Tyler and I got the awesome job of organizing the Youth Conference every other year at church! It was way fun to do! Our past EFY experience came in quite handy, I'll just say that. Due to some budget constraints, we could only do one day, so it was an all-day Saturday extravaganza. We started the day with a lovely introduction to the theme by the Young Women's President, Julie Bird. (I should also credit her for the pictures...we were too busy to take any ourselves!) The theme the kids chose was "Fight for the Right." After her remarks, we had them play a strategic game that was kind of like Risk, but involved lots of balloon popping and being tied together. They basically tried to conquer as many lands as possible on a map, while still passing hidden challenges that tested their integrity. It's hard to explain, but they all had fun and I think it worked well...though some of them had a hard time with the tied-up part!
After that the kids all ran off for a service scavenger hunt. They performed a lot of great service for people in the neighborhood and it was a lot of fun.
After the service, there was a small break for lunch, and then we headed over to a super cool ropes course in Provo. The kids first started out with "low course" obstacle courses that made them work together and think creatively. It looked really fun.
Then they moved on to the "high course" activities. (They did not look fun to me at all!!! But I am afraid of heights. :) I was surprised how all the kids were so brave and actually wanted to do all the scary stuff!) The high courses included climbing to a big zip line...
...swinging off a giant swing...
...and jumping off of a really tall platform!
We just sat back with the other leaders and "supervised." Ha ha...
Once that was over, the kids were hot and exhausted, so they met with their leaders back at the church and enjoyed a little reflecting discussion and popsicles. Meanwhile Tyler and I were busting our backsides getting dinner set up and ready. There wasn't enough money to have it catered, so we did it ourselves. Which meant it was yummy, but a lot of work! We got a lot of comments about how good it was, especially the "special punch" we served...which wasn't anything but kool-aid! It was so funny.
The night ended with a lovely fireside by the Young Men's President, Justin Libberton. And then it was clean-up time. It went fast, because almost everyone was really helpful. Although some not so much... :)
Can't wait until 2012 so we can do it all again!
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