The day dawned sunny and cool, all too soon. By 7:30 am. Akela was out and about to rise our Timber wolves out of bed. For a few like Jiseok and Roy it was a real challenge. The Explorers were in their uniforms ready to go at 8 am (while all but four of the boys .. including Roy) for opening ceremonies – quite an impressive sight.
The Explorers gathered their breakfast from the kitchen and ate it within their patrols. We could see teamwork in each patrol start to improve and take hold. While the Timber Wolves huddled together for breakfast ready right to the minute!
After breakfast, the Timber Wolves went for a job to the main entrance of the camp where the “old” Akela could still outrun and outlast the Timber Wolves..good for Akela. There is room for improvement on the part of our Timber Wolves. We really appreciate the landscape around the camp including the railways and pyramid-like mountains.
While at the main gain of the camp, the Italian Timber Wolves arrived so excited to see their Canadian brother. They got off the bus right then and there to meet their brothers. Not only were the boys excited, but more excited were the Italian leaders such as Baloo, Chil, Akela. Many of the leaders spoke great English. After taking group photos at the gate, and active program ran by the Italian leaders got underway while the Canadian leaders participated in leader training.
The Explorers quickly picked up skills on building projects led and taught by their brother Italian Explorers. The Explorers moved rapidly from program to another, some very challenging from problem, team building, design planning, cooking skills and physical endurance and hands on challenges. Explorer boys love rough and challenging activities.. they sure got their fill of this aspect of the program.
Our Timber Wolves experienced a program ran by an Italian Akela and his team for the day. Their program consisted of running, team building, craft and more. By the end of the day, we expect our boys to happily track off to bed! All in all… another wonderful day. Our Italian hosts have worked so hard to deliver to our boys and theirs a true FSE Explorer program, while our leaders spent 6 plus hour in training. We have lots of program enhancement to bring home to run FNE Explorers!
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i was glad to see the pictures. have fun and be safe. thank you everyone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us updated on this memorable trip. The pictures tell a great story too.
ReplyDelete...It was as if I was there...thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteSounds fun! I really miss my brother. The pictures were great too!
ReplyDeleteI bet that Justin was one of the Explorers,along with Roy, that slept in!
ReplyDeleteIn Canada 9am is too early for Justin!
Feels like I sent my 2 boys to the army. My home is totally empty. Timber Wolves were falling asleep in the train was very impressive.
ReplyDeleteVery energetic photos, I really like them.
Thank you Akela Paul and Jeffrey to share all this effort. Thank you all the leaders and boys.