This week our Teacher's Quorum has been involved in the Varsity All-Stars program, a leadership training course for young men in the Varsity Scout program. This was in conjunction with the Stake Zion's Encampment.
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| Camp Tifie is located in the hills above Mt. Pleasant, Utah. It is a beautiful view, presided over by Mt. Nebo, as seen in this picture. |
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| While camping we were visited by a young two-point buck. It was entertaining to see it graze around our tents. |
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| We played the "Brownsea Tarp game" where the entire squad was to flip the tarp while standing on the tarp. |
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| Later in the week the game I was in charge of was a blindfolded three-legged puzzle game. Quite the event, I think. |
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| Breakfast of biscuits and gravy one morning. "Thanks Quartermasters!" |
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| The night of our outpost the quartermasters treated us to a cobbler for cracker barrel. |
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| One of our events was a bottle launcher. |
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| On Thursday we had our Rendezvous. |
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| Horseshoes was one of the popular events. |
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| The young men learned how to start a fire using flint and steel. |
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| We had a horizontal ladder that was quite challenging. |
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| Slingshots were also on hand. |
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| Tripod lashing and chariot races were also part of the event. |
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| We had a stone put as one of the events as well. |
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| Ladder golf was a favorite of the whole encampment. |
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| Hawks |
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| Knives |
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| and lastly there was a Caber Toss. |
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| Friday evening we had a special fireside on putting on the whole armor of God. It was very powerful! |
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| The next morning we saw some baby birds in the nest. |
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| This is a Sego Lily from one of the hikes I went on. |
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| What a gorgeous setting! |
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| All in all it was a wonderful camp. |
The hardest part of writing about encampment is that I cannot even do justice to any of the spiritual moments or the training that went on. It was an excellent week, and I know I learned a lot in the process.
