Elder Oliekan to the Rescue!

One of Granger's assignments on the lake is to drive the rescue raft and rescue canoes that get dumped in the lake.  We also get to drive the pontoon boat and pull the girls out of the lake when they capsize.  Sometimes the rescues get a little funny and even a little weird!

Granger always wanted a boat!

His first rescue was actually a YW flag that a gust of wind blew into the water-

The same gust of wind blew a leader's hat in!

 

When the canoes capsize, they have to be pulled from the water, emptied, and then towed into shore

It's a lot of hard work

Granger held the record for 3 pulled in at once, until Elder Pulley broke it by towing in 4

This canoe actually sank to the bottom of the lake.  Granger found it, pulled it up with a grappling hook, and we pulled it to shore, complete with a leech inside!

"We got it"

Canoe Rescue team: E/S Oliekan- finders and retrievers, Elder Mitchell- grappling hook maker, Elder Moretti- fellow searcher, locator, and prayer giver, Elder Jensen- our fearless leader!

These are the first girls we rescued on the pontoon

These girls were excited because we loaded them back in the canoe for another chance.   We actually pulled some of them in again...

Sometimes it's the leaders that go in!

These two little Beehives didn't have a clue

Elder Oliekan jumped in their canoe and gave them paddling lessons

He taught them well,

and then sat back for a nice canoe ride, letting them do all the work.

He had a lot of fun with these cute girls!