June 20-22nd our stake went on Trek!! We went to Hardware Ranch and had the most amazing experiences!!! I'm soo grateful that I could go and be a part of it because I learned some many neat things about the pioneers and my testimony was definitely strengthened.. I got the neat opportunity to be the "Ma" of my family.. The "Barnes" family. I loved it and we really got a feel for what it was like for the pioneers.. it wasn't always easy, but we kept going with faith!!! Even though we got just a little taste of what it was like back then, I will never look at a handcart the same again. My favorite part was the Women's Pull. The men left us women (they got mission calls) and we had to hike a steep hill with our handcarts full of our buckets and everything we owned.. while the boys lined up on each side of the trail on the steep hill to watch us.. They couldn't help us, but after we were done the boys bore their testimonies on how hard it was to just have to watch the women struggle up the hill without being able to help. The neatest part was seeing the boys up on that hill lined up on both sides. They all took off their hats and it was silent. I will never forget that experience!! :)
The morning we left. :)
Jayda, Alli, Emma, and Camille.
Jade and I with our buckets, trying to find our families.
The women leaders in my ward. My Mom, Jenny Morales, Kristy Iverson, Paige Porter, and Stacy Dixon.
My "Pa" and I loading up our handcart for our family.
The "Barnes" family!!! I loved my trek family and am soo thankful that each of them were put in my family for a reason.. :)
