Place of Refuge

I love it when my parents are in town! I also love it when I can have one on one time with one of them. Well my Dad is in town right now and has been over the weekend. (Mom and Amy come in today)
Last night while James and Anthony were at Priesthood, Dad and I got talking. I was talking about Young Womens and some of my hopes and fears and frustrations.
Frustrations are I think a part of any calling that you have in the Church or in just anything that we do in life. For me it is a frustration that I can't do more! There is so much that I want to do, to teach and to just be there for "my" young women. But as a calling of a secretary I am not attached to one class, I am given an opportunity to go where I am need when it comes time for class activities, which is beehives right now, and oh how I love the enthusiasm of the beehives. I also have been lucky enough to have a presidency that will allow me to give suggestions and input. But my frustration is still there that I can't do more!
My fears are that I wont be able to help the girls when they need it. That they will feel that they have no where to turn or run to. I believe that every young woman needs someone besides a parent that they can turn to for answers and for comfort.
I have such a hope that I will stay in Young Women's forever!!! I hope that the girls that I am surrounded by will feel comfortable with me. That they will know that I am here for them no matter what!!! I hope they know I will not judge them for mistakes that they have made in the past or mistakes they have made yesterday. I hope that they can find a place of refuge in me, and if not in me than in someone else who they can look up to and strive to be like.
I know I am not perfect, I know I still have much to work on, and that it will be a continual struggle and battle to get to where I am suppose to be, but that is only because I myself am the one fighting the change at times.  
I want so much for my young women. I don't want them to make the same mistakes I did or have the same battles that I did. I want to be invited to many temple sealings because they have continued with faith and are enduring to the end.
I wish that when I was growing up I had a place of refuge. Some one or somewhere that I could have gone to and felt safe and welcomed. I think that it would have helped me not walk down certain roads that I did.
To any young woman out there: Find your place of refuge! In these times it is needed!!!! Find that person or home or temple where you can turn to in times of need. Don't feel ashamed and feel as if you are forgotten. There is at least one person out there that wants you to succeed!!!! and if you include me then there are two. I don't care if I have met you or not. I still want you to succeed. I want you to do all you can to return to our Heavenly Father!!! How great will be our joy when we can sit at our Fathers knee and finally be in our true place of refuge.