Enduring in Faith Award

Dear Participant,

As we look forward to our Pioneer Trek on July 11-13, 2011, we invite you to earn the ‘Enduring in Faith’ award in preparation for this great event. Earning this award will help to prepare you both physically and spiritually for the Trek as well as fulfill many requirements in the “Duty to God” and “Personal Progress” programs.

To earn this award, simply complete three activities in each area and have a leader or parent initial the completed activity. All requirements must be completed between January 18, 2011 and July 10, 2011. Awards will be presented the morning of our departure.

We encourage you to seek guidance from your Father in Heaven as you select activities to complete. From Him, you will find strength, guidance and direction. He loves you and knows your talents. He will help you “Endure in Faith” and gain appreciation for the opportunities you will experience on our 2011 Trek.

With Love,
Highland 7th Ward Bishopric
And Youth Leaders


REQUIREMENTS:

REMEMBERING THE PIONEERS
Complete 3

____1. REQUIRED: Choose a Pioneer whom you will walk for during Trek. Learn their story and be prepared to tell about the traits that you admire in this person. In what ways would you want to be like them?

____2. Learn a pioneer craft, skill, or art that was part of the life of pioneers. (Dutch oven cooking, knitting, rope making, weaving a rug, etc.)

____3. Watch any of the following movies: Legacy, American Prophet, Perilous Journey, Faith in Every Footstep, The Mountain of the Lord, An Ensign to the Nations (or any other movie depicting pioneer life and trials)

____4. Read one of the following books: Journal of the Trail, Fire of the Covenant, or another pioneer book as approved by your parents or leaders.

____5. Young Women: sew a skirt or bonnet that you will wear on Trek.

____6. Give a talk about the pioneers or a pioneer ancestor in Sacrament Meeting, YM/YW, or FHE.

____7. Go online to www.lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm and read several of the different quotes of pioneers along the trail.

____8. Read D&C Section 121 to learn about a time when Joseph Smith had to Endure in Faith. What can you learn from his experience?


SERVICE
Complete 3

____1. Cook a meal without the use of a modern kitchen and share it with someone.

____2. Teach a lesson in FHE about pioneers.

____3. Participate in a family, class or ward service project.

____4. Visit the grave of an ancestor and clean it up.

____5. Volunteer at a hospital, center for the disabled, home for the aged, welfare center, or homeless shelter.

____6. Spend at least 3 hours giving service outside of your family.


FAMILY HISTORY
Complete 3

____1. Research to find the first member of your family who was baptized.

____2. Write your life history in 500 words or more.

____3. Earn the Genealogy Merit Badge.

____4. Visit the Family History Library.

____5. Spend 30 minutes online at www.familysearch.org

____6. Invite your grandparents or other senior citizens to share their childhood memories with you. Record what you learn.


TEMPLES & SPIRITUAL
Complete 3

____1. With the help of your parents, leaders or ward family history specialist, search the records to find an ancestor and submit his or her name for temple work.

____2. Participate in Baptisms for the Dead

____3. Prepare a FHE lesson on Patriarchal Blessings. If you have not yet received your Patriarchal Blessing, begin making plans to do so. If you already have your blessing, make a small copy of it to take with you on Trek.

____4. Place a picture of the temple in your bedroom.

____5. Pray morning and night for one month.

____6. Read your scriptures daily for one month.


PHYSICAL FITNESS
Complete 3

____1. Participate in our Pre-Trek Hike in April.

____2. Walk for a half-hour or more at least 4 days a week for one month.

____3. Run 3 miles in 30 minutes or less.

____4. Train for and walk or run in a 5K or 10K race prior to the Trek.

____5. Research why ‘hydration’ is important on the Trek.

____6. Read D&C 89. Improve your health by developing and implementing a regular fitness program for at least 6 weeks.

____7. Learn how to Square Dance at our activity in January.