We had a Trek Kick Off meeting this week for all the youth in our stake (and the adults, too) who will be going on our Trek in June. Genius Golfer and I are "grandparents" in a family. Two older teens are the "Ma and Pa" and our job is to guide them in their leadership roles to watch over the younger "kids" in the family.
At the meeting we met our "Ma", Miri, and one of the "kids", Adam. Miri, a junior, is delightful and so is 8th grader, Adam. He is just not sure he really wants to go on this thing. He is quite the athlete, from what we learned so far. And I think he is worried his summer practice schedule--for football (he wants to make the High School JV team as a freshman)--will be in jeopardy. But I think if we get excited together he will join us.
Sometimes experiences that are really worth doing seem daunting and even not quite what you want when you are first faced with them. But with anything that requires a commitment and some sacrifice, it is always worth it in the end.
We have three other "kids" to recruit and one that just couldn't make it to the meeting but is going to come with us. We have some work to do with them, but I'm excited to try. I know how much I STILL love my trek kids from four years ago. I'd love to have that kind of connection for these new kids too.
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