Every year for girls camp, we went to Camp Lo Mia in Pine, Arizona. It was a beautiful camp with cabins and a lodge. I loved girls camp. I loved nearly everything about it. One thing I especially loved was all the singing.
There was one song that we'd gather around the flag pole and link arms to sing. It was a song about camp.
Camp Lo Mia (each line would get echoed)
How we love you!
Nestled in the pines
Strengthening our minds.
Building women
Out of youthful girls so true.
Camp Lo Mia
We'll remember you.
And it's been over 25 years and I do remember her. I remember sweet Patsy Fitzpatrick our stake girls camp director in Phoenix West stake (where I went to camp my first couple of years). I remember challenging hikes. I remember feeling the spirit so strongly at stake testimony meetings. I remember learning not to put your elbows on the table and to tie knots and to make new friends from other wards. I remember that one year our theme was "Be loyal to the royal within you for you are a daughter of a King." I know that Girls Camp and the young women's program did strengthen my mind and my spirit and did help build me into the woman I am today.
LESSONS LEARNED: Music is a powerful teacher.
Be loyal. Know who you are.
I remember those days!! Back around 1986 I am 49 now, I was just 13 then and the fond memories have stuck with me, I still sing the songs to my children, I lost my old Camp Lo Mia songbook a few years ago.
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