Last July, I was able to go to my first Girl's Camp, one of the perks of being in the bishopric and then also having a wife as the girl's camp director. Girl's Camp is a 5 day and 4 night campout adventure for the young women. So, I came up for about 2 days of that time to spend with the girls. On one of those days, we went on a hike up the Timpanooke Trail and passed Scout Falls. The waterfall was awesome, amazing and beautiful. 
The hike we went on was about a 6-mile trip up the trail. One inspiring story, during this hike, was of a young woman who was really struggling to make the hike up. This young girl was in our group. She was a little bit emotionally slow and overweight. She was in tears after just the first mile and thinking it was impossible to continue on, pleading to return. There were about 6 or 7 of us in our small group, and one of them was a sister leader. This leader insisted that the rest of us continue on while she stayed back with the struggling girl. We did as she asked us to do against our will. We wanted to end together after starting together. But, the leader persisted, and we went on. After making it to the top of the trail where the rest of the girls from camp were, about 2 hours later this leader and young girl come walking up toward to an excited crowd of young women. The girls let out a thunderous applause. It was pretty touching to see how these youth grew to love each other and offer support. We then had a great spiritual devotion overlooking the whole valley. Beautiful!
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