FAMILY FORMATION NOTE: 

We felt very strongly that family formations needed to be done randomly (so the kids wouldn't question why they got who they got), but we could see problems trying to form families on the trailhead.  The biggest problem is, you don't have time to form families on the trailhead.   So, we ended up pulling all the Stake YM/YW leaders  and our registration couple together after attending the temple, and we prayerfully, yet randomly put the youth in families.  We had a book with all of their registration papers, ordered by ward, age and gender.  Each person in the room was assigned family 1, family 2, family 3 and so on.  Then we'd each take turns pulling a name from the book.  It was amazing how equally strong each family turned out in the end.  On a couple occasions, siblings landed in the same family but we were able to fix that with no problem.  We felt this was a good method to form families randomly ahead of time, and we know the Lord was there helping us get the job done.  You really won't have time to form families on the trailhead.   When everyone arrived at the trailhead, family groups are announced for the first time.  Up to that point, family groups have been kept confidential.

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