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Pack Meeting/Death

This week was pack meeting.  John Derek got his Wolf so he had to "wolf" down a whipcream cake inorder to find his badge.  It was really cute.  He loved it.


That evening the pack had a "hike" for the boys and their families.  We all walked around the park and towards the end got really spread out.  I ended up having to wait for Michael and took a shortcut to our meeting place.  I watched everyone come in and saw Maddie, and JD (Dad and Elizabeth were at other activites) but no Samantha.  I stood up and started looking for her and worried that she may have followed someone else down the wrong path.  As I looked at this huge park and all the possible places she could be I hoped that she had sat down and prayed to know where to look.  I felt that I should ask the group if anyone had seen her.  As I did many of the parents said they would start looking.  We all fanned out and within 5 min. she had been found at the bathrooms (where we had started our hike) sitting down waiting.  I was so proud of her.  She did just the right thing.  She told me that she had to wait a long time and I was just so happy that she stayed there.  What a good girl and what a blessing to have such good people surround me and a Heavenly Father who lets me know the best thing I can do.  I am so grateful for him.

Mormon 6:7 
"towards them; and with that awful fear of death which fills the breasts of all the wicked, did they await to receive them."
As I learn more and more about death I am amazed at how it is viewed. The wicked do fear death, the unknown. But the righteous I know have no fear. Yes they may be sad to leave their loved ones but they are also looking forward to seeing their loved ones. I recently heard a story from Elder Anderson about how Elder Perry knew he was going to die, took a week to say goodbye and then he peacefully and happily died. No fear, no worry, just the next step in the journey.


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