EFY

All the screaming from the energetic EFY kids that have been infiltrating BYU campus this summer can be heard from our balcony.  Though this is sometimes quite annoying, it takes me back to the days when I was an EFY participant down in San Antonio, TX.

There are quite a few Latter-Day-Saints in Texas, but I remember thinking how amazing it was to have so many LDS youth in one place.  We all had an immediate connection because of our beliefs that aren't so common down there, and because of that I made life-long friends with the members all around Texas.

 

I went to EFY all 4 years that I could and the experiences there really helped shape my life and my beliefs.  Here are some of my favorite EFY memories:

• The CRAZY counselor I had my first year at EFY that made us bend down in every direction and do aerobic moves with our arms to make sure that our clothes were modest enough.
• The testimony meeting where one of the boys in our group declared his love for one of the girls.. inappropriate, yet HILARIOUS!
• The night the the four of us that shared a dorm were talking on the beds and one of them self-destructed with a girl on it.
• The ridiculous poem that Brittany and I made up (there was a poetry contest, but don't worry we didn't enter).  Andrew even caught it on video.

• The scriptures that were put into song so we could memorize them.  I can still sing them perfectly, by the way.
• Last but not least, I am so glad for the testimony strengthening experiences that I had a EFY. 

"Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, E, F, Y!!"