Participant Blogs

  I was really touched by the people who lives in England. They have a different missionary field than we have, and they have a lot of other struggles. I have learned a lot from them the past few weeks that we have been there. We had the privilege of having fellowship with them in the evenings, and the best part was talking about scriptures, and just everyday life with Christ. They are solid men of God, really solid. Only good words come from their mouths, and they want to edify you rather than break you.   They asked us to...

Before we knew what happened, Ettienne, Nicholas and me got the surprise of our life…  We were on a different flight than the rest of the team and would have had to wait on Madrid airport for about 20 hours before boarding our flight to Portugal.  Anticipating the same procedures as the previous time, we prepared ourselves for the “duty free shopping area” (almost like no man’s land on the airport) and getting some sleep.  But this time things were a bit different and before we understood what’s going on we were at border control and got a stamp in...

  I once heard someone say that one should be careful before putting a world map on your wall, because you don’t know where God will take you.   What can I say, not only did I not listen…I have three of them!   And God’s been taking me all over the world.   Looking at the world map, following the route we’ll be going on during the upcoming 80 days, I found myself bewildered.   I am privileged to have visited a few countries, yet compared to the rest of the world, it’s only a few dots.   The...

Debrief in Hawaii made me think about all that happened the 1st forty days of our journey, more specifically in which ways God has been busy with me.  It is easy for me to become so focused on others, that when asked what God has been doing in my life, I really have to think about it.  Not that He has not done something, I just become so focused on what He is doing in others, that I overlook His working in my life.  I’m very thankful for a team leader who makes me think about these things… Since Egypt,...

  During the past 2 weeks, God drew my attention to this power and the effect it has.  It started on our Luke 10 in Hawaii, when Johannes and I got to spend 3 days with two lovely people (Julie and her daughter Jana).  I believe that it was God’s divine appointment for us to meet Julie ‘randomly’ at a laundromat, starting a conversation about wi-fi.  This all led to her offering us food, a lift back to our tents, breakfast the next morning and to stay at their place (something she would never do with strangers).  During the time...

After 2 days of travel, delayed flights, Egypt's elections, Spain's airport strikes and being stuck in peak traffic in Guatemala City, we made our way to Panajachel! It's been an interesting journey this far.  God's been preparing us and binding the team unity and love.  We are all looking forward to the time here in Panajachel and what the Lord will be doing in and through us.  In the next few weeks we will be involved in various projects, helping the local congregation and the surrounding community who had a rough year marked by natural disasters and ongoing mudslides.  We...

I know, it's been a really long time since the last blog in New Zealand!  And now, I'm going to try and summarize the experiences of the 2 months that followed into one blog!    After New Zealand we passed through the USA on our way to Guatemala.  There we had 2 days in Guatemala City and then took a chicken bus to Panajachel.  During this month (until 18 August)  we worked in Panajachel and the surrounding area.  It was a time in which God challenged me on various areas and  further opened my eyes to the reality of the spiritual war we are engaged in. ...

During our challenge up in the Himalaja's it was all about doing what the locals do and it turned out to be a lot of fun. PLANTING RICE  The challenge started out with us sitting in class ready for another exegesis.  This time however, the passage given to us could not be found in the Bible and contained all kinds of interesting tasks.  From planting rice, finding a donkey and one wearing a sari while riding it up hill, drinking chai tea and visiting a  tea plantation, playing a cricket game against a local team, preparing an Indian dish from...

I've only been in Egypt a few days and it's been enough to make me ask various questions and draw me  deep into God's word.  And I've heard so many say “I don't understand” - in conversations, expressions of their minds and in prayer.   On our arrival in Cairo we had the privilege of seeing the city from the air at night.  Thousands of lights of all sorts.  Then we noticed all the green ones standing out... hundreds of them.  As we drew closer to the ground we recognized the towers from which these green lights came...hundreds of mosques. ...