Saturday, August 8

Three Little Pigs


Something that I've noticed and discussed with guys my age in the church is how young men leaders are different than young women leaders. Especially at camp and during our third hour of church. All us girls ever hear is " We are SO proud of you," "We love you all SO much," and "You girls are an inspiration to me."
When I told a few guys this and how much I hear it, they responded telling me that young men's leaders do not show any heartfelt emotions, and especially not at scout camp. My favorite response was from CRi who told me all they hear is " Stop looking at pornography." Quite a different feel wouldn't you say? And when I asked them what scout camp was like it didn't sound anything like girls camp. Girls camp is all about strengthening your testimony and learning to get along with all the girls around you. What I've heard about scout camp is that it just sounds like a lot of roughhousing and work. They dont tie-dye, or play 'Pretty Pretty Princess,' or sing pointless camp songs about kissing boys in canoes, and while they're sipping straws.
Which leads me to wonder about the young men in our church. Most of my testimony comes from my leaders and girls camp etc. But if I had only Young MENS leaders and merit badges....where would I get it from? Their lessons sound harsh, their camp experiences exhausting, and their leaders less heartfelt. Do they just require less babying than girls or what? They all seem perfectly strong in the church when I talk to them but they don't get as much nurturing. I guess they gain a testimony the old-fashioned way through scripture study and finding things out for themselves, which I'm awful at.

1 comment:

Patty Fingers said...

I always used to wonder what scout camp was like too. I figured it was fun, but not my kind of fun. Boys are just weird. I leave it there.