We were the leaders of the service core known as the Minute Men (MM) and the Pioneers in Petticoats (PIP's) we had 14 men/YSA and 10 women/YSA. that came with us on the TREK site.
We had 24 others that helped with the pre-Trek stuff but could not come on the trek. Our people were asked to do many different things, clear roads, direct traffic, give out fatherless children, be Angels and help push handcarts up a hill, teach boys to march as part of the Mormon Battalion. That was day one. We woke up early each day 6am and didn't stop until 8pm.
We were asked to be Indians and raid the wagon train and take their cookies or bullets, help put together a sweetwater crossing with water and Ice, set up stoves for the chicken dinner and give service to the pioneers by helping set up camp, gather the fatherless children, build a graveyard.
that was day 2. we also fixed up the graveyard to make it look desert natural again after the pioneers ran over it with the handcarts, we helped the handcarts up a rocky ridge. we loaded up wagons, we loaded up pioneers personal gear. we unloaded the wagons in mesa and unloaded personal gear in mesa. Don and I were personally responsible for the Indian raid. I think they all looked great, and they did a great job.
After the three raids were over, one of our Indians scalped the others!
Some of our indians. one dude painted his legs red.
WE had one indian be the krazy old woman who cursed the babys in the familys. She's in the red face with a rust color blanket around her. she was great at it!Some more
The chest plates were made out of a old bambo blind, with adornments from two ugly dream catchers from goodwill. All the wigs were bought after halloween sales, some even were 99 cents.Fethers were donatied by the Cluff chickens. (no chickens were harmed they gave freely)
We hope all who went to trek and lived these experences had a great time and that their Testimonies were strenthened by the service we were able to give.
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