Nationality: U.S. citizen. Occupation: IT consultant. Missions with C4C: Turkey 2021. How long have you climbed? 30 years. Type of climbing you do: More like hiking than climbing. Class 2 Colorado 14ers; I’ve done a few Class 3 peaks in the past. Highlight of climbing career: Hiking the Middle Teton in Wyoming with some of our kids.
The Voice in the wilderness When we first arrived in Humla, a remote district in the northwest corner of Nepal, we could count the number of Christians on two hands. There were seven young men in a tiny house church in the district headquarters of Simikot and a brother and sister in an otherwise Hi...
‘Today, you will be with me in paradise’
A shepherd with his flock on Mount Ararat.
We see and visit many shepherds in our travels into and around the mountains. The story of our Good Shepherd is very relatable to those who tend herds in some of the most remote places.
Pandemic S.O.S. Responding to coronavirus around the Climbing For Christ world By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ Friday, Oct. 30 The people of Kalmette receiving food. (Photo by C4CNG) The young members of Climbing For Christ’s New Generation (Haiti) a...
Under construction: Building the church at Pokhara, which will double as a training center. (Photo by Megh Gurung)
Food delivered to the church in Humla, Nepal. (Photo provided by Megh Gurung)
We give thanks for the response to our COVID-19 Relief Challenge. Donations made in early September 2020 were matched by a Climbing For Christ member and we were blessed with nearly $37,000 USD!
Funds are being distrib...
We continue to receive updates from Kingdom worker Megh Gurung in Nepal on the construction of the church and training center in Pokhara, where we hope to spend time in the future teaching DMD classes. The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced the postponement of Mission: Nepal 2020, but it does not s...
God is on the move
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Elaine, Gary, and Holly with Osman, an MBB with whom they had just prayed in Dogubayazit, Turkey. (Photo by Behzat Bucak)
It was a prophetic moment, a page out of the Old Testament delivered electronically from ...
Mission: Ararat 2020
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Saturday, Aug. 1
Our team photo in front of Mount Ararat: (left to right) Holly, Behzat, Elaine, and Gary.
“How was your trip?” It is a commonly asked question.
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