and she is due next month. She just barely turned 17 I believe. So, as one of the presidency members of the Laurel's class, we asked the bishop, who happen to be my dad, to speak to the young women as a whole one Sunday. We were aware of many other moral mistakes and intoxication mistakes of other Laurel's and Young Women. This worried us, so the Bishop came and spoke to us. That Sunday, the young women that we figured needed it the most, weren't there. We were totally bummed out. But, it turns out that there were some young women there who needed it and you could tell. I think it was successful and it was a great idea. Good luck!! Mauren - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:57:55 -0800 From: Douglas Mason Subject: (lds-yw) beehive conference I know that some of the stakes are doing Beehive Conferences. I saw some ideas posted some time ago. Could someone re-post the ideas or send them to me at masblak@mtaonline.com. Our stake is having one in August and would like any game ideas you have. I really love this list and the sisterhood I feel. I realize that we will not always do things the same way and that is what makes all thing ideas and comments so important to me. Shari - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:15:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Smiley Smarteze Subject: (lds-yw) Need help with devotional I have been asked to give a devotional at girls' camp next week (we leave Tuesday morning). The theme for the day is "Return with Honor." Do any of you have an idea of what I can do for it? It needs to be 3-5 minutes long and I can't play any prerecorded music because the camp director decided it took away from the spirit of camp. Thanks. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:24:05 -0800 From: "Dan&KayRostrom" Subject: (lds-yw) what to obtain before marriage This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01BDB110.D2DE0280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just had this great idea, well kind of a mixture of alot of your ideas = mixed in one.......the problem is I need to do it this Wednesday!!! (my = life is never a dull moment) Anyway, I am going to talk about the = characteristic that might be desirable for a YW to achieve for herself = to "catch" ( this isn't the word I was looking for) Mr.. Right. Does = that make sense? I am going to make beautiful little boxes, no bigger = than a shoe box. White,satin& lace with pearls. This is where I need = your help. My mind is blank at this time of the night and will probably = have a ton of ideas tomorrow, but I'd still love your ideas. In the box = I want to put small items that represents characteristics for them to = remind them of their goals to work on perfecting themselves. I am going = to use Stacey's idea of an antique key tied with a pretty satin ribbon = and talk about keeping themselves chaste for their husbands.....Marcia = sent in a story about Sister Hinkley and the silver dollar being a = special possession to always protect like our testimonies of the gospel. = Another idea might be a puzzle piece=3D peacemaker. A purple heart=3D = integrity. Knowledge ? ( I know this is super easy it's just not = coming to me) I also would like some more easy ideas. Then we're just = going to have fun and play the candy bar activity that was sent a month = ago, where they pick a candy bar which represents a certain kind of man = to marry. Thanks for letting me go on an on. If you have any responses = I need to prepare it by Tuesday. Kay - ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01BDB110.D2DE0280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I just had this great idea, well kind of a = mixture of=20 alot of your ideas mixed in one.......the problem is I need to do it = this=20 Wednesday!!! (my life is never a dull moment) Anyway, I am going to talk = about=20 the characteristic that might be desirable for a YW to achieve for = herself =20 to "catch" ( this isn't the word I was looking for) Mr.. = Right. =20 Does that make sense?  I am going to make beautiful little boxes, = no bigger=20 than a shoe box. White,satin& lace with pearls.  This is where = I need=20 your help.  My mind is blank at this time of the night and will = probably=20 have a ton of ideas tomorrow, but I'd still love your ideas.  In = the box I=20 want to put small items that represents characteristics for them to = remind them=20 of their goals to work on perfecting themselves.  I am going to use = Stacey's idea of an antique key tied with a pretty satin ribbon and talk = about=20 keeping themselves chaste for their husbands.....Marcia sent in a story = about=20 Sister Hinkley and the silver dollar being a special possession to = always=20 protect like our testimonies of the gospel.   Another idea = might be a=20 puzzle piece=3D peacemaker.  A purple heart=3D integrity.  = Knowledge =20 ? ( I know this is super easy it's just not coming to me) I also would = like some=20 more easy ideas.  Then we're just going to have fun and play the = candy bar=20 activity that was sent a month ago, where they pick a candy bar which = represents=20 a certain kind of man to marry.  Thanks for letting me go on an = on. =20 If you have any responses I need to prepare it by Tuesday. =20 Kay
- ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01BDB110.D2DE0280-- - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 03:26:12 EDT From: Subject: Re: (lds-yw) What to do? I had my eyes (and ears) opened wider 2 nights ago by 2 MM YW. They commented on how "they couldn't wait to be pregnant" as we were leaving the home of an expectant mother, (their recently released YW leader) who is on bed rest. I tried to explain how difficult it must be for this soon to be first time mother, how she would like to be up and around preparing for the arrival and how scared she is that things might go wrong. One girl responded by saying "I think it'd be great to just lay around waiting for my baby to come." Needless to say there will be more discussions in the future. This was my first activity night as their counselor. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:36:46 -0700 From: rich@comnett.net Subject: (lds-yw) Camp Thank You Gifts Hi everyone, I am mostly a lurker here and love to read your posts. I am the 2nd Cnslr in our YW, and I have been given the opportunity to help the YW who went to camp make a thank you gift for some special people who helped at camp i.e. our camp director and asst. camp director and our counseler in the bishopric that helped us so much. If you have any ideas I would be so grateful. As always, it has to be kind of inexpensive. Thanks for your help. JoAnn in Nevada - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:13:05 -0800 From: "Dan&KayRostrom" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Camp Thank You Gifts I think after all the hard work and effort they need a break!! How about the girls making the bath salts or oil that came over the list a couple weeks ago, plus making the ice cube candles and wrapping them up together in cellophane with a chocolate bar ( and sparkling cider if money allows) and add a note telling them to relax in the tub for a bit.(wouldn't you LOVE to receive some R&R?) Kay - -----Original Message----- From: rich@comnett.net To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 11:44 PM Subject: (lds-yw) Camp Thank You Gifts >Hi everyone, I am mostly a lurker here and love to read your posts. I >am the 2nd Cnslr in our YW, and I have been given the opportunity to >help the YW who went to camp make a thank you gift for some special >people who helped at camp i.e. our camp director and asst. camp director >and our counseler in the bishopric that helped us so much. If you >have any ideas I would be so grateful. As always, it has to be kind of >inexpensive. Thanks for your help. JoAnn in Nevada > >- > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:56:35 -0700 From: kofstar@juno.com (Mr. and Mrs. Koford) Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Rope Course Please tell us again where this particular "rope course" is. Do you have a phone number or address to share to reach them.????????????? On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:38:30 EDT writes: >In a message dated 98-06-30 14:58:11 EDT, you write: > ><< > >YESSSS! You can do it! >I wasn't 100% sure just what we would be doing when we went. I heard >how >wonderful it was & this particular one I had heard about. They have >alot of >LDS groups go there. Now I can see why! The couple who run it are >called >"facilitators" and are not members, but were very supportive of our >beliefs. >..................................... . It really was worth it. It was nice it was fairly close to >us... but, >I would even drive my kids great distances to take them to something >like >this. You wouldn't be sorry Ü >I know there are rope courses all over... I'm really sold on this one, >as you >can tell!!! > >Hope that helped... >Stacey > >- > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 06:41:12 -0600 From: "The Summers" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Youth Conference There was a very cute theme that came over the primary share list that I used for camp this year about Captain Moroni. The two sayings she used were "Army - A Righteous Mormon Youth" and "B.O.O.T camp - Building our own testimonies" We talked about fighting for truth and right. I think sometimes we need to show our youth that we have to take a stand for what we believe. - -----Original Message----- From: Sylvia Cabus To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 8:16 AM Subject: (lds-yw) Youth Conference >Last night I attended a planning meeting for our district youth >conference, the theme being "Warriors in Training." There was some >concerns over how militant this sounds but the basic idea to be >emphasized is that we're all warriors for Christ and against Satan in >our daily lives. > >The Saturday at camp is scheduled for several workshops to make up a >sort of Career Day. The idea is to show young people how adults combine >their secular, work lives with their spiritual concerns. There's also a >real effort to ensure that half of the presenters will be women. > >We are taking advantage of being in Washington DC and having so many >people in the church with interesting jobs. I was asked to be part of >the "international panel" because I was a Peace Corps volunteer in >Cameroon, another woman (lifetime LDS) who was a Peace Corps volunteer >in Poland, the bishop of one of the singles wards who is at the >Pan-American Health Organization, the two guys from my school (one who >is at the State Dept. and another who works in financial services), and, >hopefully, Ann Santini, who is the director of the church's >international affairs office here. I hope that people will also be able >to discuss how it is possible to combine family and career/education. I >have always made a point of telling my girls that temple marriage is >important, but so is education and self-sufficiency. > >- > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:50:06 -0500 From: Marcia Leon Subject: (lds-yw) Camp Thank You Gifts -Reply I'm having the YCL's make chocolate lollipops, and heart shaped soaps and placing them in decorative bags along with bath salts/beads and a small scented candle for the women leaders. For the men that come up they are placing a bottle of root beer and a bag of cheddar popcorn with the little poem that was passed along on the list a while ago. Marcia in NJ - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:01:54 -0600 From: "The Summers" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) What To Do? This is a subject that is very dear to my heart. In my family we have had experience with this from both ends - pregnancy and adoption. I taught young womens when a sister to one of my girls became pregnant. We talked about what it was like for her to come home and have to tell her parents, about giving up the wedding she had always planned. The sorrow at this time of marriage and childbirth, that if she had waited would both be great blessings. We talked about forgiveness and how she could go through the steps but the sorrow of the mistake and what she had to give up would always be there. We talked about the fact that this girl came from a good family and she was a good girl that put herself in a bad position. I think that sometimes they don't realize that it happens to good kids too. They have to follow the counsel so they do not tempt themselves. You have to be so careful. Girls will look at someone who has made these mistakes and say well they got married in the temple so I can do these things and repent. They need to understand the sorrow they bring into their own lives by not waiting. I think sometimes kids think it would be cool to have a baby. Maybe have your YW do service baby-sitting for a full day. Each girl alone with the kids (too easy to chat and have fun with more than one). Then have a lesson afterwards about what it would be like to always have that kind of responsibility. Talk about having to make the decision of adoption. I watched my sister adopt and the thrill for her and the sorrow she felt for the girl that had to make this choice. She was able to receive a few notes from the birth mom and it was so hard for her. I too think we need to be careful putting girls and boys together to soon. We had a party at my house for my daughter at 15 and even though I was there all the time I spent most of my evening breaking up kids that wanted to pair up. I would laugh and say not at my house and they seemed OK but need to know what our standards are. It is hard all we can do is talk, talk, then talk some more and then really listen and love them Gloria - -----Original Message----- From: Dee Lynn To: lds-yw@xmission.com Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 9:30 AM Subject: (lds-yw) What To Do? >Hello everyone. I've never posted to this list before, so I hope you >all get this. I'm the YW second counselor in my ward and we've got a >problem that our presidency is trying to figure out how to deal with. >Last year two of our YW gave birth to baby boys, and Sunday we found out >that one of our graduating laurels is pregnant. As a presidency, we're >at a loss as to why this is happening. With the bishops permission we >would like to sit down with our girls and have a loving yet very honest >and frank discussion about what is going on and how we can avoid this >problem with the YW we still have. We're also working with our bishop to >have him give some kind of standards fireside to all of the youth, but >we think we need more. Does >anyone have any ideas on how we can approach this problem and how we can >consistently reinforce the importance of obeying the law of chastity. >We do have a couple of younger girls that we are already worrying about, >and two of the YW that got pregnant have younger sisters who are >currently in the YW program. So, we'll take all the advice we can get. > >Thanks, >Diana > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >- > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 08:01:42 -0500 From: Marcia Leon Subject: (lds-yw) what to obtain before marriage -Reply Kay, Depending on how many girls you have your budget and your time ... maybe a temple recommend holder? Someone once made me one out of the plastic mesh squares weaved with white yarn. I am doing the candy bar activity at camp in a couple of weeks and spoke to a friend of mine in another stake the other day to see how it went when she did it ... and I got an interesting twist to it that I think I'll try. My friend decorated the room with white netting and white lights, she set up a table with a white lace table cloth and flowers and placed punch and cookies on it, placed some white paper bells around the room - making it look like it was set up for a wedding reception. She wrapped the candy bars individualy in pretty wedding paper and ribbon. When the girls asked what was going on she told them that they were going to a wedding ... theirs! And not to worry that she had picked out a husband for each of them! Since she had so many candy bars she decided to let the girls pick out some "boyfriends" before they married their man. She talked to them about dating different boys and not committing themselves to just one steady boy while they are in high school ... how that would help them decide what characteristics are really important. The girls had a blast with it!! Marcia in NJ - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:04:06 -0400 From: Karina Tonn Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Youth Conference We had B.O.O.T. camp for girls camp last year, Building On Our Testimonies. The Army Reserves lent us huge tents that slept dozens per tent, and they also let us borrow cots. We wore camouflage and made up cadences about testimonies and the values to sing as we marched to meetings. etc. Our stake camp leader made up a really funny salute--similar to the little rascals--that involved smiling, so we would continually be reminding each other to smile. One of the highlights of the camp was when we went on a long hike to be surprised by our reserve officer who flew in a helicopter to deliver ice cream. There were too many neat little things to share. We have a wonderful and very creative stake camp director. Karina The Summers wrote: > There was a very cute theme that came over the primary share list that I > used for camp this year about Captain Moroni. The two sayings she used were > "Army - A Righteous Mormon Youth" and "B.O.O.T camp - Building our own > testimonies" We talked about fighting for truth and right. I think > sometimes we need to show our youth that we have to take a stand for what we > believe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sylvia Cabus > To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com > Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 8:16 AM > Subject: (lds-yw) Youth Conference > > >Last night I attended a planning meeting for our district youth > >conference, the theme being "Warriors in Training." There was some > >concerns over how militant this sounds but the basic idea to be > >emphasized is that we're all warriors for Christ and against Satan in > >our daily lives. > > > >The Saturday at camp is scheduled for several workshops to make up a > >sort of Career Day. The idea is to show young people how adults combine > >their secular, work lives with their spiritual concerns. There's also a > >real effort to ensure that half of the presenters will be women. > > > >We are taking advantage of being in Washington DC and having so many > >people in the church with interesting jobs. I was asked to be part of > >the "international panel" because I was a Peace Corps volunteer in > >Cameroon, another woman (lifetime LDS) who was a Peace Corps volunteer > >in Poland, the bishop of one of the singles wards who is at the > >Pan-American Health Organization, the two guys from my school (one who > >is at the State Dept. and another who works in financial services), and, > >hopefully, Ann Santini, who is the director of the church's > >international affairs office here. I hope that people will also be able > >to discuss how it is possible to combine family and career/education. I > >have always made a point of telling my girls that temple marriage is > >important, but so is education and self-sufficiency. > > > >- > > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > - > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:27:45 -0600 From: Ricki Edwards Subject: RE: (lds-yw) beehive conference May I voice a caution, I was a Beehive leader with very strong testimony that you must touch these 12 & 13 yr. olds with testimony and excitement, or Miamaid leaders could not keep them. Well, I still feel that way very strongly, but realize if they have it all now, they may be bored that nothing new awaits the next age group. > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Mason [SMTP:masblak@mtaonline.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 10:58 PM > To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com > Subject: (lds-yw) beehive conference > > I know that some of the stakes are doing Beehive Conferences. I saw > some ideas posted some time ago. Could someone re-post the ideas or > send them to me at masblak@mtaonline.com. Our stake is having one in > August and would like any game ideas you have. > > I really love this list and the sisterhood I feel. I realize that we > will not always do things the same way and that is what makes all thing > ideas and comments so important to me. > > Shari > > - > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:35:54 -0600 From: "The Summers" Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Message in a Bottle The magazine Family Fun June/July issue was full of fun games. I am sending you the web site. I just checked it and the games were still listed today http://family.disney.com/Categories/Activities/Features/family_1998_06/famf/ famf68cooloff/ hope this helps Gloria - -----Original Message----- From: GeofBarber@aol.com To: lds-yw@lists.xmission.com Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 12:10 AM Subject: (lds-yw) Message in a Bottle >We tried this with our girls and they loved it, so I thought I would share ... >For our upcoming swim party, each girl was given an invitation via a "message >in a bottle". The bottles were empty single size water bottles. We made and >glued on a label on the outside that said "There is a message in this bottle >for (girls name)". Inside the bottle was a rolled up invite to the party, >sand (purchased at a toy store), and seashells. The girls loved them, but the >best part was because a bottle had been done for each girl on the roster, >after we handed them out, the bottles for the less active girls were left on >the table. We didn't have enough for everyone who wanted to deliver a message >to a less active girl! They just thought it would be so fun to take that to >someone else. > >While I'm on the subject of the swim party, does anyone have any fun pool >games? We are having a goldfish hunt (prizes to those who can catch the >goldfish released into the pool), but would love some other ideas! > >Thanks so much - Jennifer in CA > >- > To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to lds-yw, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe lds-yw" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. 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