Sponsor a Nepali child There are about three dozen children cared for outside of Kathmandu by Nepali partner ministry SARA. We support SARA and these children through Project 1:27, which is based on James 1:27 (“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”). You can sponsor an orphan for US$50 a month. This will provide food, medicine, and clothing. But even more, it will show the love of Christ to a child and answer His command to “look after...
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Elaine Fallesen and a widow enjoying the moment in rural Malawi after taking a grand tour of her new home, one of more than three dozen homes for forgotten widows rebuilt through Climbing For Christ in 2017. Nationality: USA. Occupation: Women's and Family Ministry/Communications Director, Climbing For Christ. Missions with C4C: Haiti 2008 and 2009; Kilimanjaro 2011, 2019 and 2020; Malawi 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020; Nepal 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019; and Turkey 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2020. How long have you climbed? Since the early ’90s when our kids were small and we began disco...
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Nationality: American of Danish descent. Occupation: Missionary. Missions with C4C: Dominican Republic 2005; Haiti 2006, 2007 (twice), 2008, 2009 (twice), 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; Indonesia 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2019; Kilimanjaro 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020; Malawi 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020; Mexico 2005; Morocco 2013, 2015 and 2017; Nepal 2011, 2012 (twice), 2013, 2014 (twice), 2015 (twice), 2016 (twice), 2017 (twice), 2018, 2019 (twice), and 2020; Nigeria 2011; Peru 2011, 2014 and 2017; Philippines 2008, 20...
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Megh on Mission: Nepal 2013 in front of a church in Nepal’s Mid-West that he and Climbing For Christ helped build. Nationality: Nepalese. Occupation: Worker to expand the Kingdom of God and guide leading trekking teams all over Nepal and Tibet. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 (although Climbing For Christ was introduced to Megh in 2008). How long have you climbed? Ten years. Type of climbing you do: Trekking. Helping Climbing For Christ when teams are in Nepal and doing the follow-up for those who are saved through C4C. Highlight of climbing career:...
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Adrianne on knife ridge to Gray’s and Torrey’s in Colorado. Nationality: American. Occupation: Government worker. Missions with C4C: Morocco 2015 and Nepal 2012. How long have you climbed? About 13 years – since I’ve known Chris (her husband). Type of climbing you do: Hiking, mostly. Colorado Fourteeners (once Chris took me on a Level 3 section and I survived!), Appalachian trail and similar. Highlight of climbing career: Skooching across the knife ridge on my way up to Gray’s and Torrey’s peaks (see Level 3 reference above). How long have you been a...
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Pastor Tej in front of the church in Kathmandu, built miraculously in a short time so they could worship in it for Christmas 2013. Nationality: Nepali. Occupation: Pastor, full-time climbing Gospel minister. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. How long have you climbed? Seven years. Type of climbing you do: Mountain climbing. Highlight of climbing career: Making soft climbs of hills and mountains in remote areas where there is no transportation. I love to climb for Christ because I do it not for adventure, but for removing the mountain of sins from the liv...
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Leanne on mission in Nicaragua. Nationality: American. Occupation: Pastoral administrative assistant at Hope Lutheran Church in Rochester, NY. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2012, 2015 (twice) and 2016. How long have you climbed? Never. Type of climbing you do: None (yet). Highlight of climbing career:  I suspect it will be the first climb I complete. How long have you been a Christian? I have known Jesus all my life. But the last 14 years, I have had a deeper relationship with Him. I love Him more every day. Type of ministry you are blessed to serve in:  senior high, family, child...
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Brandy Everts on Mission: Possible 6, walking with a child in that restricted country. Nationality: Canadian. Occupation: Coordinator of Climbing for Christ Canada and greenhouse horticulturist. Missions with Climbing For Christ: Haiti 2013; Morocco 2013; Nepal 2012 (twice) and 2014; Nigeria 2011; and Mission: Possible 2009, 2010 and 2011.  How long have you climbed? I have no experience technical climbing, but I love hiking and trekking! I have been focused on hiking and trekking since 1997. Type of climbing you do: Hiking and trekking – or whatever needs to be done to get to the...
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Elaine Fallesen, with Climbing For Christ missionary Miguel Rubén Guante, delivers a prayer shawl to a widow in Gentilhomme, Haiti. Nationality: American. Occupation: Marketing associate for MVP Health Care. Missions with C4C: Haiti 2008 and 2009; Kilimanjaro 2011; Malawi 2014, and Nepal 2012. How long have you climbed? Since the early ‘90s when our kids were small and we began discovering as a family the beautiful outdoors. Type of climbing you do: Climbing in His direction. Highlight of climbing career: As I’m vertically challenged, it’s a toss-u...
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Michael Heitland, left, on the summit of Kilimanjaro in 2011. Nationality: American. Occupation: Director of Equipping Saints For Ministry (ES4M). Missions with C4C: Kilimanjaro 2011 & 2013, Morocco 2013, Nigeria 2011, and Nepal 2012 and 2013. How long have you climbed? About 10 years. Type of climbing you do: Mountaineering. Highlight of climbing career: I would have to say summiting Kilimanjaro in 2011 during Mission: Kilimanjaro! How long have you been a Christian? I consider my spiritual birthday to be September 1996. This was the start of a long road of sanctification and God ...
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Climbing For Christ delivered "Operation Duffle Bag" gifts for the Project 1:27-sponsored orphans in Nepal during our November mission trip. These gifts were prepared by Rose Hill Baptist Church in Marietta, NY, USA. On CHRISTmas, Pastor Tej handed out the gift bags to the children (photos below). “We had a great time on CHRISTmas,” Tej said. “We celebrated in the children’s home and distributed gifts we received. The children are so excited and happy. On behalf of them I want to thank those who made and sent the gift packages. Many, many thanks. The children are b...
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Watch the Mission: Nepal 2012 video below.

Building up the body of Christ By Gary Fallesen Founding President, Climbing For Christ “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” – 1 Corinthians 12:26 (NIV) We found ourselves encouraging the church in Nepal – from a tiny house church of eight or 10 believers in the remote Far West to the main church of Savior Alone Redeems Asians (SARA ministry) in densely populated Kathmandu to young believers living in orphanages supported by Climbing For Christ. Our message: you are not alone. In a nation of nearly 30 million people – 80 perc...
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Sunday, Nov. 18 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." - 2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV) Most of our North American team members returned to their respective homes on Sunday after traveling for more than 1 1/2 days. They brought with them many memories from the orphanage, trekking in Humla, sharing the Gospel, encouraging the church, and serving with brothers and sisters in Christ. Members of the trekking team enter the village of Thehe in Humla, above, while Caryn Stiteler shares a special moment with two orphans in Kathmandu, below. Saturday, Nov. 17 We...
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Please use this guide to pray for the Climbing for Christ team in Nepal, November 4 to November 19, 2012. Mission Nepal 2012 Prayer Calendar 10.29.12.pdf

Nepal Dossier 2012 (FINAL) 10.18.12.pdf

Orphans outside Kathmandu. When: Nov. 4-18. Purpose: To continue work with indigenous workers in Kathmandu and visit remote villages. Also, partnership with a team from Hope Lutheran Church in Rochester, NY, USA to serve an orphanage that is supported by Project 1:27. Estimated cost: $2,800 for orphanage workers and $3,600 for trekkers. These prices, include airfare, ground transport, accommodations and food. To apply: E-mail info@ClimbingForChrist.org to request a mission application. (Deadline for applications: June 15, 2012.)
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Nationality: American. Occupation: Physician Assistant- Cardiothoracic Surgery at Adventist Hospital, Portland, OR, and Director-Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine. Missions with C4C: First. How long have you climbed? 20 years. Type of climbing you do: Rock and ice and everything in between. Highlight of climbing career: Deep water soloing in Vietnam and summiting Denali with a fellow believer. How long have you been a Christian? Since February 1997. Type of ministry you are blessed to serve in: College Ministry Leader at Hinson Baptist Church. Favorite Scripture verse (an...
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Nationality: American. Occupation: Government worker. Missions with C4C: First. How long have you climbed? About 20 years. Type of climbing you do: Hiking, mostly. Colorado fourteeners, Appalachian trail and similar. Highlight of climbing career: Summiting Adrianne's first 14'er with her. Other highlights include experiencing beautiful sunsets, sunrises, rainbows and various wildlife and flora blessed to us by God! I'll save sharing the "got caught in a thunderstorm at 14,433 feet" for another time! How long have you been a Christian? 39 years. Type of ministry you are blessed to serve in: W...
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Ann  Marie with her husband Jim during the making of the movie 'King's Faith.' Nationality: American. Occupation: Assistant to the Associate Pastor at Hope Church. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2012 and 2015. How long have you climbed? Trees? Since I was 6 or 7. Type of climbing you do: Do stairs count? Highlight of climbing career: Knowing that the best is yet to come! How long have you been a Christian? 11 years. Type of ministry you are blessed to serve in: I’ve had the blessing of serving in many ministries her at Hope. I’ve really enjoyed assisting in making a movie last su...
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