Project 1:27 Malawi Update By Gary Fallesen Climbing For Christ Chikondi and Kondwani Makolija’s father was riding his bicycle to the market in Phalombe, Malawi, where he bought and sold fish. His body was found alongside the road. His bike and fish had been stolen, and his life had been taken. The young boys’ mother could not attend her husband’s funeral. She was gravely ill with AIDS. Three weeks after their father was murdered in 2004 their mother died. “Just imagine these little brothers losing both parents in a month,” said Pastor Duncan Nyozani of Searc...
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Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013 – “Blessed be the name of God,” Haitian missionary Miguel Rubén Guante said after conducting the Monte Pou Kris (Climbing For Christ) monthly seminary in Thoman. The subject this month was the role of pastors and church leaders, prepared by C4C spiritual coordinator Jordan Rowley and translated by Miguel. Five pastors and 12 leaders attended, including Pastor Lutherne from Thoman, Pastor Derival from Pleinne Mare, and Pastor “Italian” (Saintilma Edma) from Soliette. Pastor Vilcuis of Malasi still was not able to attend because of poo...
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Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 (Photo from missionary Miguel Rubén Guante) HAITI: It was the first day of classes for about 50 students attending the Monte Pou Kris (Climbing For Christ in Haitian Creole) school in the Dominican border town of Jimani. Because of budget cuts, C4C is supporting only the Jimani and Malasi schools in 2013-2014. We are attempting to raise US$1,000 support to construct a roof for the fledgling church and school in Mare Pitre. Another ministry can pay the teachers there if we can manage to put up a temporary structure to house school children during the week a...
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It's about the mission, not the summit By Gary Fallesen Founding president, Climbing For Christ “Mission, not mountain. “People, not peak. “Service, not summit.” As I limped up 3,700 vertical feet to Base Camp on the first day of our Mission: Ararat climb – “remember, Gary, this is the easy walk,” guide Adem said – I thought about my leg injury, our last climb here, and Climbing For Christ's purpose. Why would I pull a thigh muscle 10 days before an Evangelical Expedition? Why indeed. On the flight from the United States to Turk...
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6th annual Lygon Stevens Climb “Walk with me awhile, Lord … Let’s walk and talk of things of beauty and things of truth and goodness.” - Lygon Stevens Friday Night Rally, Dinner and Fundraiser High-carb catered dinner (Adults $10, child $6) Door prizes Stuff sack of climbing goodies An evening of challenge and fun Our guest speaker this year is Edy Sutherland, an outdoor adventure enthusiast and motivational speaker. Check out her website at http://www.edysutherland.com.  Also, again this year we will feature our growing re...
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UPDATE (July 11): “Praise the Lord that we had not damage in Haiti,” Climbing For Christ missionary Miguel Rubén Guante said Thursday after receiving reports from brother Milus in Thoman. Miguel confirmed those observations, saying: “This looks true because the River of Soliette (that flows out of the Chaine de la Selle mountains to the Dominican border) has not brought much water to Jimani.” We give thanks for God's hand of protection as Chantal weakened on July 10 and was downgraded from a tropical storm by the National H...
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Building HIS church By Jaime Servat C4C missionary to Peru I was received by our sister Alisson and her family, taking a time to give thanks to God to again be in Chalhua at the beginning of June. Then I met Pastor Ezequiel to pay him and some of the church workers, while others were harvesting in their fields. I went to see His church and get some pictures. It is growing so that many farmers were telling me that it will be wonderful. Under construction: the church at Chalhua. (Photo by Jaime Servat) Pastor Ezequiel told me that one day a Catholic leader came and asked, “What wil...
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Dedicating HIS church The recently built church at Milatu, Mozambique was dedicated Saturday, June 8 during three days of worshipful gatherings that saw many people surrender their lives to Jesus. Seventeen new believers were baptized. “In the evenings we were also having revival (meetings),” said Duncan Nyozani, whose Malawi-based Searchlight Ministries oversees the neighboring Mozambique church. “We had an excellent time there.” People arriving, above and below, to go to church in Milatu. The large tree at right served as shade under which the chur...
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‘There is nothing as food’ in Haiti Durisma, the school teacher who first invited Climbing For Christ to Malasi, fainted from hunger during our monthly seminary on May 25. When missionary Miguel Rubén Guante visited some of the C4C villages in Haiti over the weekend to discuss preparedness for hurricane season, he said: “I could see why Durisma had lost heart in the last seminary – there is nothing as food for the people.” Despite our best efforts to provide additional seed and fertilizer during the last planting season, bad weather destroyed a majority o...
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Church at Chalhua receiving favor By Jaime Servat C4C missionary to Peru His church is receiving His favor in His mountains! Building site of church at Chalhua. (Photos by Jaime Servat) Arriving in Chalhua village in early May, I was greeted by Alisson and her female cousin Yamely, and we prayed with Alisson’s grandmother Teresa. Then I went to His church to pay the workers there. I was joined by Pastor Ezequiel and we gave some labor conditions, like no drinking, no smoking, etc. Also, I was visiting new believers and praying for them. I went to the Mascho rural site outside of ...
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Haiti hungers for food, fruit of the Spirit Three pastors and 17 church leaders attended our monthly Monte Pou Kris seminary in Thoman, Haiti last Saturday. The lesson, prepared by spiritual coordinator Jordan Rowley, focused on the Fruit of the Spirit. This was part 2 of a three-month study and covered love, joy and peace. “The seminary was very good,” said Miguel Rubén Guante, Climbing For Christ’s national missionary to Haiti. Brother Milus, standing, teaches during May seminary. (Photo by Miguel Rubén Guante) Miguel calls May and June the “famine ...
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Ready to dedicate The church at Milatu, Mozambique – part of the neighboring Malawi-based Searchlight Ministries – has been completed and is set to be dedicated on Saturday, June 8. The finishing touches were put on toilets behind the church on Thursday, May 30. Pastor Duncan Nyozani, the founder of Searchlight, visited the church build on Thursday. “I will attend the dedication ceremony with many people,” Duncan said. The toilets behind the church. (Photos by Duncan Nyozani) Six churches have been completed since God started sending us to the ends of the earth ...
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Schooling the spiritually poor By Gary Fallesen Climbing For Christ president Christian children in Pakistan come from poor families or are orphans living with relatives and they are unable to help themselves. They cannot afford to go to school and they have no idea why they are among the persecuted. Their existence has been described by another ministry as “living below the spiritual poverty line.” But Jesus blesses the persecuted (Matthew 5:10) and God counts the tears of His children (Psalm 56:8). We believe this is why He gave our brother in Christ, Evangelist Najeeb, the ...
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Building His church “…and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” – Matthew 16:18 (ESV) God is using Climbing For Christ to build churches in Chalhua, Peru; Jimani, Dominican Republic; Mare Pitre, Haiti, and Kathmandu, Nepal. We have asked for support – prayerful and financial – for these projects. We are adding another: Faisalabad, Pakistan. “As I was praying to the Lord for a church building, (the) Lord showed me a piece of land, which is in beautiful area where our congregation could jo...
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Haiti: A church with no church By Jordan Rowley Climbing For Christ spiritual coordinator Last January, Climbing For Christ sent a team to Haiti for the eleventh time [CLICK HERE to read our Trip Report]. During Mission: Haiti 2013, we met a group of new believers who are now in the eleventh hour. They are a church with no church. They are our brothers and sisters – our Christian family – in the Haitian village of Mare Pitre. Throughout the dry season, this new and precious body of believers has been gathering underneath a large tarp. This has been just barely enough to protec...
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Kasese, Uganda: A river runs through it. The town of Kasese sits at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains along the border of Uganda and Democrat Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. It is a gateway to a range long referred to as the “Mountains of the Moon.” When Italian explorer Gaetano Casati first saw the Rwenzori in 1889 he declared, “Cold and horrible monsters are said to rule over it.” Storied British mountaineer Stephen Venables called his ascent of Rwenzori highpoint Margherita in 1987 “one of the best mountain adventures of my life.” He climbed ...
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Starting the first steps of building His Church By Jaime Servat C4C missionary to Peru Note: Funds recently were wired to Peru for the construction of the church at Chalhua, which is scheduled for completion by July 2013. When I arrived in the village of Chalhua, I was received by Alison and her grandmother Teresa. We enjoyed a special time of prayer and shared lunch together as well. I also gave some gifts that I brought to Alison and Teresa. Afterward, we visited Teresa’s other grandchildren’s home, who had recently lost their mother.  The earth that will be turned i...
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Seeing fruit in a dry land Story by Gary Fallesen, Climbing For Christ president Photos by Miguel Rubén Guante, Climbing For Christ missionary to Haiti “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…” – Galatians 5:22 (ESV)  April seminary. There was a low turnout for our monthly seminary, which met April 26 in Thoman to discuss the “Fruit of the Spirit.” It was part one of two parts written by Climbing For Christ spiritual coordinator Jordan Rowley and translated and shared by Haitian mission...
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More for Lahore Back in March, the homes and possessions of around 200 Christian families were viciously burned in the village of Lahore, Pakistan. [CLICK HERE to read Fiery Persecution in Pakistan.] Since then, these precious families have struggled to regain any sense of their “normal” lives. “It was incredible to see the people who were struggling to get relief items from us,” Haseeb Masih, of C4C partner ministry Save Pakistan, said after returning from his third trip to Lahore. During this visit, women’s clothing as well as men’s, women&rs...
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Pray for the persecuted, and persecutors “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…” – Jesus speaking in Matthew 5:43-44 (ESV) Delivering bowls and towels to those in need. Save Pakistan ministry celebrated Resurrection Sunday by delivering relief items ranging from water glasses and jugs to food bowls and tea cups to towels, toothbrushes, shampoo and soap to many of our brothers and sisters in Christ in Lahore, Pakistan, who were victim...
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