Ticket to Paradise
Focuing on serving a Muslim porter rather than pursuing the summit of Mount Rinjani in 2012 changed the way our Indonesia leader looked at doing ministry. It opened his eyes to an opportunity that gives him a reason to be there. This business-as-ministry vision was helped by a late brother in Christ whose legacy gift to C4C is turning a dream into a reality.
From Mission: Indonesia to C4C Canada's Annual Celebration
We've circled the globe in total air miles dozens of times, but never on one trip. Until now. We flew 28,000 miles on 13 flights using 10 airlines through seven countries to GO from the Home Office in Rochester, NY to Jakarta, Indonesia to Melbourne, Australia to Tokyo, Japan to western Alberta, Canada and back to the Home Office.
Still on the list
We were in South Sulawesi discussing unreached people when a local worker brought up a group in West Sulawesi. We looked them up. “Still on the list,” we acknowledged.
In fact, three of every 10 people groups remain on that unreached people groups (UPG) list.
We have...
Sulawesi jungles: lush, green, and shrouded in darkness. But God dwells even in the darkness, we are told in 1 Kings 8:12. (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
Fear God, nothing less
An invitation to GO on Mission: Indonesia 2020
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Our brother wa...
Mission: Indonesia 2019, Part 1
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Friday, May 3
Team C4C: Gary, Budi and Jordan in Central Sulawesi.
It was a 35-hour Friday as Jordan and I traveled backward across 11 time zones from Jakarta, Indonesia to Climbing For Christ&...
Gunung Sojol, the highest peak on Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
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Aid for those in need of salt and light
Devastation in Palu, Central Sulawesi, including a destroyed mosque, is seen in this aerial photo from the Reuters news agency.
Natural disasters in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population continue to be a wakeup call to the churc...
Prepare ye the way
The timing was divine: We were on a spiritual retreat when, first, an email arrived from Finishing the Task. It talked about getting the list of unengaged unreached people groups (UUPGs) remaining in the world from 964 to zero. This was followed by a phone call from the same asso...