A couple of weeks ago, Bryce and I had the amazing opportunity to be "Ma and Pa's" on our stake's youth pioneer trek. We had such a great experience. When we were in the youth program, the stake didn't do treks so we were grateful to be able to go now. We had a great family and we all worked HARD. This experience gave us a very small glimpse into the lives of the early saints and was very touching. Definitely a testimony builder. We faced challenges along the way such as the men being called away to the Mormon Battalion leaving the women to pull the handcarts on our own. Also, the last leg of the Trek was an incredibly steep 1/2 mile incline called Testimony Hill. We met church history characters including Brigham Young, Mary Fielding Smith, Porter Rockwell, and the infamous Gov. Boggs. Between the costumes, vingettes, activities, and physical challenge, history really came alive to the youth of the Long Beach East Stake :)
The Wilderness of So. Cal
Rocking the bonnets
"Pa" Bryce
Me and the "Baby"
Crossing the "Sweet Water River"
"Hole in the Rock"
Mormon Battalion
The Fam :)
A couple of weeks ago, Bryce and I had the amazing opportunity to be "Ma and Pa's" on our stake's youth pioneer trek. We had such a great experience. When we were in the youth program, the stake didn't do treks so we were grateful to be able to go now. We had a great family and we all worked HARD. This experience gave us a very small glimpse into the lives of the early saints and was very touching. Definitely a testimony builder. We faced challenges along the way such as the men being called away to the Mormon Battalion leaving the women to pull the handcarts on our own. Also, the last leg of the Trek was an incredibly steep 1/2 mile incline called Testimony Hill. We met church history characters including Brigham Young, Mary Fielding Smith, Porter Rockwell, and the infamous Gov. Boggs. Between the costumes, vingettes, activities, and physical challenge, history really came alive to the youth of the Long Beach East Stake :)
The Wilderness of So. Cal
Rocking the bonnets
"Pa" Bryce
Me and the "Baby"
Crossing the "Sweet Water River"
"Hole in the Rock"
Mormon Battalion
The Fam :)