Gary Fallesen / Friday, December 5, 2014 / Categories: Evangelic Expeditions, Silk Road, Mission: Ararat 2015 Mission: Ararat 2015 Climbing For Christ has been sent to Turkish Kurdistan to reach the lost – often sheep-herding families – living on and around the HIStoric slopes of Mount Ararat. PRAY: That God would send us a worker (Kurd or Turk) who is a Christ follower to serve alongside us in this field. GIVE: To support work among the Kurdish people and send laborers into this field. If you can help send a contribution to Climbing For Christ, P.O. Box 16290, Rochester, NY 14616-0290. Or CLICK HERE and give online via PayPal. In Canada, make checks payable to The Great Commission Foundation, and on the memo line add Climbing For Christ CANADA. Mail your support to: The Great Commission Foundation, #3 – 1335 Trans Canada Way SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1B 1J1. Or give online at http://tgcfcanada.org/donate. Mark your contribution: “Climbing For Christ CANADA.” GO: Climbing For Christ’s fourth expedition to eastern Turkey since 2010, and third straight year to Mount Ararat. The goal is to continue outreach among Kurdish people. Only 0.01 percent (about 1,400) of the estimated 14 million Kurdish people living in Turkey claim to be Christian. Date: Late May-early June. Length of trip: 16 days. Team size: 2-4 members. Purpose: To survey Turkey’s Kurdish southeast and return to Mount Ararat to climb and continue building relationships among the semi-nomadic Kurds who spend summer months with sheep herds grazing on the 16,854-foot/5,137-meter mountain’s slopes. Cost: Estimated at US$3,245 plus airfare to/from and around Turkey. The estimate includes ground transport, accommodations, food, and trekking expenses. Does not include international and internal airfare. To apply: E-mail info@ClimbingForChrist.org to request a mission application. Mission: Nepal 2015 Photo of the Week: Uganda Print 643 Gary FallesenGary Fallesen Other posts by Gary Fallesen Contact author