Participant Blogs

I have come to the conclusion that i am a messy fractal, planted in the centre of the world, soaking up everything it sets before me. But that is why i have experienced His love. Because He wants me in the midst of my messy roots. Pulling them out one by one, replanting and reorganizing. Watering and nourishing. Until the mess isn’t rotten anymore. Until it’s a beautiful and organized mess. Until i am His mess.  I rejoice in the choice i have made of stepping into the freedom that Jesus offers. A decision that has to be made day by day -...

The past month I have been asked the same question over and over again: " What's happening next? " I would shrug my shoulders and say: " I don’t know yet, I’ll probably know when the “next” comes . ”  Well the “next” came. God said “Go!” And so I’ll go. But in the midst of this I pondered on what it means to go. Does it truly always mean a state of moving or going somewhere or does it have some hidden meaning we’re not seeing. The dictionary defines it this way: ‘ Go is to move from one place...

It all happened 18 years ago, when God touched my heart and I decided to serve Him and He placed in it love for those who have not yet experienced His grace. I remember exactly that day when God called me. I read Psalm: 138: 8 which says "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands" (KJV). Since then I clung more to Him knowing that He would guide my way. My calling: THE MISSIONS I grew up with biblical teachings and studies, I worked...

Hello, my name is Johan Bruwer. I am on the brink of a 10-month journey where I will see and be a part of the establishment of God’s kingdom in the nations. I believe that the great commission is not an option to be considered, but it is a command to be obeyed. God called me for the nations in 2018. I chose the global challenge platform to pursue a God-seeking lifestyle. We live to love others like Jesus loves us and humbly serve as an expression of this love. In this way, through our testimony, we share the good...

Once I heard someone say these words but I did not understand them. I decided to travel to South Africa with other people. However, during that long trip, a friend asked me: "Are you afraid?" and I said: "I think so, in fact, I do not know what is going to happen in that country but there we go". He answered me saying: "Do not worry, I'm with you, just trust me." That friend made me feel sure, his name is Jesus, yes, the Son of God, the same one who gave me the TRUST to start a new stage...

Charles C West once said “We turn to God for help when our foundation's are shaking, Only to learn that it is God who is shaking them”  In Luke 10 Jesus sends out the 72 Disciples before Him to go to the towns in faith without any extra belongings except the clothes they have on them and trust the Lord.  During my Luke 10 experience God shook my foundations in such a way that I got a shock of how little faith I have in Him. I learned that God is a God that provides for his children when stepping...

"I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: Go down again - I dwell among the people" - John Henry Newman Hearing God's voice is what this year is all about. When we were sent out on our journey, the same way the Lord sent the 72 dissiples out in Luke 10. With no money, no travelers bag or an extra pair of sandels. The part of listening and recognising God's voice was set on the test for me. Firstly I learned that practice is needed to recognise God's voice. I can't...

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God‘s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.  - Romans 12:2   I am on a wild journey with God. I am busy healing, changing and discovering myself more than ever before. God has grabbed me from my old and broken life and called me to a new life with Him.  He is the God of second chances. He forgives and forgets. Jesus knows all my faults...

When God put in my heart the desire to come to South Africa, I was always sure that this trip would have a purpose. When I arrived to Jeffrey's Bay several people who heard God's voice shared with me, and that was like a confirmation to what I thought about my life and my relationship with my Heavenly Father for many years. Today, after a month of training at Global Challenge, I can see what is that purpose. God brought me from Peru to show me the vision and model of a missionary work which was established in Global Challenge....

You must leave everything behind, sacrifice all you have to start something new, and move some boundaries in yourself.  That's what happened when I chose a journey that's something totally different, unique and fantastic - you know, sometimes you want some dust on your feet and experience some point-break moments in your life and that's exactly what I do now.  I came with an expectation where my physical, emotional, mental and spiritual condition will be carved and being formed through this year.  This journey is about stepping out in faith, follow God, and don't have fear on this new journey. ...