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More than 15 percent of the world identifies as Hindu. Being a Hindu primarily is based on being born into a Hindu family, not on a set of beliefs or a spiritual conversion. Hinduism is regarded as the third-largest religion in the world with nearly 1.2 billion adherents (behind Christianity with 2.4 billion and Islam with nearly 1.9 billion). Use this prayer guide to ask the Holy Spirit to intercede for Hindu families needing the hope of Jesus.

We are conducting our 18^th Evangelic Expedition to Nepal from Oct. 13 to Nov. 1. This is our first trip to Nepal since November 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be dedicating the church at Pokhara, and then revisiting churches in Rolpa, Humla, and Kathmandu to teach and preach, equip, and encourage.

A survey trip to Uzbekistan was planned to be followed by an expedition to Turkey.

Ghapa would be the seventh church Climbing For Christ has helped build in Nepal in 10 years.

Climbing For Christ has distributed more than $74,000 in COVID-19 relief. The need for more relief is again growing. A Climbing For Christ member has offered to match up to $20,000 in donations to COVID relief!

Kingdom workers in Tanzania, Haiti, and Turkey are carrying out God's work on trips in late March-early April 2021.

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...

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.