Connor here. Trek was an amazing experience. Before anyone asks, my favorite part of trek was the shower I took when I got home. Aside from that, I very much enjoyed playing the fiddle, which I did for the square dance Thursday night and the hymns on "Sunday" (Friday). I completely blew away Bishop Hendricks (the trail boss) when he learned I was playing all but one of the hymns by ear. It did teach me that you don't need to tell people about what you can do. Everyone knew I could play the violin, but only the Hendricks' knew I was playing by ear. I wasn't going to say anything, but during "Sacrament meeting" He told everyone that I was. It taught me that people will see you doing good things. You don't need to tell them, and it has more power when you don't.
Hello. It's Cailin. Trek was awesome, even if I didn't like dressing up like a pioneer and smelling completely awful and pushing the handcarts up hills. I don't know how heavy those things were, but it was really heavy and really hard to push them. I really liked the family that I had. My ma and pa were the Henshaw's. The square dance was fun, even if it was a bit crazy because we had a lot of people and everyone was really tired. But I thought it was a lot of fun. It was also a great spiritual experience for me. I never really realized how hard the pioneers had it. But now I do, and I have a great respect for what they did. I don't think I could have done it. They must have had super, super strong testimonies to get them through that.
Bishop Hendricks and his lovely wife Joyce are the trail bosses for trek. He also happens to be Ryan's bishop of the single's ward.
Barry was asked to be the Mormon Battalion Commander
The Mormon Battalion is heading out for war.....
And now the girls are on their own....
Brigham Young is welcoming these handcart pioneers to Zion! You DID IT!! You Did something amazing and HARD!! As Cailin said in her testimony the Sunday after trek "I learned I can do really hard things when God is with me."
This was Cailin's 2nd year of girls camp. She had a good time last year, but I think it's safe to say she had a great time this year. As she tells me, (because she refuses to write this herself) she had wonderful spiritual moments and she has now "felt it right here" (as she is tapping her chest) "Mom, I know it's true." She now has a personal testimony that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I started to cry, while I asked her when or what happened to bring that knowledge to you? She just shook her head, "I don't want to talk about it right now, I'm tired of feeling spiritual." I chuckled and waited patiently (or not) for when she would tell me more later. She did-- she told me that it was just everything and overall confirmation--not really one thing. Such a great change from "I don't know if it's true, and I don't really care to find out." At one time she was asked to identify one of her talents, she said she can do hard things--she doesn't shy away from them, she just grits through it and gets it done. I'd have to agree. From Latin, Logic and science fair, to the 5 mile hike with others who aren't quite happy and mowing in hot humid weather, (and maybe even working for the Hill's 11 hours straight on 4th of July festival), she definitely knows how to do hard things....and complete them! Sometimes even with a smile :).jpg)
