Participant Blogs

Please spare me a brief moment to just testify how faithful and powerful our Provider is. Global Challenge has been a dream of mine since I've first heard about it in 2008. I was just fascinated by the idea of visiting a dozen or so countries, seeing new places, experiencing foreign cultures and making memories that would last a life time. Due to the incredible amount of money needed to go and the fact that I already took a gap-year after school, it only stayed a dream. Thinking back now, it was truly God's plan because I wasn't nearly ready...

First off I would like to give thanks to God for this massive privilege of being able to be part of this journey and have the opportunity to serve Him!  It is purely out of His grace that I am here and through His grace that I have the opportunity see and experience a small part of the world and what it has to offer.   Nothing can prepare you though for what you are about to undertake when you sign up.  You get to Jeffrey's in January full of expectation and excitement about what the year has installed for...

1”Sing a new song to the LORD! Let the whole earth sing to the LORD! 2Sing to the LORD; praise His name. Each day proclaim the Good News that He saves. 3Publish His glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.” Ps 96: 1-3 (NLT) Since our Hidden World team left SA in March, I am constantly aware of how privileged I am to do what I do, have what I have and go where I go. To think, it is all by His boundless grace over my life. I did not earn it. I...