Trekking Onward...

This week I had the opportunity to go on a 3 Day Trek for church, and to be quite honest, it was was the roughest experience of my life! We walked a lot, didn't get to bathe and wore pioneer clothes.

I guess to nonmembers, we would have been seen as insane to do it, but I did gain a greater understanding of what the Pioneers went through. At least we had shoes, food, port-a-potties, tents to sleep in, nice weather, and the knowledge that we'd be going home soon. It made me re-evaluate myself and I know I learned more about myself throughout it.

It was hard though. Lots of tears were shed. But at the same time, there were many laughs. We kept our feet moving forward by singing off key and trying to make light of our challenges. I'm glad I did it, but I can't say I would ever do it again!

It really makes me appreciate having showers, flushing toilets, and a warm bed even more now! I'm grateful I didn't have to be alive then, because I really don't know if I would have had the strength to make it living like that for 60 days, walking more than we did even on our longest day!

The Pioneers had to have had crazy strong strength to make it through all that they did!