HAITI

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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: Haiti 2026

Clinic to rescue the sick

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Our goal is to build a clinic in the mountains of Haiti where there is no medical care available. “A clinic would be a means of rescue for the inhabitants of these places,” said Gilbert Lindor, who Climbing For Christ supported through medical school in neigbhoring Dominican Republic.

Mission: Haiti 2025

Higher education

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Our first Mission: Haiti since 2013 is tentatively scheduled in late October. Our team will attend Gilbert Lindor’s (delayed) graduation from medical school at Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We will then conduct a medical mission in the Chaine de la Selle mountains of Haiti, Lord willing, or in Dominican camps for Haitians.

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Latest News

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 ...

Mission Moment: April 9, 2012

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There is a great medical need in Haiti. Here's a message from Steve Quakenbush of Cañon City, CO, USA, who has served as the team doctor conducting medical clinics on the past five Evangelic Expeditions to Haiti, including Mission: Haiti 2012 last month: It was a joy, during our recent...

Trip Report: God is faithful

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Worship in the church at Malasi on March 18. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) By Gary Fallesen Founding President, Climbing For Christ Haitian missionary Miguel Rubén Guante looks at the churches of Monte Pou Kris (Climbing For Christ in Creole) and sees a people with “little faith.&rdqu...

Dispatches: Thursday, March 22

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U.S. team members traveled back to the States and their homes today and tonight. It began with a five-hour drive from the border to Santo Domingo, followed by flights to New York City and then to respective home airports. Haitian missionary Miguel was not as fortunate as our U.S. group. Shortly aft...

Dispatches: Wednesday, March 21

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We said our goodbyes and prayed for Malasi before hitting the “road” — rocky dirt roads that lead to mostly dry river beds all running downhill out of the Chaine de la Selle mountains in southeastern Haiti. The two vehicles — “the God truck” driven by Miguel and ...
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