Pandemic S.O.S. Responding to coronavirus around the Climbing For Christ world By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ Monday, Aug. 31 x A river of mud floods streets in a Haitian village. (Photo by Getty Images) Before Hurricane Laura crashed into Louisiana with Category 4 ferocity, it was a tropical storm that swept over Hispaniola. Haiti and the Dominican Republic always seem to be in the path of storms raging out of the Atlantic. Two of the 13 so far this season made direct hits on the island and others, like Laura, dumped enough rain to make a miserab...
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The care of God the Father Food truck. (Photos by Damson Samson) Another truckload of maize was delivered last week to the widows in Malawi. “Unspeakable joy” was the way Kingdom worker Damson Samson described the widows’ reaction to this gift. Emily Patisi had not eaten for five days when the food arrived. “She danced all over, not understanding this blessing,” Damson reported. “She continued thanking God for such support.” Emily Patisi. The group village head from Nasiyaya said “being a widow, taking care of three orphans, it i...
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Widows in southern Malawi celebrate the gift of food from God through Climbing For Christ. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read our Mission Moments: Malawi story, “The care of God the Father.”

Food delivered in Malawi as part of our COVID-19 relief effort. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read “Rivers of tears” and see more photos from these Mission Moment in Malawi.

Rivers of tears By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ Widow Henley Kamowa receiving COVID-19 relief from Climbing For Christ. (Photos by Damson Samson) Damson Samson prayed with the widow Henley Kamowa, a man whose sickness made walking difficult. Henley had suffered for a long time, and he could not believe anyone would care about him. When Damson and his wife Selena and others arrived to deliver COVID-19 relief, they provided more than maize, rice, fish, and cooking oil. They delivered hope. “Before we presented the gift, we shared with him the Word a...
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God smiles on Mulanje Massif By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ “I thank God for giving us a victorious moment to gather with my brothers here despite the coronavirus situation.” – Damson Samson, Climbing For Christ staff member on the Mulanje Massif Chapter’s DMD training in May Mulanje Massif Chapter members. (Photo by Damson Samson) It was heart-check time in southern Malawi. Damson Samson, our Kingdom worker who is based there, wondered if the cost and time spent with the guides and porters in our Mulanje Massif Chapter was producing a r...
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A widow in southern Malawi uses her gift from Climbing For Christ – a 10-liter water bucket – so her grandchildren can wash their hands. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE for this Mission Moments: Malawi story, “Wash your hands – if you can.”

Wash your hands – if you can By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ A widow in southern Malawi uses her gift from Climbing For Christ – a 10-liter water bucket – so her grandchildren can wash their hands. (Photos by Damson Samson) Damson Samson visited dozens of widows in numerous villages when he reached Mrs. Sukusula’s house after dark. “I went into her house and she was sleeping right on the blanket (on the dirt floor),” Damson said. “I told her to use the mat.” Damson was delivering sleeping mats and mosqui...
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Calm before coronavirus By Gary Fallesen Founding president, Climbing For Christ Our celebration with more than 450 widows on March 20 would not have been permitted three days later, when Malawi’s president declared a coronavirus national disaster. The specter of coronavirus hung over us in Malawi, but God allowed us to do all that He sent us to do from March 14 to 21: preaching, teaching disciple-making to guides and porters in our Mulanje Massif Chapter, holding medical clinics, and lovingly instructing and celebrating orphans and widows supported by Climbing For Christ’s ...
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New roofs over their heads Lydia Namonde, above, and Inesi Chisteko, below, give praise and thanks to God for new houses. (Photos by Damson Samson) Inesi Chisteko’s late husband was a farmer and he was able to harvest more than the next guy, but she told our Damson Samson “they couldn’t build a home such as this. This is where she sees the hand of God at work.” God worked first on the hearts of Mission: Malawi 2020 team members Dr. Steve Quakenbush and Laura Copper, a father and daughter from Canon City, CO, who were inspired to offer funds given to them ...
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Mission: Malawi 2020 By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ Sunday, March 22 Our Malawi team (left to right): Gary, Elaine, Laura, and Steve – wearing some of the gifts from widows at the widows’ celebration Friday. (Photos by Damson Samson) God’s timing is perfect. We did everything we were sent to do in Malawi – preached, taught guides and porters as well as orphans, visited and celebrated with widows, and encouraged our workers and ministry friends – and then we returned to the United States uneventfully. We returned hom...
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Climbing For Christ’s Damson Samson, right, leads our Mulanje Massif Chapter members in prayer after they sang and danced around the room to the song “Jesus is coming around the corner” during a time of worship. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) Climbing For Christ continues to serve the spiritual and physical needs in southern Malawi through disciples-making-disciples training of guides and porters in the Mulanje Massif Chapter, medical clinics, and time with widows and orphans. CLICK HERE to read this week’s daily Dispatches from Mission: Malawi 2020.
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There is a saying in Malawi: “God can’t sleep.” Psalm 121:4 tells us God “never slumbers or sleeps.” The hunger situation in Malawi remains “critical.” For the second time in as many months, Kingdom worker Damson Samson delivered maize purchased with funding provided through Climbing For Christ. He shared 100 50-kilogram bags (more than 11,000 pounds) of grain. CLICK HERE to read the Mission Moments: Malawi story, “God can’t sleep.”
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God can’t sleep By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ “And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” – Matthew 10:30 (NIV), also Luke 12:7 I looked into the eyes of the many widows photographed by Kingdom worker Damson Samson during last week’s food distribution in southern Malawi. I ask you to do the same. Look. Really look. Damson wrote about the women above, “They are not understanding the grace of God that has remembered the forgotten.” In other words, they are overwhelmed by God’s love for them. Forg...
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 Laura sharing Jesus with children in the Amazon rainforest. Nationality: American. Occupation: Teacher. Missions with C4C: Malawi 2020. How long have you climbed? Growing up in Colorado, I have loved the beautiful mountains He created all my life. Type of climbing you do: Hiking. Highlight of climbing career: Brown’s Lake outside of Fort Collins, CO. How long have you been a Christian? All my life. Type of ministry you are blessed to serve in:  Children’s Ministry, Youth Ministry, and Missions. Favorite Scripture verse (and why): Romans 1:16: “I am not ashamed ...
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A “vote of thanks” from widows in Manasi village to Climbing For Christ members around the world. “‘Don’t worry for what you will eat’ [Matthew 6:25]. This has come true to us. Three days with no food, but today will be another story. Thank Jesus!” (Photo by Damson Samson) Climbing For Christ was blessed (with more than $13,000 in food relief funding) to bless others (from Damson’s widows to members of Pastor Duncan Nyozani’s churches). CLICK HERE to read “Demonstrating God’s love,” a Mission Moments: Malawi report. ...
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Demonstrating God’s love By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ A “vote of thanks” from widows in Manasi village to Climbing For Christ members around the world. “‘Don’t worry for what you will eat’ [Matthew 6:25]. This has come true to us. Three days with no food, but today will be another story. Thank Jesus!” (Photos by Damson Samson) “Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help.” – 1 Timothy 5:5 (NLT) Mary Mko...
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Food relief for Malawi Pastor Duncan surrounded by members of his church receiving manna from heaven. Climbing For Christ was blessed to send more than $13,000 USD to Malawi to help with the latest food crisis. Funding was divided between our Kingdom worker Damson Samson and ministry partner Duncan Nyozani. Damson will be feeding widows for the next three months. Duncan used the $6,659.95 in funding to provide 232 families and another 150 individuals with maize on Sunday, Jan. 19. In all, Duncan purchased 260 50-kilogram bags of maize. We thank God for HIS provision. A truckload of foo...
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Praising God under a baobab tree in Makhanamba, Malawi. (Photo by Damson Samson) CLICK HERE to read Mission Moments: Malawi, “Take care of grandma and grandpa.”

Take care of grandma and grandpa By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ Lucy Unyolo gives thanks to God for this provision. She said the support reached them in a time of need “as they had no hope to see what they are seeing on this day.” (Photos by Damson Samson) “Since the beginning of this year it has been hard for our widows right here in Malawi,” said Kingdom worker Damson Samson. “The challenges [are increased by] poor rain and the cyclone that hit part of this country (in March). “Widows normally have less energy to put i...
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