Firstly I would like to apologize for the short blogs, but there had seemed to be a problem when I use the "read more" button, so this time I will not use it. After a very challenging season, where our team got really tested in China, we went off to Russia. To be truly honest, I was not looking forward to Russia, I mean not compared to all the other countries. In fact I thought Russia was still communism, and believe me its not anymore. Anyway I might be giving away my IQ, so we landed in a place called...
Life like no Other
Global Challenge Missions Blog Archive: These are real blogs, from real people, bringing real change...
The fun and games started when the five Global Challenge X teams were sent up from Pretoria to Zambia in a challenge.
It was a tough one to start with and I must admit that I was a little concerned about this but luckily I had great co-workers to make sure I don’t feel too sorry for the team and do send them off.
Red
means stop, green means go, but ORANGE means GO, GO, GO!!!
Red Hill, Cape Peninsula
11 February 2008; Today was an important one as the new shacks slowly began to take form in the Red Hill area.
Aided by volunteers the people started putting together the material provided, adding whatever they could find.
One of them was William and his 
girlfriend Gladys.“I was very angry, sad and disappointed when I saw my burned down house,” says William. He lost literally everything. “I’m a handyman so I had power tools and other appliances in my house. I would value it at R18 000,” he continues.“Now I have to get loans of up to R7000 to rebuild my house.”
For the last three nights William, Gladys and their child would have had no place to sleep if it wasn’t for a certain Mr. JP van Niekerk. A businessman, for whom Gladys has been working the last 17 years, concerned him over them and booked them into a self catering room. Not everybody is that lucky however.
30 April 2008, Sulene
I've been on everyone's case the past week or two to blog and send out newsletters to supporters as I was reminded once again of what an important part of our ministry this is.
It's such an amazing opportunity to testify of God's glory!!!
Dear Family and Friends
I wish you were all here with me during the first month of Global Challenge X – just to hear the amazing testimonies of each individual team member first hand and experience how God is working actively every day. After a great week in Jeffreys Bay with the leadership family - hiking the straining but beautiful Harkerville - we had a wonderful preparation week at Alabanza, Pretoria with the entire team.
Here God already poured out His mercies and we experienced His presence, His calling, His guidance and his good and perfect and pleasing will for those who follow Him. He pointed out principles to live by for us as a team, invited us to “service our vessels” and “fill up”, comforted parents, brought a father to Christ, appointed the five different teams and confirmed that each one of us were exactly where He wanted us to be.
Wow, i don't even know where to start. The past few months have been a roller coaster of emotions and happenings and blessings...God has been so good to me. During out time in Hungary ,some of our parents came to visit and my parents were among them. I have been looking forward to this date since May and finally it has arrived! I went to go pick up my parents at the airport and we had a wonderful reunion. It was really great to spend some time with my family and be able to share with them my experiences and...
Getting to know Gods character & grace was and still is the most difficult concepts for me to understand, I have to constantly "prove" myself to God thinking that I need to be worthy of His grace and love for me. I am very emotional and overwhelmed in understanding Gods grace. I am trusting God to brake down these walls of insecurities and I am willing to open my heart for Him to work within me. I have realized these past few weeks that spiritual growth can best take place once you are in a vunerable position, once you are...
If anyone should ask me how GCX08 ended up at FCE’s six week disciple equipping course in the middle of Zambia, my answer would be…
“It is all GOD - our Father who orchestrated this whole thing! The One who called us and who set us apart.
I recently again read this piece by John Stott and would love to share it with you…
“We see with our minds eye the three thousand million unevangelized peoples of this world, who have had no real opportunity to respond to the gospel; the poor, the hungry and disadvantaged; people crushed by political, economic or racial oppression… We see these things: Do we not care?
