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...
Mark working on the annual Brian Kimble Memorial Habitat Day in Rochester, NY, USA.
Nationality: American. Occupation: Engineer. Missions with C4C: Malawi 2017.
How long have you climbed? Occasional hikes. Type of climbing you do: Recreational. Highlight of climbing career: Climbing one of t...
God’s timing for a meeting such as this
Mulanje Massif Chapter evangelism training in Malawi introduces many to Jesus
A time of worship at the Mulanje Massif Chapter meeting. (Photos by Damson Samson)
The Muslim man attending our Mulanje Massif Chapter training in southern Malawi con...
Tears of gratitude and fear
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
The church at Msema dances for joy during food distribution on April 15. (Photos by Duncan Nyozani)
When Pastor Duncan Nyozani told his church at Kambona that last Sunday’s distr...
Dave working the jackhammer on a Habitat for Humanity project in Rochester, NY.
Nationality: USA. Occupation: Electrical engineer. Missions with C4C: Malawi 2017.
How long have you climbed? 32 years. Type of climbing you do: Corporate (Just kidding!!). Highlight of climbing career: I have...
Hunger, thieves, and a future harvest in Malawi
Food continues to be distributed among our brothers and sisters in Pastor Duncan Nyozani’s churches in southern Malawi even as a long-awaited harvest of maize begins. As always it is a mixture of thanksgiving and pain.
“Pe...