PilgrimageFamily

Being that the main goal for doing this challenge as a family is to create positive and healthy habits, the grading will center primarily around the frequency of the achtivies. However, A's will only be awarded for some sort of extra progress beyond mere fidelity to the habits. Grading- 1-Search for Survivors. A= Complete 24 or more family walks or complete at least 18 family walks including one walk for at least 1 hour straight. B= Complete more than 20 family walks. C= Complete 18 family walks. D= Complete 12 family walks. F= Complete less than 12 family walks. 2- Scavenge for food. A= Prepare 24 or more 100% paleo meals together as a family or at least 18 including one in which we had extended family or friends join us for the meal. B= Prepare more than 20 100% paleo meals together as a family. C= Prepare 18 100% paleo meals together as a family. D= Prepare 12 100% paleo meals together as a family. F= Prepare less than 12 100% paleo meals together as a family. 3- Haul Water. A= Lift heavy for 10 reps 24 or more times as a family or lift heavy at least 18 times and by the end of the challenge double the weight lifted by each member. B= Lift heavy for 10 reps 20 times as a family C= Lift heavy for 10 reps 18 times as a family D= Lift heavy for 10 reps 12 times as a family F= Lift heavy for 10 reps less than 12 times as a family 4- Keep Vigil A= Pray a family rosary together 24 or more times or at least 18 times including one encompassing all 20 mysteries. B= Pray a family rosary together 20 times. C= Pray a family rosary together 18 times. D= Pray a family rosary together 12 times. F= Pray a family rosary together less than 12 times.

Every time I ever imagined what the world would look like after the apocalypse I envisioned waking up some morning and looking out my front door at a wasteland, smoldering ruins, the smell of the dead and the moans of the dying filling the air. But… I never imagined this. The books and the movies led us to believe that the apocalypse would come all at once from some enormous disaster, an earthquake, an emp blast, an outbreak of some pathogen. But that’s not how it happened at all. The apocalypse is here alright, but it didn’t happen all at once, it happened slowly, like a creeping sickness, an odorless, invisible toxin that effected everyone so mysteriously that no one saw it coming, until it had already over taken us. The people around us are dying. Most people literally couldn’t walk a mile to save their lives. There are grocery stores filled with products, but actual food is scarce. Everyone is beginning to atrophy, people are hardly strong enough to carry themselves let alone do any sort of heavy manual labor. Hope is all but a memory. I see people going through their lives despairing or despondent. But not us. By the Grace of God, we’ve survived, and now it’s time to rebuild civilization, starting with our own family. Goals: Search for survivors. (Go for family walks for at least 30 minutes at least 3 times each week) Scavenge for food. (Prepare at least 3 100% paleo meals together as a family each week) Haul water. (Do heavy lifting appropriate to everyone’s age/ability using water filled containers at least 3 days each week) Keep vigil at night. (Pray a family rosary together at least 3 days each week)