So Monday through Thursday I had the opportunity to go on Trek... for my second time... so since it WAS my second time, I wasn't too thrilled to be going. But I am so grateful and happy that I went, because it was the most spiritual experience I've yet to have in my life so far. My first trek was a blast but I really didn't get anything out of it, it seemed so easy! But this year was completely different! It was sooo much harder! We walked close to 40 miles, the Woman's pull itself was close to two miles uphill, and it was just plain exhausting! I have so much more respect for the pioneers after this year's trek! I KNOW that they must have had heavenly father helping them because if we were having such a hard time (boys and all) in the heat?... I can't imagine how they conquered that journey in the freezing snow. I can't even begin to imagine burying my husband or my children in the almost-solid earth and having to walk away from them. It truly breaks my heart.
But this trek also helped me to realize that our entire lives are just one big trek. One long, hard, BUT rewarding journey back to our heavenly father. Sometimes there will be hills we will have to climb, and we might even stumble and fall, but the lord will always be there to catch us when we are falling and we don't think that we can go any further. I'm SO grateful that I had the chance to go on Trek again and I'm even more grateful to be apart of this beautiful and true church of Jesus Christ. It just brings so much happiness to my life :)
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