Pulling down strongholds
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
We stood on a mountainside high above the Karnali River in the northwest corner of Nepal. We’d trekked up and down portions of this river higher up in the Humla district. Now we were proposing to follow ...
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
Compassion fatigue is a very real challenge when you find yourself in the trenches day in and day out, always trying to find a way to give more, do more, be mor...
The Spirit has not permitted us to GO to Pakistan.
We wrote last year about planning a trek there into the northern mountains only to have a travel ban forbidding foreigners placed on the area we felt led to for two years. By the time the ban was lifted our team-in-waiting disbanded.
Not to worry,...
One of several valleys trekked by C4C teams visiting Nepal’s Far West district of Huma. (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
“Those are the people who are here to ruin our religion,” the Buddhist monk muttered as he walked away from our team in Simikot, a town in Nepal&rsqu...
The newly built church at Simikot. (Photo by Pastor Harka)
Christ, our cornerstone
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
“What is this church building constructed from?” I asked our Nepali brothers and sisters in Christ as they sat on the ground...
The seed of the church By Gary Fallesen, Climbing For Christ founding president A word of encouragement when you are behind the enemy’s line can go a long way. Be it in an email or a text or a message passed along during a satellite phone call. Knowing you are being prayed for and foll...
The church at Simikot under construction on Sept. 27. (Photo by Brandy Fisher)
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‘Precious gift of life’ delivered in Pakistan
Thumbs up for the Bible given to a Pakistani couple by Evangelist Haseeb. (Photo by Save Pakistan)
God placed on the heart of a North American member the desire to help Save Pakistan deliver the Word of God to people atten...
Mission: Nepal 2016, Part 2 Saturday, Sept. 17-Friday, Sept. 30 By Gary Fallesen Climbing For Christ Friday, Sept. 30 The mountain-side village of Takla, right, under heavy clouds earlier this week. (Photos by Gary Fallesen) We all carry different memories home from a trip like t...
Jesse trekking in Nepal.
Nationality: American. Occupation: Supervisor, University of Rochester Medical Center supply chain. Missions with C4C: Mexico 2005, Dominican Republic/Haiti 2005, Kilimanjaro 2007, China 2008, Peru 2011 and 2018, and Nepal 2016.
How long have you climbed? 20-plus y...