Today was an odd day…I did my usual tour of the blogs and other sites.

I am not going to point out the exact links where I ran into my conundrum, but today just seemed to be filled with a few more scouters who don’t get it.

One blog was about a unit that was trying to be boy-led, but couldn’t get there. So they decided to make up positions and to have forms to figure out how to make campouts more organized. The post went on about what they did…I only saw one or two mentions of the ASPL or SPL. Isn’t that who is supposed to plan the campout? If not plan it, delegate it…

Over on another Scouting forum, one racked with a couple trolls, had a discussion about the foods that are sold in the Trading Posts at camps. The conversation went down the path that “scouts make bad choices”…

Blog after blog, post after post…all these scouters talking about how they are making their programs, but their programs are failing. It seems that they may be the ONLY one making the program, or not allowing the scouts or anyone else, a say in the planning.

I don’t blog as much as I would like to…I don’t have a lot of prophetic words and observations like SM Jerry. I don’t have a long, documented, visual history of being a scout leader like SM Steve. I don’t have a large troop to pull experiences from like SM Bryan.

But I do have something in common with these guys…

I have faith…

Faith that the boys will make the correct choices in the Trading Post. Faith that they can effectively plan a campout without the need for a long form or checklist. Faith that they will do the best, and that if their best is good for them, it’s good for me.