Mike Wall enjoying some yak milk while on mission. Nationality: American. Occupation: Assistant Director of Christian Challenge/FCA at Fort Lewis College, blogger at thewallscall.blogspot.com, Climbing for Christ Colorado Western Slope Coordinator, and lastly, raft guide/ski instructor when our college students my wife and I work with are away on holiday breaks. Needless to say, I stay pretty busy. Missions with C4C: Peru 2014 and 2015, Philippines 2013 and 2014, and “Possible” 2009, 2010 and 2011. How long have you climbed?  I started when I was a freshman in high...
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Rachel Wall, with a precious child on Mission: Philippines 2013. Nationality: American. Occupation: Collegiate Minister. Missions with C4C: Peru 2015, Philippines 2013 and 2014, and Mission: Possible 6. How long have you climbed? Since I was little, I’ve always loved being out in God’s Creation. Type of climbing you do: Trees, and hiking/trekking. Highlight of climbing career: Mount Sneffels with my husband. How long have you been a Christian? Since age 4. However 2006 is when I really started taking up my cross and following, not just believing. Type of ministry you are bl...
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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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With great expectation, our dedicated team of four anxiously awaited the end of the grueling five days of travel from our homes to our destination in the valley. How would God reveal His glory to these nomadic people? How would He build on the previous trips to this area? What had He done in their hearts since we had been there last? We were entering the unknown and trusting that God would again provide and protect. Mission: Possible 6 was about to unfold. Even though many of our team members already had relationships with our friends in the valley, we were struck with the frustration of...
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The North American members of our team have returned safely to the United States. Praise God!

We made it back to our port city with absolutely no problem. It only took us 6½ hours to get here (as opposed to 13-plus hours last year). The roads were much better this year and our “m” said if we left really early we would have no trouble with traffic. We are back to our hotel. We'll be getting up at 5 a.m.Sunday to go to the airport and fly back to North America.
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We arrived in the city with the hostel. The trip was fine. Really long, but we are well. We left the Valley at 6:30 a.m., saying goodbye to “D’s” family. We blessed them and then left. We had no problems while driving and arrived at the hostel at 6:30 p.m. We will leave for our entry/departure city at 6 a.m. Saturday.
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We spent our last day in the Valley today. We start our two days of driving back on Friday and fly on Sunday. We helped our friend “D’s” family today; they moved all their yaks down from the hills to their tent. We found out there’s been a rumor going around about us, saying that we are coming to convert everyone and if we do they’ll be different. Some people have said, “Don’t listen to them.” Our “m” told us to be careful around “D’s” sister. One of our team spent some time talking to her. We feel that w...
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We left “Y’s” house this morning and walked 20 kilometers (about 12½ miles) to “L's.” There were a lot of people around when we were getting ready to leave so we couldn’t talk to “Y” again about making a commitment. But our “m” pulled him aside and told him we would be praying for him. He said he was encouraged that we came back and he wants to know more about Jesus. “L” was out working when we arrived, but he came home and we had one hour with him. He had to go back out into the hills with their herd because the...
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While the team hung out and played with a group of children, our “m” and “Y” took a long walk into the hills to talk, where “m” witnessed to our friend, who — praise God! — has been diligently reading the Bible, listening to the Christian radio program, and even reading our discipleship packet! Our friend told “m” that the only thing holding him back from accepting Christ into his life is his reputation in the Valley. We told “Y” that we wanted to pray for him, and that knowledge of the Lord wouldn’t ruin his repu...
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We found our good friend “Y” at the end of a 20-kilometer (about 12½-mile) hike. As we approached the area, all of the children came out to greet us. It was a great reunion and great to see everyone again. On our hike in, we met many people along the way who spoke with “m” and came to realize that we were here once again, and that we were going to keep coming back to see them. That made a huge impression on them. We will play with the children today and stay at our friend’s home tonight, then hike back out Wednesday. Everyone is well, and God is good.
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“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.” — Jesus praying to the Father about His disciples in John 17:18 We are focused again on why we are here. Jesus sent us. We are of One accord. Everybody is doing really well. When we saw our friend “D,” who is a crippled Buddhist monk living with his family in the Valley, he was walking without a limp and he could speak much better. It was incredible. The last two years he limped severely and was mute except when he chanted. We have prayed with and for him since the summer of 2009. Our &ld...
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We’ve arrived in the Valley and set up camp. Everything was really good today on the drive. It was only 12 hours all the way into the Valley, where in past years it has taken us 1 ¼ days to drive as far as we went today. Things are going really well. People have already started to come to visit our camp. The team is really tired at the end of another long day of hard travel — and the culmination of four days of travel — but we are having dinner and expect to stay up to visit with those coming to see us.
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We’ve arrived in the Valley and set up camp. Everything was really good today on the drive. It was only 12 hours all the way into the Valley, where in past years it has taken us 1 ¼ days to drive as far as we went today. Things are going really well. People have already started to come to visit our camp. The team is really tired at the end of another long day of hard travel — and the culmination of four days of travel — but we are having dinner and expect to stay up to visit with those coming to see us.
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We have arrived in the town that is about the midway point in our ground travel to the Valley. The trip today was good. We ended up being stuck in traffic for three hours due to the usual road construction and we think a landslide. There were also many “stops” with people checking information, but we passed right through every one. We still arrived here at a decent hour. The owners of the guest house where we are staying tonight have been extremely generous and are making our stay very welcome. We just ate dinner and are now playing a local game. On Saturday, we will continue wi...
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“We have arrived. We are here. Everybody is doing really good, but we're super tired.” The team traveled by air from very early Wednesday morning to Thursday afternoon to reach its entry point. After getting some sleep, they will set out Friday morning by land to the first overnight stop on the itinerary.
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Our Mission: Peru and Mission: Possible 6 teams met in Los Angeles on Monday for a day of training today in preparation for these two Evangelic Expeditions. After enjoying dinner and fellowship Monday night, seven team members from three time zones in North America dug into the Word and teachings that will be applied to respective trips. We opened with the first of two weeks of daily devotionals and prayer. We then watched Louie Giglio’s study “God’s Passion for God’s Glorification” before an extended C4C teaching on one of the world’s religions about to ...
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Tibetan Buddhism a way of life, but not The Way Faster than you can say the greeting, “Tah-shi de-leh,” the Tibetan wants to know if you have met the Dalai Lama. When you have come from the outside world, where their beloved Dalai Lama lives in exile, you are greeted with questions. Forget the language barrier. Curiosity finds a way to communicate. “Have you seen him?” “The people would die for the Dalai Lama,” says our Tibetan translator, who is a Christian. “It is very serious to them.” The Dalai Lama’s photograph adorns the p...
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Ministry for the bold and adventurous! Go where people have never heard the name of Jesus. We are returning to a place we have visited on two previous Evangelic Expeditions and where our “m” now works to continue building relationships. “I have shared some more of the Gospel and explained the (discipleship) guide (we have developed in their native language),” our “m” said after visiting one of our semi-nomadic friends. “It was a nice talk and he is interested, but still have some more distance to trust. He welcomed you to visit again.” When...
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