Indonesian humanitarian mission to the Philippines
By Budi Yuwono
C4C Indonesia
(Editor’s Note: Budi Yuwono’s home church of Abbalove in Jakarta, Indonesia partnered with DoctorSHARE, also known as the Physician Care Foundation, for a humanitarian relief mission to the Philippines. ...
Reunion on Rinjani
Sunrise on Rinjani. (Photo by Budi Yuwono)
Budi Yuwono and Alexander Wijaya, two Climbing For Christ Indonesia members, went to the island of Lombok in early May to climb Mount Rinjani as a follow-up to Mission: Indonesia 2012. “Very good trip,” Budi reported. &ldq...
Ace Concordia, teaching in Tacadang.
Nationality: Filipino. Occupation: Businessman. Missions with C4C: Indonesia 2012, and 15 expeditions in the Philippines from 2008-2013.
How long have you climbed? 10-plus years. Type of climbing you do: Hiking, trekking. Highlight of climbing career: Reachi...
Mission: Indonesia
Making straight paths for Him
One of our porters on Mount Rinjani was telling us about his Sasak village on the island of Lombok. When asked what the name of the village meant, he said: “Door fall on you.”
Then, in a display of modern-day texting style, he added, &l...
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Date: May 2013. Length of trip: 10 days. Team size: 4-6 members.
Purpose: To trek Mount Rinjani, an active volcano (12,224 feet/3,726 meters) on the island of Lombok. The volcano is located in a national park surrounded by Sasak villages. There are an estimated 540 Christians living among a people ...
Summit fever struck the seemingly aimless group wandering on the slopes of a large active volcano on one of Indonesia’s many islands. Never mind the late start (3 p.m.) and the abbreviated schedule (less than the minimum 3 days and 2 nights required to ascend the more than 12,000-foot/3,650-me...
Date: April 2012.
Purpose: To continue to encourage and inspire C4C Indonesia and to travel together to a new island for a mountain trek to reach a people group that may have 540 Christians among its population of more than 2.7 million (0.02 percent). Also, visit a village on another isla...
Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim nation, claiming that about 213 million of its 248 million people¹ (86 percent) follow Islam. While the Southeastern Asian country’s constitution supposedly guarantees religion freedom, persecution against Christians is well documented.
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