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FIRST: Consider going on a sponsored challenge (see below).
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- We would like to build a strong
base of 1000 people who will pray weekly for SCORE and who will give 10+ monthly to SCORE
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GREAT WALL OF CHINA SPONSORED TREK
 Matt Baker, a Score Board Member, recently completed a sponsored trek on the
Great Wall of China October 9-17, 2004. The challenge was organised by Tailblazers, a part of the Saltmine Trust; and was intended to raise some much-needed funds for Score. If you would like to go on a trek
like one Matt went on, please contact Ray Dupere at the Watford office. Below is Matt’s account of his trip.
What a fantastic trip!
The aim of the trip was to raise much-needed funds for SCORE. At the time of this writing,
with some money still to come in, it looks like I will have raised between £5000 and £6000 for the charity. This in itself is a good enough reason to have taken on the challenge.  If you add in to this the experience of trekking the Wall, seeing a completely different culture
and getting to know a new group of people then this really was an opportunity not to be missed.
The trek lasted for 5 days, taking in three
sections of the Wall about 100 miles north of Beijing. The views were spectacular, looking from the Wall across the mountains to distant villages and with the Wall snaking ahead over the horizon. We were
encouraged before the trip to get fit and I was glad I did as certain sections were steep and difficult to climb. Having said that I never
felt the physical challenge was beyond me and everyone in our party, varying in age from their 20’s to 50’s, achieved the trek.
 In the afternoons we would descend from the Wall to a nearby village where we camped for the night. The
camps were all set up in advance by a host family who were very friendly and attended to all our needs – cooking, camping, providing a guide, etc. To take in some
of the Chinese culture was a privilege, not just eating proper Chinese food but also to see people farming the fields and to visit some in their homes was eye opening.
At the end of the trek we returned to Beijing where we
visited some of the sites – Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and part of the old traditional hutong district. We also had time to shop which for me meant
stocking up on Chinese tea and buying a traditional wok.
I have many memories which will remain for a long while.
To stand on the Wall, at times with no one else to be seen and just take it all in was incredible. To experience a country of such extremes – of temperature, 25C in the day and -3C at night; of wealth,
affluence in the city and poverty in the countryside; of busyness and crowding in the city to peace and tranquillity in the mountains. To develop some new friendships with the other
members of the trek; it was amazing how well we all got on, sharing, helping and encouraging one another along the way.
China definitely has a new place in my heart
now, I would love to go back again one day, I have new friends I hope to keep in touch with and SCORE seems to have done rather well out of it as well!
Matt Baker
SCORE Trustee
Chaplain to CAFC
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