Damson Samson, right, sings about Jesus coming around the corner (“Are you ready?”) while Kilimanjaro Chapter members dance during a time of praise and worship. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) CLICK HERE for daily Dispatches from Mission: Kilimanjaro 2018.

Kilimanjaro Chapter members meeting to learn more about being a disciple of Jesus. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read this Mission Moment from Kilimanjaro.

The rebirth of C4C Philippines What Asiel dela Fuente called “a new breed of mission volunteers” on the island of Mindoro in June. (Photo by Asiel dela Fuente) CLICK HERE to read “New chapter in the Philippines.”

The Mulanje Massif Chapter in evangelism training beneath Sapitwa Peak. (Photo by McSon Soka, caretaker of Chisepo Hut) CLICK HERE for daily Dispatches from Mission: Malawi 2018.

“I went to Nasiyaya village. This is where we had a good time of dancing choruses, and it was vibrant.” (Photo by Damson Samson) News of Mission: Malawi coming to their village spread joy in advance of our arrival. CLICK HERE for daily Dispatches from Mission: Malawi 2018.

Sign of the times: Nepali worker Megh Gurung notes that warnings like this are being posted around the country by the Hindu majority. “But (we’re) not getting fear from them,” he says. “God’s work is going on well here.” (Photo by Megh Gurung)

Brothers in Marangu, Tanzania reaching up and out for Jesus. (Photo by Damson Samson) As Damson Samson visited homes of Kilimanjaro Chapter members, he saw the results of our disciples-making-disciples training. “Even children (of the guides and porters participating in our quarterly training) can recite all the books in the Old and New Testaments,” Damson reported from Tanzania. CLICK HERE to read more about these Mission Moments on Kilimanjaro in the story “Building blocks.”
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“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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