FBC Wright City

The January camping trip is always a gamble, but when the weather comes through for us it makes for an awesome weekend. This past weekend was one of those great weekends. Sandwiched between a week of 40 degree temps and a Sunday's high of 36 we had a Friday and Saturday of sunshine and warm 70's.

FBC Wright City joined us January 2-3 for two days of rock climbing, rappelling and camping in Mineral Wells, Texas. They brought a great group of beginner climbers that had a blast climbing and really encouraged each other in their efforts. Once they had successfully dominated the climbs we had set up, we moved to a new area for a little more of a challenge. We then headed to the campground to get tents set up and settle into camp. Dinner consisted of fire roasted hot dogs for the true camping flavor, followed by smores and cookies to help us stay warm through the night.

Saturday started with breakfast and packing up camp before we headed back to the climbing area for a day of rappelling. A quick intro class into how to rappel safely and we started sending the group one at a time backwards down the cliff. Several students went 4-5 times before stopping for lunch. Once the group was done with lunch we started our processing of the rappelling day. The comments of students focused on faith and trust in the rope and equipment and relating that to our lives with Christ.

We said our farewells, they loaded up the bus and hit the road back to east Texas, just in time to beat the cold front Sunday that kept me on the couch.