Daughters of Destiny! (With Pictures!!! :)

Hi Everyone! I am here to do a post about our wonderful week at Daughters of Destiny! First off, this Daughters of Destiny is most certainly NOT the feminist one that often comes up on search results, so don't worry! :D I will keep this to a more general post about the week, because Sarah is not here, and she and I will probably later on share some thoughts gained from the week or something! :) Anyhow, Sunday morning, we all piled into several cars, and began the long and arduous journey to Pinnacle, NC. From our meeting place, it was about 5 1/2 hours....okay....perhaps that was partly because some of Alaina's younger sisters needed to make pit stops all along the way! :P The GPS gave us quite a few adventures! When our destination was "near", we began to go on un-named gravel roads! The mountains were beautiful, and we arrived at the top of "Dead man's ascent" unscathed! :)

Sarah and I were sent to cabin 5, where we had a lovely group of cabin mates! (Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to post pictures of us with our friends!:( You'll have to be content with scenery and odd-and-ends :)

Home Sweet Home ;)

Ga-Ga....a very interesting, original game that seems to have evolved to quite a sport at this camp! It's fun, it scrapes skin off your knuckles....and the girls still love it! :D This is the Ga-Ga pit! :)

On Monday, classes began...Sarah and I took scrapbooking, cross-stitch, and encouragement/ministry/missions. All three classes were lovely, and I very much enjoyed them! :) The daily schedule was jam-packed and went something like this:

7:30 a.m. : Wake, shower, get dressed, make bed, etc.

8:15: Personal devotion time

8:30: Line up for breakfast, and file into dining room to eat

9:15-9:30: cabin clean up

9:30: Bell rings for morning session

10:30: first class

11:30: free time before lunch (I usually went to the Bible Study held at this time)

12:00: lunch time

1:00: rest time on beds....we memorized verses during this period

2:00: Group rec. usually some large outdoor game like capture the flag, link, volleyball, etc.

3:00-5:30: Two more classes

5:30-6:15: free-time, music-practice time, prayer meeting in dining hall

6:15: line up for dinner, eat dinner, mail-call

7:00: Group rec

8:00: short free time period....shower, change, etc.

8:30: evening session

(after that) return to cabins, get ready for bed, cabin devotion, lights out



As you can see, there was a very tight schedule, but that was great! The cabin inspector was very thorough too! :) We were all overjoyed when we got a 100 score! ;)

Wednesday, we all hiked up the mountain. From up here, there was so much to see and admire! God's handiwork was awesomely present! :)

The Upward Trail....an easy part of it, obviously! :)







The view of Pilot Mountain! :) Lovely view up there!





You can see the drop-off over the edge.....we girls were more daring than you'd think we'd be! Many of us went to the very edgiest edge that we could go....(they blocked off some with a rope)

Thursday night was Talent Night. The King's Daughter and I sang "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?" and Michelle played guitar for us! :) Bethany, a good friend, gave an extremely touching testimony, and since we were all girls, yes.....we all ended up crying profusely, and having to be quieted down with a bonfire! :)

Friday night was the Banquet! This is one of the most fun parts of the week! Sarah wore a beautiful combination of blues and black that left the impression of royal-blue butterflies! :D Leah wore a gorgeous plum colored silk and mock amethysts, and I wore my Colonial dress that Grandmama made for me! :) One girl dubbed me "Rachel Antoinette", and I suppose I could have looked a tad like that famous queen with one long curl over my shoulder and a red rose in my hair! ;) I love dressing up! Any how! The banquet night also doubled as Sacred Music Night. This event is where all the girls get up use their musical talents for praising the Lord. It was beautiful.

Here is the cake that the cake-decorating class made! :)

We then danced till almost midnight! Thanks SO much Josie! :) (That girl has the patience of a saint! <3 )

The cabin with the highest score (Yay Cabin 6) got an ice cream party afterward, and the rest of us occupied ourselves staying up far too late Christmas caroling to everyone, and having a pillow-fight! :)

Saturday we all went home, thoroughly tired, but blessed. I was challenged in SO many ways throughout the week, as well as refreshed and inspired, but as all that won't fit into this post, I'll say goodbye now! Thanks for reading! :) -Rachel