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

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Nationality: American. Occupation: Instructor with Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2013. How long have you climbed? This is my second year of climbing. Type of climbing you do: Sport, trad and ice. Highlight of climbing career: Just learning to be comfortable leading sport...

Karina Barger

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Karina, left, ministering at Ghandaki Boarding school in Nepal. Nationality: US Citizen. Occupation: Volunteer Teacher/Missionary. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2013. How long have you climbed? Approximately two years ago I became infatuated with God's marvelous creation and began seeking ways to exp...

Michael Heitland

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Michael Heitland, left, on the summit of Kilimanjaro in 2011. Nationality: American. Occupation: Director of Equipping Saints For Ministry (ES4M). Missions with C4C: Kilimanjaro 2011 & 2013, Morocco 2013, Nigeria 2011, and Nepal 2012 and 2013. How long have you climbed? About 10 years. Type of c...

Alyssa Kaelin

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Nationality: American. Occupation: Graduate student. Missions with C4C: Nepal 2011 and 2013. How long have you climbed? About 10 years. Type of climbing you do: Rock, ice, alpine, mountaineering, backpacking, spelunking. Highlight of climbing career: Any time spent in the Wind River Ran...

A day in the life of ministry

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Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 (Photo from missionary Miguel Rubén Guante) HAITI: It was the first day of classes for about 50 students attending the Monte Pou Kris (Climbing For Christ in Haitian Creole) school in the Dominican border town of Jimani. Because of budget cuts, C4C is supporting only...

DISPATCHES: Ararat

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By Gary Fallesen Founding president, Climbing For Christ Mission: Ararat Prayer Calendar Monday, Aug. 5 There is a Kurdish proverb, “Sam seker wilat serintie e.,” which means “Damascus is sweet, but one's country is even sweeter.” In other words, there is no pla...

Ararat 2013: A personal reflection

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It's about the mission, not the summit By Gary Fallesen Founding president, Climbing For Christ “Mission, not mountain. “People, not peak. “Service, not summit.” As I limped up 3,700 vertical feet to Base Camp on the first day of our Mission: Ararat climb – ...

Charlotte Crain

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Charlotte Crain teaching (with Damson Samson interpreting) at the C4C-supported orphanage in Malawi, Africa. (Photo by Gary Fallesen) Nationality: American. Occupation: Principal Solutions Architect, SAS Institute. Missions with C4C: Kilimanjaro (Tanzania and Malawi) 2010 and Turkey 2010, 2013 an...

Pakistan

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“Please encourage our efforts to spread the Gospel in the hardest part of the world — the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.” These words came from a pastor who joined Climbing For Christ in 2008. We hear stories daily about terrorism, bombings, murder, kidnapping, and haras...
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