Our Stake does some wonderful things - one of which is how they approach varsity scouts and the teacher's quorum. There is very focused monthly stake training and then there are the stake sponsored teacher's quorum camp outs. This past month we held one in one of the local reserves - it was great. The genesis was recent disasters in Haiti and Chile and missionary related stories and the need for preparation and training.
Varsity Scouts Survival Outing
We dropped the boys of just short of a mile from camp where they loaded up their gear, were given a new map and sent on their way. They found the site and set up their tarp structures to weather out the storm, and storm it did, Some stayed dry, some got wet, some got very wet. All survived - all learned.The morning came and after spartan meals there were multiple learning stations:
1. water purification - multiple fashions and tastes
2. survival fishing
3. emergency shelter - with tarps and garbage bags
4. Emergency signaling with CDs/DVDs
5. Fire building - with a new trick with Vaseline and cotton balls
6. Rope chair rescues and knots
plenty of interaction, plenty of learning, plenty of fun.
1 comment:
I really liked this idea-it would be great to have regular stake interaction with the boys and it seems like a very significant skill to learn!
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