We are down to the final days before our Trek experience. We wanted to leave you with some reminders as you finalize your preparations.
· Sunday announcements in YM/YW:
o Sack lunches: Everyone will need one for the bus ride.
o Shoes-make sure they are good hiking shoes.
· Devotionals:
o Thursday morning before the Martin’s Cove Experience.
o Friday morning before the Rock Creek Experience.
o Sometime before Thursday night let your family members see and hold one of the bags of flour and help them understand this was how much each person was allotted so they will be familiar with it when they receive their own bag.
o Thursday night they need to have their bandannas with them. They are a part of the devotional.
o · Reminders:
o Arrive at the Stake Center at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday.
o Ma’s & Pa’s are not limited to 17 lbs and do not have to use a bucket.
o Whatever we pack in we have to pack out. Decide as a family how you will control garbage.
o Remind them to use the bathroom just before they leave home Wednesday morning. The bathrooms in the Stake Center are being remodeled.
o Pa’s, consecrated oil would be a good thing to bring.
o Pack a hammer to put in tent stakes.
o Each Ma & Pa needs to bring one chest cooler big enough to store all of your family’s sack lunches prepared by the stake for Thursday.
o Each Ma & Pa needs to bring two water coolers to carry in your family handcart.
o Make sure your family members are drinking lots of water.
o Wednesday morning double check the shoes they are wearing. Make sure they are good hiking shoes.
o Bus Activities will be provided by the youth committee. Bring a few of your own if you so choose.
o Contact your aunts & uncles, visit with them, and let them help you. If you do not know who your aunts and uncles are, please contact Tim Smith.
Tents:
Here is a copy of an email from quartermaster, Troy Karren:
Head Ma's and Pa's,
I have had calls about large tents recently. We need to clarify some details. For example, if we had someone supply a large 8 person tent or bigger this would not be very feasible. We will only have approximately 6 to 8 youth in each family. If someone supplied an 8 person tent we would have alot of wasted space and become tent short. Let me explain. Each family will have approximately 3 or 4 boys or girls depending on the family. Thus we would use (roughly) two 4 person tents for that family to house the boys and the girls. If we had and 8 person tent supplied we would only be able to 1/2 of the tent for this family of girls or boys thus wasting 1/2 the tent space making us short for someone else. The best tent size for this activity is 3 and 4 person tents respectively. (6 person tents would be the maximum size but not preferred.)
We will not be combining families in tent spaces so we really need these sizes of tents please. Adults will not sleep in the same tents as the youth. Adults will sleep in their own. YM will sleep in their own. YW will sleep in their own. These are the things that we talked about in our general meeting on June 6th. We will appreciate your help in being prepared with the guidelines explained above. Please adjust accordingly if you need to and once again thanks for your help.
Quartermaster staff
· Loading Schedules: Here is a copy of the schedule from Tim Smith:
Ward and estimated number going Drop off and check time
Lewiston 1st -- 30
Lewiston 2nd -- 32
Lewiston 3rd -- 42
Lewiston 4th -- 44
Cherry Creek -- 52
Cove -- 37
City Creek -- 31
Richmond 1st -- 27
Richmond 2nd -- 18
Richmond 3rd -- 40
Richmond 4th -- 31
NC SA -- 13
The estimated number of those in each ward will change as we get closer to our youth conference. Don't be alarmed if you know that the number shown does not reflect the accurate number of those going from your ward. These are the numbers we worked from on 5/9/09.
· Independence Rock:
o After the bus turns north at Rawlins, Wyoming you have 45 minutes to an hour before arrival at Independence Rock. Please gather your family together and prepare them for what they are about to experience.
o Consider a family picture below or on top of Independence Rock.
· Most Importantly:
o Have fun with your family
o Follow the Spirit.
Thank you for all you have done and will do for this experience! You will be blessed.
Please feel free to call us if you have any questions. If we don’t know the answer to your question(s) we will find one.
Sincerely,
Brooks & Sally Tarbet (258-5348)
Lyle & Kimberly Allen (258-3601)
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