Loa had the awesome experience of going to Trek the first week in June--I don't think she was super thrilled about it but so glad she had a good experience.
Loa got asked to join the 'advance party' with her friends Jordyn and Annie and got to go up a day early and help prepare and set up everything before everyone arrived the next day.
Our stake did Trek in Cloudcroft NM. They got to do some really hard things and have some awesome experiences and best of all feel the spirit and bond with other youth and adults from the stake.
One of Loa's favorite experiences to tell was of the Women's pull during Trek where they have all the girls an women pull the handcarts up a steep hill. They has a short devotional before it and as soon as they started pulling it started raining. They were only able to get 3 of the 6 handcarts up the hill before they were just in a river of mud. The boys joined and tried to help with the last 3 but it was just slippery and they weren't making progress. They decided to clear a path beside the actualy trail and then were able to finally, with the help of basically everyone, get the last three handcarts up. She said everyone was SO excited! Lots of cheers!!! And then....it stopped raining, just as they all got to the top! So many great lessons from the example but also she was so impressed that not one person was complaining or mad, they all just helped out and were so excited to get the last of the carts to the top!
I'm grateful she was able to have this experience, make new friends, and feel the spirit through doing hard things!
