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Gary Fallesen / Friday, November 7, 2014 0 10198

There is religious freedom as well as equal rights and opportunities for Christians and Muslims to worship and share their faith in Tanzania. This allows room for the Holy Spirit to work. The coast, Zanzibar and many of the southern provinces are Muslim dominated. Muslim “extremists&rdq...

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Mission: Kilimanjaro 2026

Singing praises for salvation

Gary Fallesen / Wednesday, August 6, 2025 0 263

Another outreach expedition (our fourth) during which guides and porters continue to learn how to deliver the Good News on the mountain. They put teaching into practice and rescue the lost on Africa’s tallest and most popular mountain.

Mission: Kilimanjaro 2025

Go tell it on the mountain

Gary Fallesen / Saturday, March 22, 2025 0 1810

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.

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DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Thursday, March 21)

Gary Fallesen / Wednesday, March 20, 2013 0 4124

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Thursday, March 21) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ Milaji brings hot water to our tents in the morning and offers us a choice of coffee or tea to drink. Milaji is one of 10 porters working on our trek. He has the slightly higher standing job of waiter. ...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Wednesday, March 20)

Gary Fallesen / Tuesday, March 19, 2013 0 4051

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Wednesday, March 20) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ Riziki, our cook, came to visit after breakfast to see if the porridge, mango, eggs, toast and drinks were to our liking. Riziki has cooked for trekkers for eight years; he first worked with us in 2007...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Tuesday, March 19)

Gary Fallesen / Monday, March 18, 2013 0 4143

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Tuesday, March 19) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ Saidi, left, and Mohamed during a rest stop on the trail. Saidi and Mohamed led us out of the Machame Hut and directly uphill for about 1,200 vertical feet to start Day 2 on Kilimanjaro. We trekked an...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Monday, March 18)

Gary Fallesen / Sunday, March 17, 2013 0 4342

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Monday, March 18) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ Mohamed, our assistant guide and another friend on Kilimanjaro, led us uphill from the Machame Gate. It’s ALL uphill from here, starting at 6,000 feet (1,830 meters) and ascending to 19,340 feet (5,...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Sunday, March 17)

Gary Fallesen / Saturday, March 16, 2013 0 4465

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Sunday, March 17) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ “And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.” - Luke 22:43 (ESV) I shared during worship an email I received yesterday about a house pastor in China who'd been arrested...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Saturday, March 16)

Gary Fallesen / Friday, March 15, 2013 0 4452

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Saturday, March 16) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ More than 50 guides and porters showed up for evangelistic training at Pastor Mosha's old church in Marangu. It was our best turnout in several years. In the end, after many disruptions and interruptio...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Friday, March 15)

Gary Fallesen / Thursday, March 14, 2013 0 4449

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Friday, March 15) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ We landed at Kilimanjaro airport at 3:15 a.m. local time and were reunited with old friend Yusuf, our guide on the mountain. It was after 5:30 a.m. by the time we got into our room in Moshi, completing th...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Thursday, March 14)

Gary Fallesen / Wednesday, March 13, 2013 0 3998

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Thursday, March 14) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ To paraphrase the words of my boyhood hero, legendary American novelist Kurt Vonnegut: In the air I am beautiful. As we fly – or even as we wait from one airport to the next – there is a gre...

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Wednesday, March 13)

Gary Fallesen / Tuesday, March 12, 2013 0 4024

DISPATCHES: Kilimanjaro (Wednesday, March 13) By Gary Fallesen President, Climbing For Christ Today is GO day! “And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.’” (Mark 16:15, ESV). Surprisingly, only three of us answered the cal...