One cold February night – our family stayed at the line shack. The next morning we got up and Dad took us tubing with the snowmobile. We would sled down the hill and he would take us back up the hill on the snowmobile. Isaac was using skis so he would ski down the snow packed road. After a while dad told Isaac to ski down the road as far as he could and he would pick him up with the snowmobile.
A couple of minutes after Isaac left on skis, the snowmobile broke down. Reed and I tried to help lift the heavy snowmobile while dad tried to start it, but after about 30 minutes and some prayers we realized we weren’t strong enough and needed to have another plan. Dad and Reed were to hike up the mountain to the line shack to get mom and the other snowmobile. I was to hike down the road and find Isaac and tell him what happened and to hike back up to the broken down snowmobile.
I walked for a long time calling Isaac’s name. Finally I saw him. He was really tired from hiking in his snow boats and carrying his skis (about a mile down the road he stopped skiing realizing that Dad wasn’t coming). I carried Isaac’s skis. We were so thirsty so we would stop and eat snow. We were so tired and just collapsed by the time we reached the snowmobile.
Mom and Dad finally came on the other snowmobile. (Reed stayed at the line shack to watch Andrea). We worked together and prayed and were able to get the snowmobile started.
This experience sounds kind of miserable and like a rough day, but really we had an amazing experience working together as a family – one that we will always remember. Isaac and I worked together – Dad and Reed worked together (they have a cool experience to share another time) – Reed and Andrea worked together – and then Dad, Mom, Isaac, and I worked together. We are so lucky to have a family that can help each other when we have challenges . After this experience I realized that challenges don’t have to be that bad if you look to your family to help you and also to pray to Heavenly Father to help. Each of us had to have our own faith since we were separated.
Once we had our problem taken care of we went back to the line shack and built an amazing snow fort and played in the snow. On the way home we talked about our experience and realized that if we wouldn’t have had that challenge we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to work together. The challenge brought us closer together as a family.
I am not scared of challenges because you will always have someone behind you. It is like when I am at a gymnastics meet I know I will have my team right behind me to cheer me on. And I know that I will never be alone because Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost will always be with me.
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