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About the Camps at the Heber Valley
Camp
Overview Maps
The camps are named after prominent and remarkable women
in the scriptures or in Church History:
- Lucy Mack Smith (see map)
- Lucy Mack Smith was the mother of eleven children, including
the Prophet Joseph Smith. She was a woman of unwavering
faith in God and was dedicated to her children and to the
restored Gospel. She carefully described handling the Urim
and Thummim and the ancient breastplate, and bore a firm
testimony of the Book of Mormon. Her husband died in 1840;
she lost two infant sons, three of her adult sons to sickness
(Alvin, Samuel, Don Carlos), and Joseph and Hyrum to martyrdom.
She remained faithful to God, the restoration of the Gospel,
and her family until her death in 1856 at nearly 81 years
of age.
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- Esther (see map)
- Esther's story is recorded in the Old Testament book that
bears her name. She was orphaned in her youth and adopted
by a Jew named Mordecai. When she pleased King Ahasuerus,
she was made his queen. Meanwhile, a leader in the king's
court named Haman plotted to destroy the Jews. After Mordecai's
challenge to her, "who knoweth whether thou art come
to the kingdom for such a time as this?”, Esther risked
her life in exposing the plot to the king and in the process
saved the whole Jewish nation.
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- Abish (see map)
- Abish was a Lamanite servant in King Lamoni's court who
had been “converted unto the Lord for many years”
after her father had a "remarkable vision." When
Ammon, Lamoni, the queen, and the other servants were all
fallen to the earth, she recognized the power of God and
become an instrument in His hands. Wanting others to witness
this power, she ran from house to house and gathered the
people to the house of the king. She eventually raised the
queen from her unconscious state, helping initiate the work
of the Lord among the Lamanites (see Alma 19:16–17,
28–36).
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- Bertha Stone Reeder (see map)
- Bertha Stone Reeder was the general president of the Young
Women's MIA from 1948 to 1961. During her administration,
the coordination, translation, and communication with the
youth presidencies worldwide were a great challenge and
new programs were created. General board members were sent
more frequently on weekend convention tours to present programs
in activities, dance, drama, music, athletics, and camping.
Stake youth conferences were started, and the Era of
Youth was launched as an insert in the monthly Church
magazine Improvement Era.
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- Sariah (see map)
- Sariah was the wife of Lehi, and mother of Laman, Lemuel,
Sam, Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph. She supported her husband
and family in their prophetic journey from Jerusalem, journeying
for eight years in the wilderness, then traveling across
the sea in a ship constructed by her sons to the promised
land. She was a faithful daughter of God, supporting the
Lord's direction through her husband, the prophet, encouraging
her family to be valiant in their hardships as they traveled,
and leaving a legacy of grace and beauty for her family
to follow.
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- Marjorie Pay Hinckley (see map)
- Marjorie Pay Hinckley was the beloved wife of Gordon B.
Hinckley, 15th President of the Church. Her happiest role
was that of a supportive wife and mother. She helped serve
shoulder to shoulder with her husband as he frequently remodled
their home as well as laboring to build up the church worldwide.
She traveled extensively with him and spread her cheerful
influence freely. She was comfortable with royalty and
dignitaries, but equally at ease with ordinary people. Known
for her optimism and humor, she often said, "The only
way to get through life is to laugh your way through".
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- Eliza R. Snow (see map)
- Eliza R. Snow was the first Relief Society Secretary to
be called in 1842 when it was organized by Joseph Smith.
Later when the saints moved to Utah, she was the second
General Relief Society President. Throughout her life she
often expressed her feelings in poetry and writing. Her
songs are among some of the favorite LDS hymns today. Joseph
Smith said of her, "She walked not in the borrowed
light of others, but faced the morning unafraid and invincible"
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- Rebekah (see map)
- Rebekah was a choice wife and mother in the Old Testament.
When Father Abraham wanted to find a wife for his son Isaac,
he sent a servant back to his own country with the charge
to bring back a wife who was of their own people. When the
servant's caravan arrived in the distant land, Rebekah came
out and not only provided water for the tired traveler,
but for all his camels as well; it was a sign to the servant
that she was the chosen one. She followed back willingly
to become Isaac's wife. Rebekah eventually bore twin sons,
Esau and Jacob, and was instrumental in assuring the birthright
was passed on to her son Jacob, who became the father of
the twelve tribes of Israel.
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