Sunday we walked to church again.
Elder Shelley was sustained and set apart as Elder Quorum Secretary. Sister Shelley will be his sidekick. In this Branch, whoever gets the calling, their companion attends most of the meetings with them as well.
Monday we trained in the Smith Pavilion again.
For dinner we met the Bishop's, Rawling's, and Erickson's at "Buon Appetito Italian Bistro", that is just around the corner from Cowboy Camp.
It was raining a bit and we saw a beautiful rainbow.
Monday night it snowed on the mountain, so we got to drive back up through the snowy roads.
Tuesday morning we split up in to two groups. We were in the first group and we all hiked up to Challenge Course 1.
This course was still buried.
The 1st year Elder's got to practicing a rescue. They normally wouldn't be hooked up to the Belay attached to the guys on the ground. They take "rabbit ears" and hook them to anchors on the poles on the opposite tree as they climb up and help a stranded climber. Then they got to practice the Back belay.
The first thing they do is tie the black rope on to the belay rope, then it is threaded up through the pully up on the wires. Elder Shelley did this first tie.
This is Elder and Sister Stephens, basking in the snow.
While the 1st years were climbing, there were a few Elder's digging to find the benches. There is at least four to five feet of packed snow still in the way. Unfortunately, there is no way to get the skid steer up to this course. We will just have to pray for a miracle to get this snow off the mountain.
This is a video of Elder Shelley's first practice with "rescue" on Challenge Course 1.
