The city of speedbumps filled with skeleton structures kite decorated skies and strawberries on the sides, the smell of shawarmas hanging in the air and falafels that you can find everywhere. Experiencing the joy of kids in the midts of their circumstances, slowly steeling our hearts as they share their past. Drinking bitter coffee while suppressing our expressions, miming out conversations and sharing our traditions. Sharpening our ping pong skills but still losing against the locals, ending the days sharing some laughters sunsets and kanafeh playing monopoly and drinking coffee. Where strangers became friends and friends became family on a...
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I can't! I can't leave it like that! I just simply can't! I NEED to finish what I started! Not being able to finish the chiseling on the hand gave me a pain in the stomach! I really wanted to finish it. To see the end result. I feel like a lot of times in our lives we are part of something where we are not able to see the end result. Feeling that what we did or are doing does not change anything or that it will have no effect on the society. Well that is how...
I can't do it I will fail It is only my imagination Thoughts like these crossed my mind when we were told that we were going to prophesy over our team, the school and the community. I was really afraid, thinking what if I get a prophecy wrong. Then what? What if, because of that I will be the reason why people drift away from God. What if I am the only one that does not hear God's voice? What if it is only my imagination? What if...? What if... What if because of my "what...
"Forgiving" people is such a natural response when it comes to us as human beings. The words almost fall out of our mouths, but deep inside you still feel the hatred, anger or disappointment toward the other person. It is not that you don't want to forgive them, it is just that you feel incapable of doing it yourself. Well sorry to break it to you, but it is... We don't have the power to forgive people out of our own strength, even though we really want to. We can only truly forgive people when we give it all...