PERU

Climbing For Christ

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

Peru

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The spectacular 22,205-foot (6,768-meter) Huascaran Norte in the Cordillera Blanca. (Photo by Gabe Colburn, C4C) Many powerful civilizations once called ancient Peru their home. One of the more prominent peoples in history to occupy this land were the Incas. However, in spite of thier stature...
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Dispatches: Peru 2026

Mission: Peru 2026

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Mission: Peru 2026 returns to the village of Chalhua, where Climbing For Christ built a church in 2015. Ten days of outreach in Cordillera Blanca mountain villages is planned. The expedition is scheduled May 3-19. Check back for daily Dispatches.

Stephanie Mezei

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Nationality: German. Occupation: YMCA Secretary. Missions with C4C: Peru 2026. How long have you climbed? I’m not really into climbing, but I enjoy doing it every now and then. Type of climbing you do: Sometimes bouldering.

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Monday, May 16

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Only God knows the hearts of those with whom we have shared. But at least seven people prayed for salvation and another recommitted his life to Jesus in the remote, dirt-poor mountain village of Chalhua (11,900 feet/3,625 meters). The soul saved by the Spirit that moved us the most was 9-year...

Sunday, May 15

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The road to Portachuelo Pass. We left Musho and made a seven-hour drive up and down a curvy mountainous dirt road to more remote and poorer villages on the other side of the Cordillero Blanca. The drive took us through the Portachuelo Pass at 15,700 feet (4,767 meters) with jaw-dropping v...

Saturday, May 14

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The Evangelic Expedition began in earnest when Jordan shared with and prayed for the salvation of two boys in Cajapampa, a village sitting a few kilometers from and a little higher than Musho. Juan then convicted a “grandma” with a self-proclaimed hardened heart and led her in prayer to ...

Friday, May 13

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Huascaran, Peru's tallest mountain, in the sunshine behind the steeple of a Catholic church being built in Musho. We set out from Huaraz to deliver the Gospel to mountain villages the next five days, stopping first in Mancos. Jaime was given land there to build on and asked us to dedicate...

Thursday, May 12

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Nevado Churup (18,134 feet/5,495 meters) looms above our trail to Laguna Churup (14,685 feet/4,450 meters). Our acclimatization hike turned into an acclimatization scramble up the rocks beside a waterfall at an elevation higher than any summit in the contiguous U.S. After sleeping ...

Wednesday, May 11

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Jaime Servat welcoming the team to Peru. Peru members Jaime Servat and Edwin Milla were waiting in the airport, welcome sign in hand, to greet us after our eight-hour overnight flight from Los Angeles to Lima. Jaime was overjoyed to be able to meet a C4C team from the United States. Durin...

Tuesday, May 10

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Our Mission: Peru and Mission: Possible 6 teams met in Los Angeles on Monday for a day of training today in preparation for these two Evangelic Expeditions. After enjoying dinner and fellowship Monday night, seven team members from three time zones in North America dug into the Word and teachings th...

The cost of a soul? Priceless

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What will US$204.82 buy you in South America? Six souls for Jesus. Perhaps even more. There may be a crisis in the world's economy. But God's economy is to make something from next-to-nothing. Jaime Servat, in red visor, with an Indian farmer receiving Christ in Otavalo, Ecuador in Oct...

Mission: Peru 2011

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Date: May 9-20, 2011. Purpose: Visit the central highlands (above 3,050 meters/10,000 feet), surveying how God would have us serve the people in the north-central part of the country. Encourage Christian farmers and deliver the Gospel to non-Christians living near Huascaran National Park, where the...
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