Speed of sound
Bad news travels fast. Mass shootings in America are heard about in remote villages on the other side of the world. Plane crashes in remote reaches are learned about – and stressed about – soon after they happen. If only the Good News could travel as quickly.
Faith in action moving mountains
Kilimanjaro will always have a special place in our hearts because this is where, in 1998, God birthed the idea of His ministry, Climbing For Christ. This time (our 14th expedition to Tanzania) was particularly satisfying. Even though our team was stormed off the mountain for the first time in nine treks up the 19,341-foot (5,895-meter) peak, we were blessed to interact more than ever with the guides and porters working with us.
‘Don’t be afraid. Just have faith’
Mission: Nepal 2021 was long, hard, full of obstacles – and very fruitful. Jesus promises us if we remain in Him, He will remain in us, and through this abiding “we will produce much fruit.” We just needed to have faith.
Sharing God’s love story on Mission: Kilimanjaro
“It was exhilarating to be able to GO again after being grounded from international travel for almost a year,” Climbing For Christ's Elaine Fallesen observed after Mission: Kilimanjaro 2021 was carried out from June 22 to July 8. DMD training with guides, porters, and their wives; delivering COVID-19 relief; climbing Mount Meru, and much more.
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 ...
Calm before coronavirus
By Gary Fallesen
Founding president, Climbing For Christ
Our celebration with more than 450 widows on March 20 would not have been permitted three days later, when Malawi’s president declared a coronavirus national disaster.
The specter of coronavirus hung over...
Dauson Chonjo, second from right, among guides and porters answering questions asked by Damson Samson, left. (Photo by Elaine Fallesen)
‘I have something to do on the mountain’
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Dauson Chonjo was there for the start of Climbin...
The Lord is in the details By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ Trekking toward Tsum Valley in central Nepal. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) Eduárd Nitkovszki went shopping in his native Hungary in preparation for Mission: Nepal 2019, Part 2. Eduárd was excited to f...
Keep the faith
​​Do not grow weary or give up; a harvest will be reaped
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Trekking into the Aladaglar Mountains. (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Descending off Mount Ararat for the first time in 2010, I was facing an intense batt...
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...