By Gary Fallesen Founding president, Climbing For Christ  Catherine. (Photo by Duncan Nyozani) Catherine Gwembere is 8 years old and in grade 2 in Singano village in southern Malawi. Her father died of HIV/AIDS in 2007, when she was only 1. “She cannot remember her dad and has never tasted fatherly love in her life,” said Pastor Duncan Nyozani of Searchlight Ministries. “Being the last child it was really a tough situation,” Duncan added. “Her mum is also HIV positive. She (Catherine) is in a desperate situation. It is a battle for her to live, eat, d...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Building the church in Humla By Gary Fallesen Founding President, Climbing For Christ Parker Harris is using his peak-bagging powers for good. The Climbing For Christ member from Houston, Texas has – for the second time in three years – turned his climb of Denali into a fundraising event. “Let’s build a church together” was the subject line on the email Parker sent to family and friends before heading for Alaska to attempt North America’s tallest mountain.   Land to the left of the trees is the proposed location for the first church in Humla. ...
[Read the rest of this article...]

By Gary Fallesen Founding President, Climbing For Christ I know the power of the encouragement that is delivered by us being sent to walk alongside our brothers and sisters in their own nations. The blessing they receive from us GO-ing is priceless. Never mind the eternal value placed on those who receive HIM through our being sent. Megh Gurung, Gary Fallesen, Tej Rokka and Dave Stoessel trekking in Langtang on Mission: Nepal 2012. (Photo by Brandy Everts) Pastor Tej Rokka told me when we were trekking together in Nepal a few years ago that he is immeasurably bolder when we are with him...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Save Pakistan lives, loves in face of persecution By Gary Fallesen Founding President, Climbing For Christ Evangelist Haseeb and his family have moved again with a little help from Climbing For Christ. Haseeb and those involved with our ministry partner Save Pakistan have endured months of persecution and hardship. Their story has been a painful one and yet, through it all, they have known the Source of their strength. “…persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4:12). Haseeb is used by God to bring a sick woman to Him. Two weeks...
[Read the rest of this article...]

The harvest work goes on Story by Gary Fallesen Founding president, Climbing For Christ Reporting and photos by Jaime Jesus Servat Missionary to Peru, Climbing For Christ (May 5, 2014) Our annual Evangelic Expedition to Peru is coming soon. But before Climbing For Christ’s short-term team arrives, missionary Jaime Servat continues to serve the Lord. The mission to Peru is not a two-week experience; it is ongoing – every day of the year. When asked how having a C4C team visiting his country to labor alongside him would encourage this mission, Jaime said: “I pray ...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Celebrating Easter with those who are not Fatherless   Save Pakistan, our persecuted ministry partner, celebrated the joy of Resurrection Sunday by doing as Jesus instructed: reaching out to the least of those in their own community. That would be the “marginalized Christians” living in Save Pakistan’s Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria. “We had an Easter celebration with 90 orphans to encourage them that the Lord always loves them and He is extending His helping hands for them in different ways in their lives,” said Evangelist Haseeb, a C4C member and the foun...
[Read the rest of this article...]

By Gary Fallesen Climbing For Christ Rochester, NY-area Board members (left to right) Elaine Fallesen, Kevin Kimble, Mary Lindsay, Stan Phillips, David Smith and  Gary Fallesen gather with  family and friends to celebrate C4C's 10th birthday Easter Sunday evening. (Photo by Hayley Fallesen) I wrote in “A View: The next 10 years” on the back of the current special 10th anniversary issue of The Climbing Way magazine: I could not have predicted where we are currently on the timeline “in the beginning,” no more than I can tell you what the next decade will h...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Saintela well and heading home After undergoing surgery on March 25th to have an obstructive tumor in her mouth removed, Saintela returned to the hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic for a follow up visit. Once there, doctors checked on her surgical site and gave her the results of the biopsy from the tumor. Saintela outside the hospital.  “Praise the Lord,” C4C’s missionary to Haiti, Miguel Rubén Guante wrote, “the result of the biopsy is good. She has not bad cancer.” We praise the Lord with Miguel and Saintela for this wonderful news...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Saintela undergoes surgery to remove tumor Saintela before surgery. “Saintela is well from the surgeon,” wrote C4C’s missionary to Haiti, Miguel Rubén Guante. Saintela Toussaint underwent the two hour surgery Tuesday morning in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to remove an obstructive oral tumor from the roof of her mouth. We give all praise and thanks to God for this successful surgery, which required three weeks of testing and waiting. The long treatment also was expensive. Before the surgery on Tuesday, expenses had reached more than US$3,400, while Clim...
[Read the rest of this article...]

A medical emergency with a name Saintela Toussaint was a woman from a small village near Malasi who came to a Mission: Haiti 2012 medical clinic to be examined by Dr. Steve Quakenbush of Cańon City, CO, USA. She had a small tumor in her mouth. We had seen growths like this before. In 2011, we were introduced to Carmen, who had a tumor the size of a grapefruit growing out of her mouth, making eating impossible. We evacuated Carmen to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where the obstructive oral tumor was removed and her life saved. Not wanting to see a repeat of Carmen’s story we made n...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Church in Mare Pitre ‘growing strong’ Missionary to Haiti Miguel Rubén Guante taught a special seminary in Mare Pitre on Saturday, Feb. 15. Seventeen people attended. The subject: “Who is God?” Each month, Miguel is teaching a “local” seminary to the young churches in Jimani, Dominican Republic, and Mare Pitre, on the first and third weekends, as well as our main monthly seminary for pastors and church leaders from many villages who meet in Thoman on the fourth weekend. Seminary, above, and worship, below, at the church at Mare Pitre. (Photos by M...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Overcoming in the Koma Hills A village in the Koma Hills in northeastern Nigeria. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) Pastor Chris Joseph arrived in Yola at 10:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4. This is significant because Yola is the capital of Adamawa, one of four states in northeastern Nigeria under a state of emergency because of the terrorist group Boko Haram. A curfew is imposed from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. “For this reason, drivers have to speed up so as to arrive before 11 p.m.,” said Chris, a Climbing For Christ member with a ministry in the Christian south. We sent Chris back to the Koma Hi...
[Read the rest of this article...]

The church at Malasi after worship on Feb. 9. (Photo by Miguel Rubén Guante) Sunday in Malasi There were 120 people in worship at the Monte Pou Kris church at Malasi on Sunday, Feb. 9. At the same time, 73 believers were worshiping at the church at Jimani, DR, and 41 at the young church at Mare Pitre, Haiti. There was no report from Gentilhomme. Climbing For Christ's missionary to Haiti, Miguel Rubén Guante, visited Malasi and met with leaders to discuss the fourth anniversary celebration of the Malasi church in March. Miguel took one of the church leaders, who was suffering f...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Encouragement in the Cordillera Negra   Looking toward the Cordillera Blanca from Jahua village. Jaime Servat, Climbing For Christ’s missionary to Peru, reports on the work being done in his home country in January 2014. Here is his translated and edited report: On Wednesday, Jan. 8 to Sunday, Jan. 19, I was encouraging believers, winning souls and praying for healing in His field! Praying to God at the beginning of the year, He put in my heart to visit a brother named Cain Abel in the Anta District west of Huaraz in the Cordillera Negra range. I asked him if he knew some vil...
[Read the rest of this article...]

Church completed in Kathmandu Kindly rejoice with us for what our Almighty God the Father has given us as special gift: a sanctuary to worship Him in spirit and truth. We are the body of Christ, Son of the Living God. He answered our prayer and gave us this beautiful church sanctuary to meet with Jesus and have wonderful fellowship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. You can look at this house of God and inner sanctuary, where saints are gladly worshiping God. On behalf of my family and believers of SARA (Savior Alone Reaches Asians), I would like to thank God and Cli...
[Read the rest of this article...]

A pastor serving in the Monte Pou Kris (Climbing For Christ) church was afraid to preach from the pulpit for two-thirds of the year in 2013. He had been told a curse had been placed on him and if he went to the pulpit to speak he would die. When C4C missionary Miguel Rubén Guante learned about this we made plans for him to go and speak to the pastor and the church. “The role of the church through its leaders is defend the faith in Christ Jesus,” Miguel stated. As a result of this occurrence, spiritual coordinator Jordan Rowley prepared a January seminary teaching called, &l...
[Read the rest of this article...]

CHRISTmas in Kathmandu The main Savior Alone Reaches Asians (SARA) church in Kathmandu, Nepal met to worship in their new building for the first time on Christmas Day. About 150 people attended. “It was great because several new people came and three of them accepted Christ in their life for the first time,” said Pastor Tej Rokka, the founder of SARA and a long-time Climbing For Christ member. Pastor Tej welcomes us to the new SARA church in Kathmandu. “I was so excited because for the first time in SARA church history we were having a CHRISTmas celebration in our o...
[Read the rest of this article...]

New Year’s resolution in Uganda Pastor Rich preaching, while a woman from another church in his hometown of Kasese, Uganda serves as his translator. Pastor Rich Friday of Hope Mission International Ministries finished 2013 on his latest crusade into the Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda. “I was invited to preach just a day after finishing my 40 days of prayer and fasting,” Pastor Rich said. “The Lord led me to go into a deeper prayer and fasting seeking His Face to strongly empower me getting ready for the great Gospel mission. “I will complete this year 2...
[Read the rest of this article...]

CHRISTmas delivery of God’s precious Word Climbing For Christ was blessed to provide funding for the purchase of 70 Urdu-language Bibles for distribution on CHRISTmas by partner ministry Save Pakistan. “Many believers in Pakistan long to be able to read God’s Word daily, to learn and grow by its instruction and encouragement,” said Save Pakistan founder Haseeb Masih (in photo), who delivered Bibles in a program in the city of Sangla Hill in the Punjab Province. “Access to Bibles, however, is out of reach for most people, most often due to crippling poverty. U...
[Read the rest of this article...]

A lake safari for the orphans In the weeks leading up to CHRISTmas, Pastor Duncan Nyozani of Searchlight Ministries informed us that the orphans in his care – who are sponsored by Project 1:27 – had requested a trip to the lake for the CHRISTmas and New Year’s holidays. “Every one of them says something about the lake almost every day,” he said. “It seems they have strongly agreed to force us to do this for them.” We were not forced, but moved to give this “lake safari” as an additional CHRISTmas gift. On CHRISTmas day, the childr...
[Read the rest of this article...]