Camping Brazilian Style

In many areas of the Church, girls’ camp is taken for granted. After all, some girls’ grandmothers attended when they were young. But not in Brazil. The camping program has just been started, and those involved couldn’t be more excited.

It was particularly difficult to organize the program in Brazil. The country includes São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, two of the world’s largest cities, and there are eighty-seven stakes and nearly five hundred thousand members there. Some of the girls left their homes in apartment buildings to lug their hard-to-obtain camping gear on public buses and travel for hours. The fresh air, flowers, and stars of the country were new experiences for those who had never before been far from their homes in the cities.

The results are showing already. “Friendships have blossomed, confidence has increased, less-active members have returned, and testimonies have sprouted,” said one leader. That’s what girls’ camp is all about.