Such are the requisites for youth ministry on the cusp of the 21st century. There's not a McDonald's or a Holiday Inn in sight. There was nothing in the brochure you gave us back in Egypt about this. We signed on for liberation, not dehydration. He's between Massah and Meribah, in the middle of the desert with no water, no place to hide, and no cell phone to call the church office.
Spiritual leadership is a tricky business in the best of circumstances.
It doesn't help that the Lord God has a curious habit of choosing the most unlikely leaders to carry out God's plans. Moses is a good example. By his own admission, he's a poor public speaker. He's never been licensed as a tour guide, and if the people of Israel had bothered to run a background check on him, they'd have learned that he has a criminal record and couldn't get a license if he tried. God's chosen people have placed their lives in the hands of a man who has gotten away with murder, and, more to the point it seems, who can't read a map.