“The journey does not start when you board the plane, it starts now…” I am 22 years old, born and bred in Pretoria, South-Africa. I currently finished my honours degree in Consumer Science at North-west University, Potchefstroom. My passions are Jesus, people, travelling and being active! Next year will be no different… Watch this space because I hope to share my journey with you! “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I...
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Our time at the orphanage was soo blessed! We, as a Northbound team, are currently in Varanasi, India. Here is a few photos te keep you updated... Enjoy! New Delhi station sunset Sleepliner train to Varanasi Varanasi ministry with railway station street kids Varanasi unappreciated India heartbeat India greetings!
The NorthBound 2011 team has had an amazing time of growth and fellowship in the first 6 weeks of training and has been blessed by the Lord with growing evermore in unity. The team members have committed themselves to sharing each others’ burdens and have decided to make a joint effort in raising funds for the team to assist them in their journey. One of the team members, Jeremy, has therefore decided to donate his golf clubs for this purpose. We are therefore launching a raffle, selling tickets for R100 each for a chance to win the golf clubs. The...
Videos are more fun than photos... :-)
Russia amazingly consists of 9 time zones!
The month of August has stood out from the start of the year!!
Watch the LIME TEAM's latest video on our time with Mr. P, our host in Chiang Mai!
Northbound is in Thailand! The lime and red teams have split up for the next 2 weeks and will be spending time at different ministry points. Here is a few new pics of our time in this amazing country... Green curry and chicken at Nai Yang beach Real Phuket sunset! Kids at Thai night market Chiang Mai home sweet home... Maetang Elephant Park in Chiang Mai Bamboo rafting... Adette, Elbe & Jeremy! Bamboo umbrella factory with Mr. P... "ToOk tOoK" ride with the guys... My traditional Thai dress code... The lime team will spend the next 2 weeks in Chiang Mai doing different...
A video of our time with the kids in KOTA, INDIA...
Transkei... what a privilage! The journey began with a "blikskud" in Port-Elizabeth where 44 students raised R18000 in 3 hours for the TRANSKEI AIDS PROJECT.The North-Bound and Work-your-way teams stayed in Mahosheni just 18km from Coffee Bay. We slept in traditional Xhosa huts (with a chicken named Betty), took "skottel" baths, ate African stamp mielies and played with the local kids... The main projects for the week was to build a rondawel, a stone house as an AIDS clinic, to create a Veggie-tunnel and to dig a "longdrop". If we had to highlight only a few of our best memories...
