Shining God’s love on Malawi widows
By Gary Fallesen, founding president Climbing For Christ
Anne Pesulo. (Photos by Damson Samson)
A Climbing For Christ member, “moved greatly by your story of another donor giving the gift of such a home,” sent US $800 to build a ...
Sermon on the Mount (Mulanje) We climbed from the Fort Lister trailhead to Sombani Hut with 28 guides and porters from Climbing For Christ’s Mulanje Massif Chapter. It was a day-hike that was blessed beyond measure. First, we were on the Mulanje Massif, also known as Mount Mulanje, a hiking p...
Dream on: new mattresses, bedding for kids
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Clement with the makings of a new bed. (Photo by Duncan Nyozani)
“I will sleep like a baby tonight,” Clement said as he hauled off his new mattress.
The Project 1:27-sponsored child...
Delivering life to the Ngoni people
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Damson Samson prays for some of the 29 Ngoni widows who surrendered their lives to Jesus during worship on Sunday, Sept. 3. (Photos by Philip Mkweza)
The head of one of the village groups rejoiced ...
Looking after orphans and widows
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
“But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.” &ndash...
Project 1:27 Malawi Climbing For Christ was introduced to the plight of what was then called Searchlight Orphan Care in Malawi, Africa on Oct. 25, 2009, when a thief broke into the orphanage and robbed all of the children’s food. Seven bags of maize, two bags of beans, five liters of cookin...
Mission: Malawi 2017
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Mission: Malawi 2017 team: (back row left to right) Elaine Fallesen of Rochester, NY, USA; Damson Samson of Kambona, Malawi; Dr. Steve Quakenbush of Canon City, CO; Pastor ...
Brick making from mud in the remote village of Singano. (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
A survey of construction methods was the team’s assignment on our first full day on the job. We learned how the poorest of the poor turn mud into bricks and build houses that will last one year, and how others ...
Reaching an unreached people group: ‘Yes, we can’
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
The question arose at the 2016 Finishing the Task Conference, where we learned that the Ngoni people of Malawi were listed among the unreached. I asked Damson Samson, Climbing Fo...
Warming widows with gesture of love
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Widows warming to new jackets. (Photos by Damson Samson)
With winter on its way in Malawi, warm jackets were delivered to the widows served by Climbing For Christ’s Damson Samson.
“We h...