American Heritage Girls (or just AHG) has been very fun this year! Obviously we have to follow the regulations and social distance, and wear masks, but it is still very fun! It is a Christian Club for girls, so it is a bit like girl scouts, but it is a Christian Club, instead. It is to teach girls to grow up to love God, cherish their family, honor their country, and serve in their community, the Oath says. Also, there are three groups in the AHG program. There are Pathfinders (at least 5 years old), Tenderheart (at least 7 years old), and finally the group I am in, Explorers (at least 9 years old). Now I will tell you a little bit more about the fun things I have done in AHG.
I got an Adventures in Odyssey badge already for listening in on the newest Adventures in Odyssey that they came out with for AHG! So that was really fun! I enjoyed listening with my Mom, to the story, and eating popcorn😊
I also had my second meeting just last night. I had my first official meeting two weeks ago. During my first meeting we did fun activities, and we learned a little bit more about AHG. We decorated our sit-upons, which where buckets with cushions on top, and you can open the bucket, and you can put all of your AHG things together in the bucket! We just decorated our sit-upons with duck tape. And there were a lot of varieties of duck tapes! Then we made little bracelets to put on our lanyards to help us remember our Oath and Creed. It just had different colored beads, for the different words. So the first night was super fun!
After our first meeting we had our first day of serving in our community! So we have days where we will serve our community, and this was one of them. So what we did to serve in our community, is we made a rock river with painted rocks, and we wrote encouraging notes on them. The rock river is open to the public, and people can just pick up one of the rocks with no spray paint on them, or some with spray paint on them, and they can take it home, paint something encouraging on it, and then bring it back and donate it to our rock river.
And then finally, last night we had our second meeting where we learned some outdoor skills, which we will continue on the next meeting. It was also AHG's Birthday, so we got to celebrate that too! So last night we had different stations, and all of the groups got to do the different stations. The first station was on how to tie slip knots. I haven't gotten the knot right yet, but I am going to keep practicing with the string that they sent home for me. Anyway, the next station was on knife safety, and we got to carve soap with skewers. It was so fun! The next station was how to setup a tent, and I got to help a couple of the girls setup the tent! (This was inside in a gym, so the tent was small). But now I know how to setup a small tent😉The station after that taught about how when we go camping, we need to leave the camping ground just how we left it, and we need to clean up after ourselves. After that we had devotions, the closing ceremony, and we celebrated AHG's Birthday, too, so we gave each one of the girls in our group a swap! My Mom helped me out with my quilling swaps! And we had cupcakes too!
So that is what I have done so far in AHG! But we still have camping, hikes, more meetings, etc.!! And my Mom, and sister are helpers in the group, so I get to spend the rest of the years I do AHG with them, too! I am so excited!😆
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