Medical Release and Permission Slip

Important Notice!

We need to have all the Permissions and Medical Releases submitted to the Stake as soon as possible.  These are important as we finalize our food menu and prepare for any special medical concerns to be aware of during the Trek.

Click the link below, 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx9rpQqyKomASVlucXJySWJucjQ/view?usp=sharing

Print it off, 

fill one section out for each of your children that are attending the trek,

and return it to a member of your bishopric AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Thanks,

Trek Committee

Updated Trek Menu

Updated Trek Menu

June 25

         Lunch / Each participant to bring a sack lunch

         Dinner / Spaghetti, corn, bread, cobbler, Kool-Aid,  cookies

                      Directions:  Brown hamburger, add spaghetti sauce and simmer.  In separate pan

                       Bring water to boil, add noodles and cook till tender.  Warm corn and slice bread.

                        Cobbler:  Line Dutch oven with foil, mix cake mix using juice off of peaches, mix

                        Fruit into mix and pour into oven.  Cook with 11 briquettes on bottom and 15 on

                        Top and cook about 30 minutes.

June 26

          Breakfast / Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, juice

                       Directions:  Oil Dutch oven and place biscuits on bottom and cook with little heat

                       On bottom and most on top similar to the cobble from last night.  Brown sausage

                        And prepare gravy mix and mix sausage and gravy together.  Serve over biscuits. 

                        Scramble eggs and add about a cup of milk to make them a fluffier.

          Lunch / Hot dogs, chips, vegetable sticks, apples, cookies, water

                        Directions:  Boil hot dogs

          Dinner / Chicken and rice, salad, scones, oranges, Kool-Aid. Cookies

                        Direction:  Cut chicken into smaller pieces and brown in Dutch oven.  Add rice and

                        Crème soups along with water, be care ful not to make it to dry.  Simmer until rice           

                         Is tender.  In a pan, pour about 1 ½ inches of oil and warm oil (not to hot) and fry

                          Scones.  Stretch the scone dough into thin patties and cook on both sides.

June 17

             Breakfast   / Muffins, yogurt, bananas, juice

                           Directions:  We will provide paper cups and plastic spoons.

             Lunch / Pulled pork sandwiches, chips, carrot sticks, cookies, water.

                            Directions:  The staff will provide this meal at the end of the trek before you

                            Depart for home.  We will provide plates and cups.

Ma and Pa Training

Heads UP !!

There will be a Ma and Pa Training Meeting 
Sunday 4/12/15 at 7:00 pm 
At the Kearney Building, 
In the Relief Society Room

Mark Your Calendars: June 25-27, 2015

Idaho Falls East Stake 

Handcart Trek 2015

 

We promise, if you come prepared physically, mentally and spiritually, then give 100% to the experience, you will come away with five things:

• A stronger testimony of Jesus Christ and the restored gospel
• A greater appreciation for your ancestors and the pioneers
• A greater feeling of Gratitude and love for your family at home
• Increased understanding of your self-worth
• An appreciation for your "trek family" and new friends
  

We will keep updating this site with information as it comes available.  Use the navigation bar at the right to see all the pages and information we've posted.

Overview

Trek Activity Schedule and Other information


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Who, When, Where, What
The handcart trek for the youth of the Idaho Falls East Stake will be held on June 25, 26, and 27, 2015. The activity will involve all young men and young women between the ages of 12 and 18. The Trek will be in the Bone area near Bone, Idaho.

The purpose of the trek is to help participants gain an appreciation for our pioneer heritage and inspiration to carry out our current responsibilities in building Zion. There will be many activities for all to participate in. Activities will help build self worth, nurture testimonies, help youth learn to trust and help them become trust-worthy. And of course, these activities are for fun!




Schedule:

Thursday
8:00 AM Ward bldg for inspection
8:30 AM Travel to

Trek Organization

You will see the following:

Wagon Master:
President Andrus will serve as wagon master.  He will be on horseback and lead the handcart companies.  He will start and stop the trek, call for breaks, and monitor the condition of each family and their handcart.

Company Leaders:
There will be three companies: the Andrus Company, the Manwaring Company, and the Kite Company. Each company will include about 8 families with a ma and pa leading each family.

Families:
All young men and young women will be divided into "families" with "ma and pa" leaders who will be a married couple. Each family will have six to eight youth with an even mix of young women and young men.

Each family will have a handcart.  Families will pull hand

Spiritual Preparation

Pioneers of the Gospel 
by M. Russell Ballard 


 I don’t think President Hinckley needs us to pack our handcarts and wagons and walk 1300 miles. That isn’t the way most of us will be asked to demonstrate our faith and courage. There are different challenges that we must face today-- different mountains to climb, different rivers to ford, different valleys to make blossom as the rose. 
 

But even though the wilderness we have been given to conquer is decidedly different from the rough and rocky trail to Utah and the barren