Monday, September 15, 2008

Plain City is Pretty Happenin'

Just wanted to relate a cool experience our Stake Young Women had on Wed. Sept. 10th. We had a stake Fireside and guess who was the speaker? Sis. Elaine Dalton!!!! What? you say. You got it, the General Young Women's President came to lil' ol Plain City. She was tremendous! Her spirit was incredible, what an honor it was to be in the same room with her. She talked to the girls about the challenges facing them today and encouraged them to be strong. She also talked about the Young Women theme and reminded us that we are daughters of a Heavenly Father who loves us and we love him. One of my favorite parts was when one of the leaders mentioned that cell phones with the young women was a challenge from a leaders perspective. Sis. Dalton turns around and starts rummaging through her purse and pulls out her I phone and giddily shows us and says, "IT's pink"! Then she went on to say that cell phones are great when used properly and that she has many great features on her phone such as, inspirational music, scriptures etc. I liked that because it showed how down to earth she is. The girls loved her and I believe they will be talking about that fireside for years to come. Sis. Dalton stayed afterwards and shook all the young women's hand. What a night to remember!

2 comments:

jeannie said...

Wow I can't believe she shook all the YW hands. She rocks! How cool of them to surprise you with her. That is awesome!

Dottie said...

That is fantastic. I think I still remember the firesides where the speaker was really trying to relate to us rather than just talking at us. I'm sure your girls will remember this experience for a long time. Hopefully, unlike me, some of them wrote about it in their journals.