In the midst of soaring gas prices and a weakening economy the youth of the Payson Utah Stake faced a choice. Take a trek or do service? They chose service.
In the midst of soaring gas prices and a weakening economy the youth of the Payson Utah Stake faced a choice. They had been planning a trek to Martin's Cove, but even after saving for two years the travel expenses alone were far larger than their budget.Facing that problem, a group of youth leaders assembled and confronted the task of finding a different project. The youth came up with a number of ideas for the conference. But over time, only one seemed to stick – service.
"We thought of lots of different ideas, but we told them we wanted to serve. We got excited about this, we all felt good about it," said Sydney Heaton, a youth leader from the Payson 3rd Ward.
The service idea surprised leaders at first, but before long it seemed like the right thing to do.