Earlier this spring Egremont today reported on the plans of a young
Egremont student to climb the world's highest free standing peak, Mt
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania . Well, whilst most were in bed asleep
,Richard Farran and 27 other team members had been climbing through
the night , striving to reach the mountain summit at 19,000 ft . As
dawn broke on Friday 25th of June, Richard and his fellow team mates
stood on the roof of Africa, as a team having raised £45,000 for the
education of young children in the most deprived area 's of
Tanzania. Commenting on his trip Richard said, "The trip of a
lifetime, a very emotional experience. Being able to meet and help
young kids orphaned by HIV was very humbling ".
Richard went on to express his thanks for the very generous private
and corporate sponsorship that made his trip possible. Richard
extended a special thanks to Dave and Sally Jackman, who , having
completed the climb recently were able to advise Rich on many finer
points of preparation and how to deal with the dreaded altitude
sickness.
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“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
Little more than a month after that psalm was sung in Egremont
Castle at the Pentecost service reported in our last edition it was
sung again in a special memorial to all the victims of the horrific
massacre on 2nd June. More than two hundred people gathered, sitting
on walls or standing after the seats were filled, as all the
churches of Egremont came together in quiet respect, thinking of the
family of the gunman as well as all the others who had suffered.
There was no bitterness or anger. Forgiveness is not the prerogative
of Christians, and after the service Fr Peter Sayer spoke to us of
his deep admiration for Michael Pike’s daughter, Jude, a Humanist,
who said of Derrick Bird, “The man was poorly.”
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