Summer Fun Part III

No pics but I was the "medical staff" for our stake youth pioneer trek. We trekked for 3 days on a ranch the church owns up in Oklahoma. It was beautiful but hot. It was very impressionable, memorable, and spiritual. I just kept the kids hydrated, took two to the hospital, pulled out ticks, repaired lacerations and just otherwise told these "younguns" to be tough and deal with the physical challenges of the trek. It sure was an eye opener to see how some youth are just so adaptable and can deal with set backs and challenges while other youth are soft, cottled, and ill prepared for the tough world which awaits them once they leave the friendly confines of their parents family rooms..... It sure made me want to toughen my kids up so that they can be like the pioneers and push through adversity and have the "stick to it" to reach worthwhile albiet tough goals. I think that camping and similar activities prepare kids to deal with deprivation and austere environments. I think it sure can help them to be mentally tough to deal with physical challenges and lack of physical comforts. I remember as a missionary in Nicaragua that this was a real issue for some missionaries who came to the mission "soft" and the mental anguish of physical challenges was sometimes just too much. I wish I had some pictures.