HAITI

Climbing For Christ

TAKING THE GOSPEL TO MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE OTHER MISSIONARIES CANNOT OR WILL NOT GO

Hispaniola: Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Hispaniola is an island in the Caribbean that is shared by two countries: the Afro-Caribbean Haiti to the west and the Hispanic Dominican Republic to the east. This is where Christopher Columbus landed in 1492 — “discovering” America. When Columbus arrived, the island was in...

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Expeditions

Mission: Kilimanjaro 2025

Go tell it on the mountain

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Climbing For Christ’s 18th expedition to Tanzania, where C4C was birthed in 1998, is scheduled for December. We conducted our first mission to Kilimanjaro in 2007. Thirty Climbing For Christ members have participated in Mission: Kilimanjaro, many more than once. Twenty-three members have gone to the summit at least once.

Mission: Malawi 2025

There’s gold in them thar hills

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Climbing For Christ’s 10th expedition to Malawi, where we first went in 2010, is scheduled for December. Our team will continue classroom instruction with guides and porters in the Mulanje Massif Chapter and then conduct a four-day outreach expedition on the mountain.

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Mission Moment: July 4, 2012

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Pastor Trezin from the original Climbing For Christ church at Gentilhomme speaking at the start of the June seminary. Twenty-three pastors and church leaders attended the monthly seminary for June, held on Saturday, June 30 in Thoman. The lesson was a follow-up to the teaching that the ...

Mission Moment: June 19, 2012

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It had been many months since Climbing For Christ had visited the village where our entire ministry to Haiti began nearly 7 years ago. “The church was in joy waiting for me,” said missionary Miguel Rubén Guante, who represented C4C in Gentilhomme last weekend. “The ch...

Mission Moment: June 6, 2012

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While waiting for funds to rescue Saintela, the Haitian woman with a large tumor in her mouth [see April 9 below], another medical emergency arose. Pastor Emilio (“Blanco”) Setoute of the church at Jimani has been extremely ill since early May. Missionary Miguel Rubén Guante took ...

Mission Moment: May 27, 2012

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Bananas, planted about six weeks ago at the church at Malasi, are growing well. Missionary Miguel Rubén Guante visited Malasi on Sunday after teaching our monthly seminary in Thoman on Saturday. He reports that “the bananas are growing well.” Coffee plants are not doing a...

Mission Moment: May 17, 2012

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Unloading fertilizer purchased for the church at Malasi. Missionary Miguel was able to purchase 15 bags of fertilizer at US$31 per bag in his hometown of Thiotte to be delivered to Malasi to apply to coffee, bananas and seeds planted at the church. Climbing For Christ could have purchased t...

Joshua Cook

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Joshua with his father in the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado. Nationality: Philippine-born Coloradan. Occupation: Dallas Seminary student. Missions with C4C: Two (Haiti 2012 and Kilimanjaro 2013). How long have you climbed? Since middle school. Type of climbing you do: If my passion was a ful...

Pastor Don Bird

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Pastor Don Bird Pastor Don in his church at Cañon City, CO. Nationality: American. Occupation: Pastor in the United Methodist Church.Missions with C4C: Haiti will be my first one. How long have you climbed? I'm not a “climber.” More of a hiker from time to t...

Mission Moment: May 14, 2012

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The monthly seminary — an essential part of Mission: Haiti — was delayed in April by a lack of funding. Missionary Miguel finally was able to travel to Thoman to teach the April seminary on Saturday, May 12. “The seminary was good,” he said. “There were 14 people: two p...

Mission Moment: April 20, 2012

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About 400 banana plants were delivered and planted this week on the hill below the church at Malasi. “The people are in joy to sow and take care of the farm with Pastor Vilcuis,” missionary Miguel reported.

Mission Moment: April 17, 2012

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Missionary Miguel Rubén Guante returned to Malasi last week as we had planned during our March mission trip to Haiti. He delivered 252 coffee plants, which were purchased with a financial gift from the children at First United Methodist Church in Cañon City, CO, USA. The coffee plants ...
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