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Week 5 and 6 of training has been a time of learning. The Transkei and the beauty of God's creation has been the best teacher, spiritually, emotionally and physically.

Before Luke 10 I often wondered what is the hardest part was going to be. I found a lot of options like 'no money', 'no food', 'sleeping on the streets' and 'not knowing were to go'. Looking back I am 100% sure that the hardest part is 'coming back and trying to share the experience with others'.

I can easily compare Luke 10 with a thick book.
It is filled with characters you meet as you turn the pages, some just playing a small part, others you get to know on a deeper level and see a lot of growth in their life. It also has interesting events, funny little twists, highs, lows and a whole chapter on faith.

I would have liked to invite you to turn the pages of our Luke 10 book with us – but due to technology's influence in this case - I'll rather ask you to scroll through the pages with us as we share our Picture chapter with you.

For the past 3 weeks we have been exploring Cuba. Travelling between Havana and Santiago, we experienced the flavours and colours of Cuban food, shopping, worship, socialising and God's hand in it all. I wrote down a few tips and tricks we learnt during our stay. The budget traveller's guide to Cuba Accommodation: Throughout Cuba, foreigners can rent rooms in the locals' houses, these are called Casa Particulares and are marked with a special sign which indicates that it is 'legit'. Be sure to do a lot of Casa Particulares-shopping before settling, as their prices and quality differ. God was...

Trying to stop the tears from streaming down my cheeks as we said goodbye to miss Erna Jane, I realised what God wanted me to learn during our time in Cayman Islands. For God, nothing is impossible. He gives freely. He blesses abundantly and when He provides, He provides in excess. Our God is an awesome God!

 

Read this out loud: "Mi jus waan do God work"
Guess what, you just spoke patois! That's the language of the Jamaicans. They also say things like "wha guaan?" which means what's going on? I really love the language; in fact, I love almost everything Jamaican.

 

Here follows Paul's words to the Philippian church, it really inspires me.   "The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I'm tearing up and throwing out with the trash - along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant - dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that...