Participant Blogs

In all honesty, I have grown accustomed to thinking of God as some spiritual being way up in the atmosphere, looking down at us humans with disappointment.    With Veritas Training this week, that mindset has shifted.    The first time God spoke to Man was in Genesis 1:28 - "Be blessed". A two-worded statement that sums up the Lord's heart for His people.   After the fall of Man, God did not first reprimand them for their sin. His first words were "Where are you?" It is as if He was asking their permission to approach them , testing to see...

During our whole time in Morocco I was thinking ahead to our next country: Mauritania. One thing bugged me: the visas. It was possible to get our Mauritanian visas in Rabat, Morocco, but according to the Mauritanian embassy in South Africa we would be able to get it on the border. Knowing of the disconnect that so often exists between embassies and border controls I wasn't entirely comforted. Especially since it was Mauritania, the border was in the middle of the Sahara and I had read stories on the internet of guys coming up against the fluctuating rules at that...

  Deus muda tudo quando quer e na hora que quer...foi um momento muito especial para todos nos que estavamos na Colombia...para chegar la foi mais que um desafio ..sair entao uma volta ao mundo...Deus nos mostrou muitas coisas e nos ensinou também!! Muita coisa foi mudada, mas ainda tem muito o que mudar e ser trabalhado!! o desafio continua!! Gloria a Deus por isso..queo Senhor continue trabalhando em nossas vidas!! Enquanto ha tempo!!!! rumo ao Peru..proxima para Chiclayo!!...montanhas...ferreñafe!! confins da terra!!! God changes everything when he wants and when he wants ... it was a very special moment for all...