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Hi da is veilig in Santa Cruz Bolivia na twee leke aande op Brazil se sleepliners, ‘n nag op Campo Grande internastinaal en di langste en ongemaklikste 14uur overnight bustrip van my lewe nog, gelykstaande aan di “deathtrip” van ’06 in China. Op ‘n stadium gefoel ek doen EA en die ou in die donker langs my gestamp, net om spaans te hoor om te check. Op di oomblik is die drie van ons in ‘n baie oulike “backpackers” met baie potensiaal soos altyd. En herstel van die 4 aande op die pad. Ons is nog baie onseker oor wat...

  India 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth. In the beginning of March wYw made their way from Johannesburg through Cairo into Mumbai. Where we had the expensive privilege to go and pray at the local Emmanuel children’s home and school.  As God has it only two weeks later the pastor mails us and shares that, the piece of land that is so desperately needed for expanding the ministry and previously not for sale. Now it has been offered to them for $10g’s less than it...

Just want to say hi to every one that has been wondering where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to.

Well January had really kicked of very quickly and this is actually already February.

So the first week of Jan was preparing for the official start of Global Challenge eXtreme 2008 (GCX).

 

Dear friends!

Just a few quick pics to show you what we have been up to in Bosnia Hezegovina the past few weeks. Myself and a few South Africans are serving the local Christians in Summer Camps held for all age groups with the aim to bring them into a relationship with Christ!

  Healing the broken hearted.  2008 is the national year of prayer for the evangelical church of Bosnia I Herzegovina (BiH). They are trusting God for Prophesy, word of knowledge, and direction. And we here at camp have taken the torch on for the summer.                                                              We have been at camp for over a month now having come throe two kids camps, teen's camp young adults and now busy with the highlight of them all, Youth camp. Focusing on prayer this year we have made it our aim to individually pray for and with each camper. It has really been respected,...

What is a church made out of? If you would build a church were would you start?Would it be with a building plan and a trip to the hardware store? And after you've built it how long will it last? I am in Bosnia I Herzegovina (BiH) right now. Helping with the annual summer camps. It's a lot of fun but a little stretching on the language side. We have just finished our first Kids camp of 6 days and are already busy with the second. And this is watt I believe we are doing. We are building the church...

As we arrived the fire fighters where still around. Extinguishing what
was left of a blazing fire that raged through the bottom camp of the
Red Hill community. As we walked through the camp there was the
lingering smell of burnt households and livestock. We where just
overwhelmed by what we saw. The hole bottom camp was burnt to the ground. People had lost everything. We asked a  resident, if anyone got hurt? He replied, no, that the fire happened when most people were at work.

 

19 February 2008 - Red Hill

When the Red Hill crises started almost two weeks ago people were talking about how much money it would cost to rebuild the community.
In general the amount turned around the R400 000 mark.
Of course everybody knew that such a big amount would only be possible if God showed up and did something pretty extraordinary.

  Here we are on the airport at Cairo International, just lying around waiting for our 1 am flight, when a little man with an even smaller bag comes and sits next to us and pulls out this huge bible. Obviously we notice and start a conversation.  As it is, he is a believer travelling around the world to different ministries as the Lord leads him, on his way to India. Where like, hey! That’s what where doing!  We invited him along and that’s how a very cool 3 weeks started with Kenny. Kenny has been walking with the Lord...

I ended my last update by saying that I am stepping out into faith this year. And trusting God to Guide my footsteps, Pro 16:9. As I am typing this I am at the Dahub Hostel Cairo watching the busyness of life pass by me.  It's been two full months of Global Challenge Expeditions (GCEX) Base Camp preparation. I've watched God transform 50 young adults into a congregation ready to share the gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. As you are reading this we will be at the Red Sea sharing our stories with the locals and reflecting on...