“May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God.”  – Psalm 20:5 (NIV) The Climbing For Christ banner was raised at the Likhubula trailhead to Mulanje Massif in May. Damson Samson, our Malawi-based missionary, was doing quarterly training of guides and porters in the Mulanje Massif Chapter. CLICK HERE to read about this training and the souls confessing Jesus as Lord
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A Ngoni woman joins many others from her tribe raising their hands to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read “Ngoni hands raised for Jesus,” Mission Moments from Malawi.

Elaine Fallesen (left) and Megh Gurung trek toward the next village in Nepal. CLICK HERE to read the Dispatches from Mission: Nepal 2018, as our team of four (two Americans and two Nepalis) trek far beyond the beaten path to shine the light of Jesus into the lives of those who are yet walking in darkness.
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Hillida Mtui with her four grandchildren. (Photo by Damson Samson) “Hillida Mtui, a 73-year-old widow looking after four grandchildren, gave her life to Christ,” said Climbing For Christ’s East Africa missionary Damson Samson. He was invited to Hillida’s home in Marangu during visits with members of C4C’s Kilimanjaro Chapter. She is part of a family of one of our porters. “She was very happy and more excited to have this wonderful time,” Damson said. Damson made his quarterly visit to Tanzania for evangelism training with Kilimanjaro Chapter guides a...
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The newly built church at Dharmashala. “…and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” – Matthew 16:18 (ESV) Dharmashala is the fifth house of worship we have been blessed to help build in Nepal, dating to Dapcha in Central Nepal in 2011. We built the church at Dapcha with ministry partner SARA (Savior Alone Redeems Asians) and then helped build the main SARA church in Kathmandu in 2014. Dapcha, Korchabang and Kathmandu were followed by the building of the first house of worship in the remote Humla district in Nepal&rs...
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Construction on the church at Dharmashala in Nepal’s Mid-West district of Rolpa had been delayed. But work sprang into action again last week and brother Megh Gurung (C4C’s missionary to Nepal) reported it soon would be completed. “Dharamsala is a beautiful church!!!” declared C4C Canada coordinator Brandy Fisher, who along with her husband Matthew (both Mission: Nepal veterans) helped us fund this building. “That brings me great joy to see!!! GOD IS SO GOOD!!! He is taking back the high places for HIS glory – places that were not glorying to Him, now will ...
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Mulanje Massif Chapter members at our February training. Meetings are scheduled in May, August (during Mission: Malawi 2018, when our team will teach on the mountain), and December. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read “Learning to hear God and obey,” a Mission Moment from Malawi and Climbing For Christ’s Mulanje Massif Chapter of guides and porters.
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Chickens for Christ A bird in the hand. (Photo by Damson Samson) “We bought over 200 chickens, which were given to (widows in many) villages,” said Damson Samson, Climbing For Christ Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
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A Nepali brother looks into unreached areas on Mission: Nepal 2017. Nepal vaulted to 25th on the 2018 World Watch List after having been unmentioned a year ago. This is because of the passage of anti-conversion laws. Pray for the boldness of the world’s fastest-growing church to continue in spite of opposition. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) CLICK HERE for the complete World Watch List … and pray on!
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The Year in Photos Trekking deep into the Cordillera Blanca mountains in Peru. (Photo by Michael Wall) Look back at 2017 through the camera lens of Climbing For Christ in our latest issue of The Climbing Way (Volume 41, December 2017). CLICK HERE to see this quarterly magazine. If you haven’t received a hard copy of this issue and you would like one, send an email to info@ClimbingForChrist.org.
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Widows clapping and singing songs of praise to God for the gift of food this CHRISTmas. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read “CHRISTmas gift brings joy to hungry widows,” a special Mission Moment from Malawi, Africa.

The view from the New Shira Camp at 12,600 feet on day 2 on Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) Mission: Kilimanjaro 2017 is underway. CLICK HERE to read daily Dispatches from Tanzania.

Mulanje Massif welcomes pigs Mulanje Massif Chapter members with their piglets in Likhubula. (Photo by Damson Samson) Piglets have been purchased and one of two kholas (pig houses) built by guides and porters in C4C’s Mulanje Massif Chapter in southern Malawi. Members of this chapter asked for help in starting a piggery when we were together on Mulanje Massif during Mission: Malawi 2017 (see “Sermon on the Mount (Mulanje)” in The Climbing Way, Volume 40, September).
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Looking back at the mountains in the Humla district from the Chankheli Pass during Mission: Nepal 2017, Part 2. Our team trekked about 65 miles (more than 100 kilometers) with 35,000 feet of elevation change over nine days. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) CLICK HERE to read the Trip Report, “Visiting and encouraging the growing church.”
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Brick making from mud in the remote village of Singano. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) A survey of construction methods was the team’s assignment on our first full day on the job. We learned how the poorest of the poor turn mud into bricks and build houses that will last one year, and how others with more means are able to use bricks produced in a kiln to build structures that will be inhabitable for much longer (in some cases 7-to-10 years and in others for generations). CLICK HERE for daily Dispatches from Mission: Malawi 2017.
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Elaine Fallesen, right, makes Gospel bracelets with and teaches a Kurdish family living on the slopes of Mount Ararat in Turkey. (Photo by Gary Fallesen, Mission: Ararat 2014) Families throughout the Muslim world are observing Ramadan. See Project Prayer: Ramadan 2017. In Turkey, our teams meet with as many members of Kurdish families as possible to share the Gospel message. Family ministry is extremely important to reach those following Islam. Climbing For Christ carried out Evangelic Expeditions to Mount Ararat and eastern Turkey in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Mission: Ararat 2016 was...
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Mosque in Moshi, Tanzania: “None to be worshipped but Allah.” (Photo by Gary Fallesen) The Muslim world is observing Ramadan. See Project Prayer: Ramadan 2017. In Tanzania, Climbing For Christ kingdom worker Damson Samson is meeting this week with and teaching guides and porters who are members of the Kilimanjaro Chapter. Watch for a “Mission Moments” update on this work in Tanzania. Also, Climbing For Christ is preparing for its 10th mission in 11 years to Kilimanjaro in late November and early December. CLICK HERE to learn more. Mount Kilimanjaro is where Climbing...
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  One of several valleys trekked by C4C teams visiting Nepal’s Far West district of Huma. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) “Those are the people who are here to ruin our religion,” the Buddhist monk muttered as he walked away from our team in Simikot, a town in Nepal’s northwestern district of Humla. We were there to dedicate a newly built church (the district’s first and our fourth blessed build in Nepal). In 2012, God led us to Humla, where we met seven Christian men in one village and a brother and sister who believed in Jesus in another village. They wer...
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The newly built church at Simikot. (Photo by Pastor Harka) Christ, our cornerstone By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ “What is this church building constructed from?” I asked our Nepali brothers and sisters in Christ as they sat on the ground inside what was then an unfinished structure. The correct answer: stones. “What is our foundation as a church body?” I asked. Answer: God. “God tells the prophet Isaiah (in Isaiah 28:16), ‘I am the One who has laid as a foundation … a stone, a tested stone, a precious cor...
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The church at Simikot under construction on Sept. 27. (Photo by Brandy Fisher) CLICK HERE to read the Mission: Nepal 2016, Part 2 Trip Report, “The seed of the church.” Photos of the Week are for sale – 8-by-12-inch prints suitable for framing – for $25 plus shipping. Email your order to info@ClimbingForChrist.org. Your support will help put us in places where we can take more pictures as witnesses of our Triune God.
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