The boys spent much of the day getting familiar with their merit badge classes and their daily schedules. For the next week they will essentially have school periods throughout the day that will correspond to their various merit badges that they are earning.
Boys eating at the Dinning Hall
Earlier today our Senior Patrol Leader (The head youth scout, also called the SPL) had a conversation with another troop's SPL thats worth retelling. They were talking about various things when the other SPL made the comment that our troop always looked very sharp on the parade field. (Every breakfast and dinner, all of the troops line up on the field directly before the Dinning Hall. There the Colors are raised and lowered each day, in addition to disbursement of important information.) So it was very encouraging to receive that kind of a compliment from a non-adult scout.
Personal Reflection:
So it is amazing how much you can learn if you are actively doing. Today I had an experience which really help me to reevaluate myself. It also reiterated to me something else about leadership. Leaders lead and when a leader does not exist either one of two things occur. First, a leader arises. If this does not happen, chaos insures. This is the natural course of events and sometimes it takes a period of chaos to produce a leader. Many times this process cannot be cut short or manipulated. Leaders can come along in the process and guide, but many times individuals need to be allowed to experience failure in order to truly grow into a successful leader.
Photos
More photos from the Dinning Hall
1 comment:
Paul, you did a wonderful job with the pictures at the Boy Scout Summer Camp. It's harder than many people realize to get good shots, but you pulled it off so well. My son Aaron was at this camp and he said you were able to get pictures without people knowing you were there. I don't think Scouting has a Camouflage Photography Merit badge, but if it did, you would've earned it! Thank you for preserving this memorable trip in visual form and for giving us parents glimpses into our son's lives this week while they were away becoming men.
Blessings of our Lord to you!
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