Participant Blogs

Are Muslims more difficult to reach than other people groups? Isn't God's power to reach the peoples of the earth infinate and is Islam no challenge for Him? Why does it sometimes feel like there's a wall around Muslims keeping them from seeing the truth and accepting it as the truth?   "Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil" (The Holy Qur'an) (Sura II v.7)   Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see...

The beautiful French architecture of Tunis.  Tunis, complete with street cafes and baguettes and a metro system, feels more like Paris than even Paris itself!     The Medina (or Old City) is one of the best places to get lost in... This was the front door of the place where we stayed.   The ancient city of Carthage (Ancient Rome's greatest enemy!)... This city was at one stage called Africae by the ancient Greeks, and that's where our continent got it's name from...just some trivia.   The beginning of our Luke10!!!!!  This picture was taken at the fort on...

This is what my leg looks like after some insect of some form or shape (in Zanzibar) launched a feeding frenzy on me 4 weeks ago.  In a month's time the itching hasn't even stopped.  Healing comes slowly in Africa...Ai.

The beauty of Zanzibar is absolutely breath taking.  We will forever be thankful that God brought us to this unique little island to witness the great things He's doing all over the world. Our first ministry point was Chuini just north of the island's capital, Stone Town.  The pastor we stayed at has a spice farm and we helped out on the farm for a day.  Unfortunately it started to rain (like it does almost every day on Zanzibar).  While we were waiting for the rain to clear up one of the workers quickly made each one of us an...

Explore Africa has been in Zanzibar for almost 3 weeks now and I've only lately started asking myself: "What is it about Zanzibar?" Why do thousands of tourists and honeymooners come to a place where the heat is almost unbearable, where Islam rules everything and where there is almost never electricity? What is it that keep the planes and ferries coming to this island filled with excited people? Is it the beaches? Is it the spices? Is it the cocktails? Of course we didn't come to Zanzibar for any of those things and neither do most workers for the Lord. ...