Mountaintop experiences in Tanzania
Damson Samson has been to the mountaintop. He stood on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on Aug. 28, 2016. He was a rare African standing in rarefied air on the rooftop of Africa.
Damson descended off the mountain, but he has been back there many times as Climbing...
Impact, not size, is the measure of Great Commission success
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Kilimanjaro Chapter meeting. (Photos by Damson Samson)
Damson Samson was teaching about the Great Commission at our Kilimanjaro Chapter gathering in September. He wanted t...
‘Rejoicing in the presence of angels’
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Thumbs up for Jesus: Our friend Juma, right, with C4C missionary to East Africa Damson Samson.
The faces are familiar, like those found in a family photo album.
For years I have seen...
Mosque in Moshi, Tanzania: “None to be worshipped but Allah.” (Photo by Gary Fallesen)
The Muslim world is observing Ramadan. See Project Prayer: Ramadan 2017. In Tanzania, Climbing For Christ kingdom worker Damson Samson is meeting this week with and teaching guides and porte...
From the valley of dry bones to the Word on Mount Kilimanjaro
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Kilimanjaro Chapter meeting in early April 2017.
Damson Samson has learned that before you teach people how to evangelize you need to make them disciples...
Combating violence, hatred, and the many challenges of Islam with love
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
“But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!”
– Matthew 5:44 (NLT)
Brother Rachid.
Brother Rachid (the M...
Gary Fallesen, left, on Mount Kilimanjaro summit, 1998.
1998
While training for his first climb of Kilimanjaro, Gary Fallesen is instructed by God to “start a Christian climbing organization.” This is the beginning of CLIMBING FOR CHRIST, incorporated in April 2004. C4C beg...
Hatching a dream for those working on the mountain
By Gary Fallesen, founding president, Climbing For Christ
Damson Samson was traveling to Tanzania for the 10th time since becoming Climbing For Christ’s missionary to East Africa in 2014. He was GO-ing again in late November 2016 t...
Feeding needs and hungering souls
Story and photos by Gary Fallesen
President, Climbing For Christ
Turning his eyes up to the mountains: Damson Samson looks up to summit of Kilimanjaro on second morning of trek. Four days later, he stood at Africa’s highest point.
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Mission: Kilimanjaro 2016
By Gary Fallesen
Climbing For Christ
CLICK HERE to read the Mission: Kilimanjaro 2016 Trip Report: Feeding needs and hungering souls
Wednesday, Aug. 31
Damson, second from right, with the rest of our team and guides (left to right) Saidi...