Elder Holland

I found this great talk by Elder Holland. He is speaking to missionaries in the MTC and has wonderful, wise, inspiring words to share about missions. What to do. How to be. What it will take. You will see him speaking a little less formally than you are used to seeing him in the General Conference, including cracking jokes. Enjoy:

Firefighting 101 with Bishop Brush

The teacher's quorum has started a series of career exploration nights. The first episode was to learn more about firefighting as a career. The amazing Bishop Brush gave a great presentation about what he does, how to become one, the benefits, the drawbacks, etc.

And for the grand finale, Alex got to dress up in the gear.

Sliding Rock

On Tuesday the teachers and priests drive to Alpine, UT and did a short hike to the beautiful and somewhat secret "Sliding Rock." It is an amazing natural water slide, where the water has worn the granite smooth. The water is really, really cold, but the slide is really fun. Enjoy the photos and videos below.

High Adventure Camp 2013

Our High Adventure Camp 2013 was a success. We had a lot of fun, learned valuable lessons, laughed together, prayed together, cooked together, and ate together.

We camped in Zion's National Park the first day and hiked to Emerald Pools. The second day we conquered Fat Man's Misery Canyon. This required courage, grit, rappelling gear, orienteering skills, and a lot of water.

We had a one night stop over in a hotel in Panguitch on our way to Escalante where we camped at Posey Lake. There, we enjoyed a beautiful view, caught pet snakes, and enjoyed the lake.

On our last day, we hiked to Upper Calf Creek Falls and enjoyed swimming in the beautiful natural pools and waterfalls.

To see a photo album of more pictures click HERE.

High Adventure 2013

For the Teachers and Priests, here are our plans for this summer's High Adventure camp: Click HERE take particular note of the pack list.

Opening your mission call

I vividly remember the strong emotions I felt when I opened my mission call. I remember the impact  I felt when I read the words "Elder Rockwood, you are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." The Spirit was very strong, and so were my feelings of excitement, nerves, and anticipation. I remember the sweet feeling when I read the words "Dominican Republic, Santiago Mission." Soon, you will be having that same moment in your own life. Live your life in such a way that the Lord can use you like a sharp tool to do his work and represent his will. Enjoy the video below. It captures very well the atmosphere of that powerful moment.

That moment when you read your call marks the beginning of your ministry and the beginning of a lifelong love of the people and the region where you are assigned to labor. Just like the prophets of old, you will represent the Savior, teach what he taught, love (in a smaller way) as he loved, and participate in the great work of redeeming Israel and the greater work of bringing joy and the door of exaltation to your brothers and sisters. Don't let anything stand in your way!

-Brother Rockwood

Rappelling Battle Creek Falls

We had a great time rappelling at Battle Creek Falls, Pleasant Grove. 

Cub Scout Day Camp 2012

Well men, great job on putting on the Pack 279 (Kolob 9th Ward) Cub Scout Day Camp 2012. The Cub Scouts learned a lot, passed off a lot of requirements, and had a great time. You all did a fantastic job!

To see some photos from the camp click HERE.

November Turkey Shoot

In November a few of the Teachers and Priests went to the annual Turkey shoot at the mouth of Hobble Creek Canyon. There was a competition but we did not win anything although we did have a lot of fun. There was a Shotgun competition which consisted of 2 rounds of 5 chances to hit 5 clay pigeons. I believe after the first round we were 4 for 25 but improved a little on the second round to 9 for 25. We were a lot better at the .22 rifle shooting. Everyone got their own target to shoot at about 20 yards. They put an aspirin on the center and if you hit it then you could pick a candy bar. We got at least 6 or 7 candy bars on that one. They also had an extra activity which was hatchet throwing. If this was a competition Todd would have won that one. A photo album is included here of the pictures of the boys shooting their targets.

https://picasaweb.google.com/103252760426857409879/Kolob9thTurkeyShootNovember2011

Recent Memories

Here are some photos of some of our recent activities:

Camping Trip

Over the summer a bunch of us went to some property for a campout. On the way there we had to go under a tree that had fallen over. The car could barely make it under the tree and we were a little worried we wouldn't make it back out but everything worked out great. We had a great hike and got to go on a zip line. Thank you to everyone who came. We especially appriciated having Cory with us on this trip.

Climbing with the Varsity and Venture Scouts

The Venture and Varsity scouts went rock climbing in Rock Canyon, Provo, UT.

Orienteering with the Varsity Scouts

The Varsity Scouts learned how to use a compass to navigate and how to use a compass to measure distances across a stream. Todd was the master distance measurer and was only 8 inches off! Rayden found a sweet Easter egg while Todd and Casey tested out the see-saw. Then we had a rocking good time learning how to geocache using GPS. We found two caches pretty close to the church. Casey had the eagles eyes and saw both of them first.

No YM This Tuesday

Because of Spring Break, there will be no YM's activity this Tuesday, April 12. Whether you are going out of town, or staying here: Have a good one!