Trek

My boys are on a trek with our stake for 3 days this

week. It is being held here in one of our amazing

canyons and I went up for the day yesterday.

This is Bishop King (our old Bishop who is now the

Stake Young Men's President). He and his counselors

were dressed like Outlaws and came to scare the "Pioneers"

and steal some of their stuff.

This is Sister Kathy Zenovieff who I had the privilege

of serving with in the Stake YW Presidency for three

years (until our Stake was recently divided).

Tanner and his friend Craig after a long day of

trekking! From what I heard from the leaders and

the kids it was a VERY difficult journey. They had

several very steap mountains to climb with their

handcarts. I think they got a little taste of what our

pioneer ancestors went through. They are sitting here on

the side of the mountain for a little fireside where the

speaker was talking on The Distractions of Life. We

heard a song called the Climb (Miley Cyrus). The

theme for this trek is "Courage to Climb". The youth

of today are certainly faced with a lot of mountains to climb

and also distractions in life which can be hardships for them.

Hopefully after this trek, they will all have the courage to

climb and get to the top of these challenges they will be faced

with! Life is a continuous challenge!

Bryce pushing the handcart. Almost to the campsite!!

These kids were hot, exhausted and hungry!!

A mama sheep and her twin babies we came

across while hiking to meet up with the trekkers!

They were so sweet.