Participant Blogs

Have you ever experienced a 34 hour day? Imagine that... traveling... different time zones... minimal sleep!!! That was South Bound from New Zealand to Mendoza, Argentina! After we made a semi-successful attempt to sleep on the Mendoza airport, we were given the plans for the next few days! ¨In your small groups, go and explore South America, this is the time, you have 6 days, R100 per day per person... and all you need to do is meet up again in Lima in 6 days! See places, jump of a bridge!!!¨  This was Global Challenge we all thought!!! Time to explore South America! Macchu Pittchu maybe!...

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...

We have to shine like this beautiful sunrise and shine to the world and tell the world about our God because He is the only God and we praise him with all our heart !!!

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...

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...

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...

 -work your way- I can truly testify that I have grown in God this past month with Global Challenge!  First one of the best times was when Welman, Jakes and I went surfing when it was dark at supertubes (the surfing spot where BILLABONG PRO is held).  Although Welman and I didn’t catch a wave it was an awesome experience!  The next day Philip came with and we surfed like pro’s(duh). We headed to the Bush… We arrived at the Bush on January 24th.  When we arrived we were told to take 6 items with for the next few days. ...

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...

  From Johannes , a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News. The Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets, as written in the  Holy Scriptures. It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David; as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death. Through him God gave me the privilege of being an apostle for the sake of Christ , in order...