Participant Blogs

I've always wanted to scuba! I even once almost did a course, so snorkelling in the Red Sea is AMAZING! It's like being in Finding Nemo! ...except for the Darth Vader breathing sounds in your ears.   We've been talking about the having and being-mode and decided on lots of different metaphors (similes...whatever). I've decided that being mode is like snorkelling, I have to decide to put on the gear and go into the water, I sometimes have to swim, but other than that I can just float in God's care, love and providence. Wesley said that you have to...

 Spending time in the centre of Egypt was an interesting experience. Something I sometimes wish I could pull apart, study under a microscope and then put back together again as I please. It's like building a puzzle without first seeing the picture.   In the end I found comfort in seeing the church searching for God as much as I was. Longing to love Him more everyday.   I realised again the privilege of growing up in homes hearing the name of Jesus, whether in Egypt, SA or any other place. I saw and experienced courage and conviction under persecution and...

    Landing in London was a bit like coming home, the flood of memories, the excitement to see everyone and to hear all the news, the nothing to do while everyone else lives their lives and you're "on holiday."   I was super excited to see my all my friends again, the ‘are we there yet' excitement you have as a kid in the way to the sea. And I wasn't disappointment. It was like I never left, the comfortable with each other and just being. It started me thinking... a lot through the year people prayed for me to just...

Once upon a time, in a land far away there lived a beautiful but cruel queen. She had a magic mirror with which she could spy on all the subjects in her land. Two of her subjects landed in trouble with her, and they were severely punished and turned into winged monsters. As revenge they decided to steal the queen's magic mirror and hide it where they hoped she would never find it. On the way they accidentally dropped it, and it shattered into a million tiny little pieces. The queen managed to find all but one very tiny little piece,...

Then Jesus asked them,"When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse take it, and also a bag, and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one." We had bags, BIG bags, and to be completely honest, nothing much else, except faith much, MUCH smaller than a grain of sand - nevermind a mustard seed. Well, I can't really speak for the rest of the Lime team, that's really just me. Oh me of little faith... (me, yea...same...

 I've been wondering what to write, what should be said, what could be left out? Guatemala has been one tough cookie, but one of those with the hard exterior and the juicy insides. The Lord has done so many amazing things this month. Oom Jackie says "I'd like to confuse you so that the Spirit can change you." There was major confusion this month, huge headaches, rivers full of tears, AND a massive breakthrough. When does demonology turn into a mud slide? When did Peter start to sink? When did major panic and confusion set in? When I took my eyes...

New Zealand for me was the mythical, magical land where elves and hobbits competed with the All Blacks for space while doing the haka. Basically, I didn't know alot. What I found was a little different. The country is amazingly beautiful and VERY wet. The people are friendly, and the Christians have a passion for God. No funky hobbits though. And I had an amazing host family where I felt comfortable to be myself instantly. We worked for a week at a wintercamp for children aged 5-11. They really wiped us out by the end of each afternoon. They all had different...

Name: Debre é Kluge Age: 25 Religion: Christian Weight: NEED TO KNOW ONLY Time at agency: 4½ years Mission : Fighting the enemy, being a bearer of good news, making sure my co-super secret spies’ armour are A-OK (they check mine too on a regular basis – standard procedure) Report from the field: Since departing from SA 5 months ago, the enemy has been on the move. We have seen him deceive multitudes in China, Malaysia, Thailand and India. But hope remains. Our Commander-in-Chief has been with us personally since day one, providing our strategies, strength, and in every physical...

India is a collage of sights, sounds and feelings that until now I've had difficulty putting into words. In the first place it's the madness of Delhi and the frustrations of that first day. It's the long windy roller coaster roads and our formula 1 drivers, with the angels working overtime. It's the amazing breathtaking Himilayas that stretches as far as the eye can see (when the clouds permit it), with its many hidden valleys, where the people has never even heard the name of Jesus. It's a little boy begging for food, with his baby sibling in his arms....

Once upon a time, in a land far away there was 2 little boats, a blue one and a red one. They lived happily in a their little port, occasionally going on great big adventures in the big blue ocean. One day...