Participant Blogs

Tomorrow evening, we will land in South Africa. As I reflect on this last month in India, I realise Work Your Way 2015 is ready to go home. Ready for the next journey that awaits us.   Its been a great year. A journey full of lessons learned, adventures, fun and difficult times? Our expectations have been met in more ways than one could imagine.   The first week in India we spent in New Delhi, while we waited for another Global team (Nortbound) to arrive. Together we went to an Orphanage in Kota, South of New Delhi.   It...

Mission: Get to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Singapore within 10 days. Trust the Lord for a man/men of peace. Challenges: You will have limited resources and you have to take all your luggage With you (contrary to Luke 10). Day 1: 6 September Woke up in dodgy corner in airport with 2 other homeless people. Ate noodles noodles 1.5 sng $ changi airport went out came back again. Jesus told us, go back and rest in me. Wait upon Jesus to act. Bought dinner 2.15 sng $ Day 2: 7 September Still at changi airport. So we still waiting to...

LIFE ON THE ISLAND As on many islands you expect to get a lot of palm trees layered with coconuts, white sandy beaches and a friendly local greeting you in a vibrant tongue telling you to enjoy your stay on the island. Fiji is much the same. It consists of 333 islands with two main "bigger" islands . The people are extremely warm and relational orientated and your watch is only used to tell you when it's time for your next meal. According to history, Fijians came over from Africa with "big canoes" in the 1800's. Not hard to believe....

Good day, friends and family from a cold land down under.   The last 7 weeks, Work Your Way 2015 spent working on sheep farms doing lamb marking. Global Challenge expeditions has been working with Noble Management Australia for the last 5 years. Each year, the Work Your Way group spent about 2 months with the Willersdorf family.  This year, we lived with them for about 6 weeks, travelling around New South Wales and Victoria.         Working with the Willersdorfs was a great experience.  They are dedicated in what they do, working sheep with a lot of...

Work Your Way 2015 had an amazing time in Vietnam. We stayed in a home stay with a vietnamese family.  Got to work  with the international church in Vietnam. We painted some houses and gave english lessons in parks.  Vietnamese people is amazing and we got to experience the culture everyday. From riding with motorcycles through HoChiMinh, eating street food and experiencing the Mekong delta.      We have some amazing testimonies of the lords grace in our lives and others. we are currently in the beautiful city of Singapore and leaving for Australia on Monday. Thank you for everyone's...

Thailand   Or as I would describe it, taailand. Because as one of my team mates would  say - "The team leader got this crazy idea of cycling from Bangkok to Phuket". Yes, we got the cheapest bicycles we could find - half of them single speeds - and we travelled, with our luggage, for 6 days from the capital to the renound island of Phuket.   We had a week to spare before we would join with the Asia Centre Foundation. So the idea came to cycle from Bangkok to Phuket.  A gruelling 860 kilometers.   After coming overland...

So our time in Kenya is coming to an end. . .Maasai land was awesome. Had a great time building a bush kitchen and a shed. Spending time with the Maasai people and learning their culture - how they do church was also a highlight. Some of us had the opportunity to preach and share our testimonies. We also bonded as a team and set the cornerstone for the year to come. Afterwards we travelled to Kilifi, Mombasa to debrief our experience of Kenya. Our time at Distant Reletives eco lodge and backpackers was really edifying. Thanks to the expedition...

Good Day friends. My global challenge training is finished and went well. On Wednesday 3 teams will be flying to Dar essalam, Tanzania from where we will go our separate ways. The last couple of weeks the Global family has invited us into their community and trained us well for the nations. We have been exposed to teachers and mentors from all over the world, importing value into our lives. I've learned so much and experienced practical Christianity. If you step out in faith god will mobilise you through his Spirit. I can truly say Jesus is at the centre...

After hearing the global family's stories. We had an awsome time bonding in the "bush". Also had a great week of bible teachings and discipleship. Looking forward for what is to come. . .