Participant Blogs

Lets do the time hop again!! Back to the 1960s. The first two days of Cuba I did not say much, which is very unusual for me. I was trying my best to take in everything going on around me! I stood at the airport looking at old American and Russian cars driving past as the norm and the one or two modern cars looked very out of place. Yet the people driving the cars looked very modern and trendy. The buildings are grand and ancient, the streets are swept clean and on every corner there is a little vendor...

    Guyana, it's jungles stretch out as far as you can see in every direction. The land of many waters is true to its name, from the rivers and creeks flowing in every direction, to the lakes hidden deep in the Amazon Jungle. It really is a beautiful country. The church where we were located is a part of "Full Gospel Fellowship" which has a collection of over 150 churches across Guyana. We were privileged to have the never ending jungle stretch out behind our house, and a smooth, very skate-able roads to the front. The community where we...

Hope's Garden Jeremy woke up with dust all around him, and the neighbours cat licking his toe, where he had cut it the previous night, when he stepped into a broken glass on the way to his house. Jeremy looked for something to eat, but only found green bananas. That was it, today he was going away, that is what his mother and his big sister had done. But that has been a couple of years ago, before he could tie his own shoe laces. He could see his Granny was half asleep as he walked out of the door,...

mylll   Temptation    Daddy. They are watching me. Eyes everywhere! They are researching my past and looking up my failures. Building a weapon to destroy me. Like a snake just waiting to strike... Father I am surrounded by my enemies. Tempted I am, the snare of the Devil I feel. I'm getting weak, my armour is damaged. I am falling... Daddy HELP! Rap yourself around me, protect me. Fight for me. Hide me in your Light! Please, do not leave me. Do not forsake me Daddy... The roots of temptation have been revealed. I have prayed over it. I...

  As we got off at the airport, I immediately felt the carefree Caribbean atmosphere and it felt like holiday. As part of the yellow team I went to St Ann's Bay, a bay near many tourist attractions on the north coast of Jamaica.   In St Ann's Bay our team experienced real Jamaican vibes.    In the words of Bob Marley "Don't worry about a thing. Every little thing is gonna be alright."    (And yes Bob Marley is an idol among most people. Most consider him as a "national hero")   The church we stayed in is about...

Cuba has his own particular beauty: We discovered it the minute when we went out of the airport... The country being still ruled by a communist government, importation into Cuba is very expensive and difficult. Therefore, Cuban cars for example are still the same cars that the american citizen left in Cuba after Fidel Castro's revolution ! Cuban people are just being fixing again and again the broken parts. Not only the cars, but also the building are very old, and the locals way of living is also very different. It gives a filling to be back in the sixties,...

Usually when we land into a new country, we are always a little bit lost on the airport, not really knowing where to go for the first minute, and then we organize ourself. Our landing to Kingston, Jamaica's capital was very special. Someone was waiting for us, and directed us to a VIP lounge, where we waited for the Pastor to come and pick us up... We had free coffee and soft drinks, what a blessing ! Later, we learned that the Pastor is also involved with the crew of the airport, that explained this special threat ! The next...

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...