Participant Blogs

"Oh Lord, let's sit on the highest mountain." I want you to touch my eyes and open them to the nations. There are so many, but so little time. You look at me with an expression on your face implicating that I have to give more thought to my previous statement. Time? Time is a man-made concept . ''My love, you've got all the time in the whole world, because the world is mine and I give it to you. The world and the nations are your inheritance." Psalm 2:8 "Look.'' He pointed over the nations. ''What do you see?''...

Would you believe me if I said that as I was standing there looking over the Transkei, I believe that God was skipping through the mountains and the wind.   The 9'th of February we got into busses heading for the Transkei. We lived at a little place called Canzibe, It was an experience I'll never forget . The people don't have much in the Transkei, but the view they have makes them rich .We spent time doing a lot of children's ministry , painting , door to door ministry, hospital visits and being part of a xhosa church. It...

"These last few weeks felt like running a 100m race with God."- Pieter van Zyl (Westbound 2017 Team member) I couldn't agree more.  These past weeks we learned so much, it feels like Jesus is taking you on a race. You go through some thorns, but you run over them; you conquer them. Yes, there are tears, but they also turn into tears of happiness and triumph. In this race you learn so many things. How to trust God for your finances, knowing that you can do nothing out of your own, but only through God's strength. You learn to...