This morning, I was called to be the Scoutmaster for my ward. Shortly thereafter, I was asked to show someone how to get to the Relief Society room, which I did. In doing so, I had the opportunity to practice doing what Scouts do best: lead the way.
Outside of the context of Boy Scouting, a scout is a person who goes ahead of the main body of a force to gather information. Often, scouts use that information to guide the rest of the force.
Inside the context of Scouting, scouts are young men who learn to be leaders. They gain useful skills, including navigation, and are given opportunities to practice leading others, both in the sense of showing them the way to a location and in the sense of showing them the way to live.
Leading others is the role of a scout, and training leaders is the goal of the Scouting program. It is fitting for the leader of our local group of Scouts to be someone who has some experience at leading the way.
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