by Chris Sims | Feb 24, 2020 | Carroll Community
Our lives seem to be a journey of opening, closing, and walking through the doors in front of us. This is true for the ministry leader as well as the lost soul in need of Christ. It applies to the go-go Type A personality as well as the steady introvert. In the...
by Gene Wilkes | Feb 23, 2020 | From the President
The trail to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro begins at the Marangu Gate, the National Park Headquarters where we will register for our climb. After registering, we will continue driving to Nale Moru village to begin our trek on the Rongai Route to Simba Camp (about 8,615...
by Gene Wilkes | Feb 22, 2020 | From the President
The time on Mt. Kilimanjaro is nine hours ahead of my home in Plano, Texas. Although we may be physically in shape for our climb, we all must deal with living nine hours ahead of our bodies’ usual timetable and beginning at an altitude that is thousands of feet higher...
by Gene Wilkes | Feb 21, 2020 | From the President
Some of the people I am climbing with have shared similar adventures before. Jim, Amy and I summited several 14ers in Colorado and Mt. Rainier in Washington on my 60th birthday. Jeff B and I have climbed and camped around Wheeler Peak in New Mexico and made several...
by Gene Wilkes | Feb 20, 2020 | From the President
When Jim, Amy and I climbed Mt. Rainier, we hired a guide service to get us to the top and down safely. Having only one other serious mountaineering climb in which I did not summit, we wanted someone who was trained and experienced on the trails we would take to the...
