Youth From C1 local church near the temple. Seventeen-year-old Brayden Stevens, one of the youth leaders who helped organize the event, hoped that by giving the youth a challenge in getting to the temple, they would better appreciate what the temple means. "You have to be willing to make that sacrifice to get to the temple because of how important it is," said Brayden. Before heading out on the journey, the group learned about a stone cutter who helped build the Salt Lake LDS temple. He had to walk 22 miles every Monday morning to get there and then back home on Friday, another 22 miles. After many years, the man had an accident, and lost part of his leg, but continued his journey each week on a peg leg. "It makes me happy to be in a religion where people will sacrifice so much and be so devoted to their calling," said Brayden, referring to the stone cutter. When the downpour started, one of the couples in their congregation happened to stop by with enough large garbage bags to act as wind breakers. At a certain point in the journey, 17-year-old Shay- lee Bench wanted to give up. "I personally wanted to quit, but everyone around me got me going again, and I realized it was a blessing in disguise," said Shaylee. "It helped me see that with our trials in life, we see that our end goal is the temple, and we want to get there, but there are always going to be thunderstorms, figuratively, and no matter what, we can push through." When the trek was finished, Kent Hyer noted that some of the kids who had adamantly questioned why the large group was participating in something so difficult, ended up being the biggest supporters. "It made them think about what a sense of accomplishment it was to walk all the way to the temple with the rain," he said. "They learned that without the journey, you don't appreciate the destination."