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Greeting to all of you, I hope you are all doing well ! I finally come back with some news, I apologize for this long period of silence !  I'm gonna talk first about our last days in Guyana. Very rich in experience ! Let's talk about the bad experience first. One morning I woke up with a small pumple next to my right eye. Unfortunately, I have the bad habit of scratching, and the next day an infection started. We waited an extra day, but realised that it was getting worse, so we went asking member of the church...

My outlook on hosting people will never be the same. During our stay in brasil we were reguraly confronted with the awkward situation of random people that didnt speak our language, and have nothing in common, but still will take us into their homes, feed us, spoil us and didnt want anything in return. In some situations we even received money. We soon just came to the conclusion that the only common grounds we had were Jesus, that in itself was enough. So often we try to do so much and feel dissatisfied if we did not achieve all we...

Cuba will be remembered as a country caught up in the past. Movie scene streets, 60c ice cream, classical old model cars and hearts warmer than the street pizza on offer. We were served like kings by the dearest Cuban family, struggling to put food on their own tables. Blessed with our daily Ola! and a warm smile we had our daily hot chocolate and bread before starting the day. Cuba opened my eyes to see what luxury we actually live in back home. The mere thought of running water when you open the tap now makes me want to...

The visit was to us humans shrouded in a black cloud of uncertainty, no contact, no host. But part of the picture was a higher power Who knew exactly what was happening, no guessing, no maybe's, no darkness. His plan was ordered and He had unity in mind.   What an interesting time, everything for our travels to Vietnam falling into place the day before we left Phuket. Wow, what an awesome God!   With Vietnam having 8% Christians, we found a homestay with a Vietnamese family who are Christian! The son uses the homestay hostel as a ministry point....

Jamaica! Yeah mon! (Hey/ yes/ great/ bye) Wagaan? (What is going on/ howsit) Everytin idle.. (everything is good) Phathwa is the local language developed from english by the slaves. Jamaica is one of the countries I have dreamed about coming to since I watched good old cool runnings back in the day! Off to a rough start with chickv fever I slept for 4 days nursed back to health on a dusty mattress on the floor of a church in one of the most dangerous suburbs in Kingston Jamaica. As the theme song of cool runnings goes... rise above it......

m JAMAICA Spiritually it felt like I was trapped in a jail cell with people who gave up on life. Their dreams were forgotten and their futures were left unwritten. Hopeless! Blinded by their past and poverty, they were just waiting...not for something or someone; they were just waiting.  What amazed me the most was the fact that all of them knew the good news of Jesus. Hopelessness was drowning them... killing them one by one.  I found myself limited by my knowledge and wisdom and soon afterwards became hopeless myself. The atmosphere was so heavy it started to choke...

Guyana- a country I had never heard about before visiting. Crossing the border I immediately felt more at home. They drive on the right side of the road. .. the left hand side of course....the main language is English and just like in Africa we were squashed into two taxis and sent on our way down a seemingly never ending dusty road . The only Road into Guyana from Brazil, through a tropical rain forrest which is a national reserve. Eleven and a half hours later feeling like I had been attacked by a gang because of all the bumps...

With much anticipation we arrived in the all famous country of Jamaica,where Bob Marley and reggae was born,country of my childhood heroes like Asafa powell and Usain Bolt. "Ya Man, wagam?" are all to common to us now. Rhastas and weed everywhere you look. Everything I thought Jamaica would be came true. We had the previledge of sharing the good news to locals on the basketball fields,singing songs to kids at school,even giving the homeless a close shave,feeding them,dressing them,cutting toe nails ect. We soon found out that this beautiful country also has a dark history with great sorrow within...

Where the jungle book lives The best way to retell the next bit of my venture, must be to start with where I am at. You'll find me, under a large tree, with plastic wrapped lights and a dripping glass of cold water, it is almost the hottest part of the day, and my soul has longed for a quiet clean place, as it has seen many salt & sandy places. We just spent three weeks in Guyana, the country tightly fit between Brazil and Suriname. A country where kisses are blown freely, army officers, and mountains of rice. But...

I have seen all the War movies. I was not expecting this! And to top it all, we where in Saigon (today known as Ho Chi Minh city), named after the north Vietnamese leader in the war. Saigon was the last stronghold in the War and the capital of the south. But it was not the run down, broken, bankrupt, sad city I was expecting. Except for the country side everything is developed and evolving. I where in an accident during my time in Vietnam, got help from the local hospital. Clean, organized and doctors who can speak English and...