Wilderness Trek is one of the coolest organizations. Our youth group has been taking a group up mountains in Colorado with Wilderness Trek since its inception. Last year, for the first time in a long while, we brought enough kids to fill two mountain groups (Colorado only allows 20 people on one trail in one group). Basically, on Wilderness Trek your group is led by two guides who are trained in mountaineering and are solid Christian leaders. Most of the mountains they climb are 14,000 feet of elevation and higher. A lot of the trip is about climbing the mountain, but the emphasis is always on spiritual things. Many of our kids have never seen mountains (...they are from Texas!), nonetheless climbed one. So the fact that we are in the mountains helps our group choose to make the trip meaningful. By the end of the week, the group is always so close and open with one another, it is no wonder Jesus went mountain climbing with his disciples (: ... (Mt 15:29, 17:1).
One of our students, Hayden, had been talking with Jacinda and me for nearly a year about being baptized and decided during this trip that he wanted to accept God's gift of salvation and no longer live his life for himself. So I baptized him in a creek from snow melted water at 13,000 ft on Mt Elbert (one of the coldest experiences I remember ever having!). I hope you enjoy the pictures posted below.
One of our students, Hayden, had been talking with Jacinda and me for nearly a year about being baptized and decided during this trip that he wanted to accept God's gift of salvation and no longer live his life for himself. So I baptized him in a creek from snow melted water at 13,000 ft on Mt Elbert (one of the coldest experiences I remember ever having!). I hope you enjoy the pictures posted below.
In front of Mt Elbert's peak
Hayden's baptism
Our group on summit of Mt Elbert
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