Nepal Alert
Pray for those impacted by devastating flood
By Gary Fallesen, president Climbing For Christ
Greetings in His name from the Myojin Hut on Yarigatake in Japan!
The place where we once stood praying as a Mission: Nepal 2012 team no longer exists. It, like miles and miles of Nepal from the China border near Tamang and Langtang heading south, were destroyed Wednesday by a flash flood.
The videos are horrifying - walls of mud cascading over people, vehicles, and buildings. There are a countless number of dead with hundreds missing.
I received a message from Kingdom worker Megh Gurung 30 minutes after the disaster.
“I am going to tell you about the sad news of Nepal,” he wrote. “Suddenly flooded from the China border where we have been for the trek before.”
We were ascending Yarigatake (Mount Yari) in Japan’s Northern Alps when this news reached me. All we could do was pray.
Today, as our Mission: Japan 2026 team was forced to descend Yarigatake because of heavy rains resulting from Category 4 Typhoon Saudel, I was able to get updates from Megh.
Apparently a 4.4-magnitude earthquake caused a glacier to collapse in the Himalaya mountains, triggering this flood.
Asked what Climbing For Christ can do, Megh said: “Now we wouldn’t do anything because there’s no way to get there.”
Again, all we can do is pray. For those who lost loved ones, for the missing, for damages. Pray for opportunities for C4C to show the love of Jesus at such a time as this.
“Yes, Megh agreed. “There’s no way to do anything right now.”
Except pray. Pray on, dear brothers and sisters!
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