Elder's Activity

The Anoka Ward Elder's Quorum put on a 72 hour kit Activity last night. We were suppose to be at a family/friend wedding down in the Marshall area, however Benjy and his counselors had this activity planned and the Seaman family move yesterday morning, so we couldn't make the wedding. Althought we were sad to have missed it, we had a great day, yesterday. As Benjy put it, "It just warms my heart to have such great support from the Anoka Ward Elders and their families!"

Nicole's husband, Travis, is one of the counselors and he had drill for the Marines this weekend so Nicole was a trooper and presented their 72 hour kit. We all got a chuckle when Benjy said, "Yeah, Travis is in the military so he has MRE's and hand grenades and stuff in his bag!" Nicole popped back with, "Yeah, so watch out, I have explosives and all kinds of stuff in here!"

On display were also the Seaman's Kits and as Benjy put it, the Cadillac of 72 hour kits, The Ritschels. It was amazing and we got some great ideas!

It was neat to be able to interact with people that I don't get to see very often, being tucked back
in the primary on Sundays.

Mike Hobbs is another counselor, I didn't get a picture of his power point presentation because the lights were off but he did a great presentation on possible catastrophes and how to be prepared.

Then we had a mock Emergency drill on putting together a kit in a couple of minutes. The goal was to mix people up into different families and have them scramble to gather different items. Hopefully to make a point that you don't want to wait until the last minute to put together your kits!

Benjy, Myself and Nicole didn't play because we set the activity up. I have to say that we got some great laughs watching the chaos. Some of the children really did start to panic a little when they got separated from their team and didn't know where to go or what to do. Some of the adults were getting a little frustrated and started to develop strategies to cope. It was really neat to watch.

It was fun to see the children getting into the presentations and activity. Karsyn was all fired up all the way home about "70 hour kits" as she calls them. The Seamans even came after two very long days of moving. They came with smiles but I am sure they were exhausted!

The Daileys seemed to enjoy themselves. Anna and John got in a little teasing when he thought his team reported first to only find out from Anna that his team had forgotten their batteries from the freezer for their flashlight! Hee Hee! The Woodward's baby girl, Ava, was due last week and yet they came... maybe in hope of all the activity kicking things into gear!

It really is amazing to see the Elders of the Anoka Ward supporting each other in moves and in activities that help bring us all together! We know it was a busy weekend and we missed those that were already busy with other plans. It was fun seeing Benjy smiling from ear to ear and really enjoying his calling!