Participant Blogs

My sonder pretiensie Afrika gedig   Die onregverdigheid van agterbly, kom maak hom tuis soos 'n ongenooide gas want hoe kokm jy, vreesloos, grensloos, vleesloos rondhuppel deur die Jordaan, terwyl ek weerloos, sonder jou my ousus, hierdie kant moet bly staan.   Iewers tussen Jeffreys en die Knysnabos, los ek my gebroke hart, verruil ek hom vir tand en tydlose Afrika glimlagte wag ek geduldig vir volmaakte Godsheling om te kom   Soos Paulus verstaan ek ook nou beter, om te lewe is Christus, te sterwe 'n wins want jy was nooit myne om te hou nie, nie toe nie...

I am Christine (Christine means follower of Christ) i am a woman filled with fear of the Lord, I stand on integrity and run away from evil, I wear strength and honor as my clothing. Chris dwells in my heart through faith.  I am rooted and grounded in love. I desire to know the love of Christ and to be filled with the fullness of God. Unto God be the glory everyday of my life. To bear witness to the truth and be a light in the darkness.

To my beloved fellow believers and fellow workers in Jesus Christ.  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Take a moment, forget where you are, what you are busy with and imagine with me Imagine not being worried about whether your shoes go with the color of your shirt Imagine not being worried about the Guess/Levi label printed on your jean Imagine you had no DKNY or ChanelNo5 perfume to put on this morning Imagine not having a wardrobe to put your clothes in Imagine not having a room to call your own...

"M-slapped" writing in honour of all the M’s I have met this year, you never asked for this, but you are worthy of this, and so much more...thank you for showing me a glimpse of your life During our travels this year, I have met many missionaries (let’s call them M ’s), some inspiring, some grey with age, speaking words of wisdom, some frustrated, some rejected, some exhausted.  My heart goes out to each and every one of these, who have left their kids, their family, their grandchildren, and their culture behind for one purpose only...to proclaim the gospel that...

Three weeks after we have left Cameroon, we as a team were busy with the debrief.  I wrote my team the following letter, I think it shows a bit of every day life as a team of Explore Africa and the challenges we were facing....enjoy! Dear team, While debriefing Cameroon I came to the conclusion that we had quite a bumpy ride behind us.  And by this I don’t only mean the road between Cameroon and Gabon.  All of us had challenges, personal challenges, team challenges, cultural challenges, maybe even God-challenges.  All of us learned lessons.  For most of us...

Finding 1 Corinthians 13 in Ethiopia I won’t for one second say that I fully comprehend the meaning of love. Even though I have been blessed beyond measure in experiencing love from family and friends, there are still times that I would have to confess that I have no idea when it comes to love.  But in the streets of Addis Abba, among the people of Ethiopia, among the widows and orphans, among my own team members, I got the chance to experience it a new. Ethiopia is full of opportunities to become a real feel-good-doer of the law.  In...