Kurds and the Way
By Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
Shopping for a Turkish rug seemed to be taking longer than weaving one. I grew impatient. Then God once again showed me my foolishness.
He turned what seemed like a “vacationary” experience into a missionary moment.
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Shopping for a Turkish rug seemed to be taking longer than weaving one. I grew impatient. Then God once again showed me my foolishness.
He turned what seemed like a “vacationary” experience into a missionary moment.
Quicker than you can say “kilim” (a type of weave) the con...
Sumitra Pariyar, left, with C4C member Alyssa Kaelin outside the Pariyar's home in Dapcha, Nepal. (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
“And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all...
The North American members of our team have returned safely to the United States. Praise God!
We made it back to our port city with absolutely no problem. It only took us 6½ hours to get here (as opposed to 13-plus hours last year). The roads were much better this year and our “m” said if we left really early we would have no trouble with traffic. We are back to our hotel....
We arrived in the city with the hostel. The trip was fine. Really long, but we are well.
We left the Valley at 6:30 a.m., saying goodbye to “D’s” family. We blessed them and then left.
We had no problems while driving and arrived at the hostel at 6:30 p.m. We will lea...
We spent our last day in the Valley today. We start our two days of driving back on Friday and fly on Sunday.
We helped our friend “D’s” family today; they moved all their yaks down from the hills to their tent.
We found out there’s been a rumor going around abo...
We left “Y’s” house this morning and walked 20 kilometers (about 12½ miles) to “L's.” There were a lot of people around when we were getting ready to leave so we couldn’t talk to “Y” again about making a commitment. But our “m” pulle...
While the team hung out and played with a group of children, our “m” and “Y” took a long walk into the hills to talk, where “m” witnessed to our friend, who — praise God! — has been diligently reading the Bible, listening to the Christian radio program...
We found our good friend “Y” at the end of a 20-kilometer (about 12½-mile) hike. As we approached the area, all of the children came out to greet us. It was a great reunion and great to see everyone again.
On our hike in, we met many people along the way who spoke with &ldq...