Participant Blogs

God is no longer part of my story… Oh the gravity of You, draws my soul unto its knees I will never be the same, I'm lost and found in you. (The Rend Collective) During debrief I was listening to Mike from All Nations drawing parallels to the story of Abraham, the father of our faith. He was explaining that Abraham walked straight to the altar to offer Isaac because He believed that God is a God that can resurrect!  That is the father of our faith. Bold and confident. Faith in a God that is bigger than him, bigger...

So once upon a time there were 2 boys and 5 girls, and they took on a journey of faith, known as Global Challenge, knowing that they are giving up certain things back home, such as a comfortable bed, a basin in the bathroom, tomato sauce, a car, TV and a bath, amongst other things…   but it was all ok, because the journey they were taking would be life-changing and God-seeking! After about 7 months of the journey, having become used to ‘bakkie wash’, self-inflatable (and self-deflatable) mattresses, cold showers and so forth… they realized that those are not...

  India 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth. In the beginning of March wYw made their way from Johannesburg through Cairo into Mumbai. Where we had the expensive privilege to go and pray at the local Emmanuel children’s home and school.  As God has it only two weeks later the pastor mails us and shares that, the piece of land that is so desperately needed for expanding the ministry and previously not for sale. Now it has been offered to them for $10g’s less than it...

Urban lights and flashes of nature, though clouded, still persist in my weary mind. Countless thoughts slowly fade. Strange emotions  still feuds for control. Yet new understanding makes home in me as i, make a new home, for my wings clipped, by His will, i am urged, for now, to stay. Names i will forget but the wisdom gained is partly forever and wholly mine. I want to thank all the people and all the places i will never recall. For you were and still are part of God's scheme, to ruin my once lost life. And now in the...

What are the first things that comes to mind when you hear Jamaica? Rastas wearing the colours Red, Yellow, Green and Black? Bob Marley? Weed/Marijuana? Or that Walt Disney Movie "Cool Runnings" with the four Jamaicans who trained to enter the winter Olympics with bobsledding? Some people might think about the sprinters that broke some world records in the Olympics, Usain Bolt. These are some of the prejudices that have been set up in most people's minds about this Island. This is also the picture or idea that was stuck in some of our minds when we first came to Jamaica, but we were pleasantly surprised to see that there is so much more to this country and God's goodness and light is shining through the darkness. I can honestly say that our team's initial ideas about Jamaica was completely changed and we will definitely think differently about Jamaica from now on.

 

Traveling from Australia in mid August, I doubt that any of us felt up for two and a half months in the Middle East.  Heat, the culture that is so different, a tiny budget and knowing that our time for going home was drawing closer all played a part in the mood. Sight seeing in a sweltering Cairo was fun, but we all thought it best to split up and go on our own for about 5 days, just to think things through, recuperate and gain some energy for the home stretch.  God sent me to a place called St...

What a blessed time it has been! From amazing teachings and testimonies in Jeffreys-Bay, to serving and sharing the Good News to the community of Mahosheni, and to just grow in unity as a team(especially through the survivor camp and camping with the kids of Global Leadership Academy), the training was an amazing journey, and it's amazing to know that an even bigger journey is about to start for all the teams! Here is a short video of who the Work Your Way 2011 team is and some of our experiences during training! (Enjoy!) [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1BS7INtqW8 400x300] To all the other...

Russia is a beautiful place, especially in the countryside, people still live very simple (due to poverty), each one has their own small garden for vegetables and a cow or two for milk (and every cow has a name, no more than 2 cows) milked every night and a long drop toilets and wood houses and horse carts etc. It's beautiful. They bath every three days in a sonna type of thing called a Banja The sun sets only 11 o'clock in the evening in Russia and then come back five o'clock in the morning, it is effectively only 4...

After 5 weeks, our time in India is coming to a close.During this time we have been in Delhi, Kota and Varanasi, we also shared the gospel with many people and trust that God will water the seed we have planted.

It rained today, the type of weather that screams 'stay in bed'. I didn't feel like going to the camp but I promised you I would, so I went.  I had lots of plans for new games we could play and I also promised to still braid your hair.  But you weren't there... I walked through the camp, expecting you to come running, screaming my name as you always did, but you didn't. There were no running footsteps, no waving hair and bright smile. No one eagerly grabbing my hand and saying 'come, come' to play a new game. The...