Ordeal

Last spring Big Brother and Daddy were "tapped out" or chosen by their peers in the Boy Scout Troop to become members of the Order of the Arrow. It is the Boy Scout honor scociety. They were unable to complete their ordeal weekend in NC because we moved, however they were scheduled to complete the ordeal in MN this spring. They were "tapped out" by their new Scout Troop. They are off to Scout camp to complete their ordeal, cheerful service. They are getting the Scout camp ready to open for the summer. Daddy will come home on Sunday, but Big Brother will stay at camp for four weeks. The first week is staff week where they complete training and getting the camp ready. The next two weeks he is a counselor in training. The final week Little Brother and the rest of the troop join him for their week at scout camp. Daddy left Big Brother at camp very sad and upset. The first couple of times we talked to him he seemed a bit homesick. But, now he is very happy and says things like, "next year when I am on staff" or "next summer. . ."