1. going on trek gave me an appreciation for the pioneers of the 1800's who blazed the trail ALL THE WAY ACROSS AMERICA. this trek took us 3 days, they traveled for months. we went a total of 13 miles and they went over 1300. we had three trailers that followed us the whole way with porta-potties. which were not that fun to pee in all the time, but MUCH better than going behind a bush and getting a tick up your butt. we had three LARGE meals a day, and they had much much less. when someone felt sick, we loaded them in a truck or on a four-wheeler and gave them medical attention. when one of the pioneers felt sick, they had to buck up and keep going, or they died.
ok you get the idea of how appreciative i am of those amazing people.
2. trek made me feel strong. even though it was much easier than what the pioneers had to go through, this was still a very hard experience. our women's pull was 2 miles ALL uphill. and me and my ma and my sisters all literally SPRINTED up the hills. i felt invincible and incredibly strong. well, at least on the first two days. the last bit, i slowed down alot.
3. trek showed me that Heavenly Father is there every step of the way.
4. most importantly, trek made me feel closer to my Savior and my Heavenly Father and the Spirit.
i feel very blessed to have been able to have the experience.
i must say, i do make a lovely pioneer. at least until i get nasty dirty. :)
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7 comments:
You're a lovely pioneer and a lovely modern girl too. The End love mom
You are a pioneer in everything you do. Make your ansestors proud by living the gospel. Love you.
You had so many ancesters that made that crossing and now you know what they had to go threw. When you read their stories you can feel somewhat what they had to experience.
Love you much
Grandma Horsley
yay you are back! but I work every morning at old navy!! but no every night :) so lets play this week!
I'm so glad you had a great experience! I would definitly recomend writing down everything, because you will look back and think, wow I wish I could still sprint up hill, just kidding. But really I still turn to that testimony builder when I'm having a bad day :) LOVE YA!
You make a very cute Pioneer. Thanks for sharing a little bit of your experience. It sounds like you had a great time.
oh i loved trek when i went! i'm glad you learned so much :D but you are a gorgeous pioneer. haha and i'm on here so early because my body can't get into the normal time.. jetlag! grr. well it's 2:10 pm in europe right now so i feel like i should be up...
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