Mission Moments: Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Chapter training (first quarter 2026)
By GARY FALLESEN, president Climbing For Christ
Reporting and photographs provided by DAMSON SAMSON, Africa coordinator Climbing For Christ
Saturday, March 21
Kilimanjaro Chapter leaders from Marangu.
The Kilimanjaro Chapter leaders from Marangu aired some grievances about food distribution and John Mollel, as chapter coordinator and owner of the trekking company we use for training, not paying salaries to those who do outreach expeditions with us. The guides and porters who GO, as volunteers, do receive tips from Climbing For Christ.
The money situation was explained and, Damson Samson said, “They understood.”
Damson, led by the Spirit, then used this discussion to share about the time when Hezekiah, the king of Judah, “became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness’” (2 Kings 20:1).
“I told them as fathers to our home, heaven is expecting us to put our house in order. It would please God to see order to our homes as leaders of our (small) groups. As leaders for the Kilimanjaro Chapter, we are to put the chapter in order. Each one of us should know his position and do right according to the position given.
“Any negligence will bring about division within our team. We need people who are responsible for putting things in the right order. Not with the spirit of wishing someone to fail but building up each other together until we see the dream and vision Climbing For Christ has for this chapter come to pass.”
With that, the group prayed and prepared for the training ahead.
Friday, March 20
Some of the Kilimanjaro leaders (left to right) Godlove Kowero, Eliakimu Myanyika, Living Akyo, Daniel Nassar, coordinator John Mollel, Ashery Tibu, and Fadhil Ally.
Damson Samson and John Mollel met with the Kilimanjaro Chapter leaders in Moshi town. Two leaders from Marangu also joined them. They prayed together and talked about “connections.”
“We looked at how Jesus said He was the only way to the Father,” Damson said. “Which means we are connected to the Father through Jesus.
“We looked at how God blessed Abraham. If not for this connection (of Abraham with God) then you do not expect any blessing. God will always connect us with people for His glory.”
John added that the Kilimanjaro Chapter “started with a few members, but now we have more members in the villages, and this is the result of God’s connection.”
In both the Kilimanjaro Chapter and Malawi’s Mulanje Massif Chapter, our DMD training (disciples making disciples) has included the growing of small groups by chapter members. As a result, hundreds of people have become a part of Climbing For Christ’s teachings and, more importantly, part of God’s family.
Daniel Nassar, a porter, said he was introduced to C4C by MacDonald Seka, another porter. “I was not expecting what I saw and heard the very first day,” he recalled. “I knew that this was the place to stay. I have seen the greatness of God.”
Daniel went from being a porter on the mountain to a pastor in his local church. Now he is a senior pastor overseeing 13 churches in the Kilimanjaro region.
Thursday, March 19
After flying from Blantyre, Malawi to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Damson overnighted. He then completed his travels to Kilimanjaro. “After resting, I will be meeting John Mollel (C4C’s Kingdom worker in Tanzania) in the afternoon,” Damson said.
Wednesday, March 18
Damson Samson began his trip to Tanzania, flying out of Blantyre, Malawi. “I would ask for your prayers as I start from home,” said Damson, who also reported four days of rain in southern Malawi. “We pray that is should not continue as it will affect many.”
In fact, Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) released a statement on recent heavy rains and floods experienced across the country between March 15 and 18. “A total of 9,598 households have been affected, with 128 households displaced,” the DoDMA statement said, adding that 13 deaths and 35 injuries had been recorded and 12 “evacuation camps” were established.
More than half of the displaced are in three southern districts Zomba, Mulanje, and Phalombe, where Damson lives. Pray for peace of heart for Damson as he leaves his family (wife, three children, and countless relatives) during this difficult time.
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