Participant Blogs

221 days after leaving South Africa, visiting almost 10 different island nations, we found the rural islands we thought this whole year's journeys would be like!   Welcome to the Philippines!   Since this was my second visit to the Philippines with Global Challenge (and it was my favourite country in 2011), I had extremely high expectations!   To be honest, I was actually anxious of our 3 weeks of ministry there, because what if it's not as amazing as last year?   What if we don't raise the funds needed for our project in Olango?   What if we...

 23 April 2015.       Independence day- A day of celebration, music, dancing, partying all decorated with blue and white flags.     Walking down the highway in Tyberias I saw two men in a little white Kia, their faces looked like home! It was oom Wikus and Hennie hooting all the way! Excitement bubbled up in me, after not seeing loved ones for so long! We ended up eating Mc Donalds on top of the hill we pitched our tents on (it ended being someone's farm, haha) Our first two nights in Tyberias ended up being sleepless, because...

Date:  06 April 2009 Place: Nazareth / Tiberias / Sea of Galilee, Israel   Israel Challenge (continue) ... some photos!   We started the challenge by "energizing" ourselves with grape fruit...     Got into a tree...     Visited a Kibutz to find out more about the people living in it (Kibutz - Farm villages next to the Sea of Galilee)     We visited St Peter's Primacy Church and reflexted on a miracle where Jesus told Peter and the disciples to throw the fishing nets at the other side of the boat.     We performed a swimming...

The time in turkey for me was AMAZING ( and no it is not controrary on my last blog, it is because of that and because of what God has done through that that even though it was difficult it was still a GREAT TIMEA) I got confronted with so many things and so many ways that we live our life in South Africa, and God really came and revealed to me what it really means to Give up everything to Serve him, i met people that lost their jobs, their families, their friends, their whole life just because they...

Words can hardly describe what India is like, let alone sum up 6 weeks of ministry, new experiences, strange cultural habits, Hindu idol worship, hot food and spices, spiritual warfare unlike any we have ever known, smells and sights of poverty known but ignored by the western world, personal struggles and attacks, disbelief at personal growth and change throughout the year, but also experiencing the power of prayer and the very real presence of God in the lives of children so small their faith touches your inner being and makes you wonder why you’re not living the life you have been called to live-to be in constant communion with the Lord and in step with the Spirit! What an example of faith!

 Dear Friends and Family, In 2 Corinthians 4: 8-11 Paul writes: "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.   In many ways the last two months had some of the biggest highlights of my life as...

who thought Egypt of all places was cold??gees thanks for the heads up......lolWe are humbled and humbled indeed we are. going from south Africa with nothing but our bags and a hope and serving im mind we never were ready to get lost in Cairo, nor be culture shocked by the clash of western life and traditional muslim life. walking here you see this and the lifestyle isnt what you would expect and we had to learn not to think but experiance, the traditions the people, the tradesmen.we were blessed by the people there and as always had time for a...

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6awcgMk9A 400x400]   It was with a strange excitement that we stepped off the airplane in Manaus. For a couple of weeks we’d been talking about this part of our journey. The trill of going into a place for the first time, not knowing where we would sleep or what we would do, but knowing that God sent us there for a purpose and a plan, and that He would guide our steps as we walk into whatever He had designed for us before time even began. Walking down the corridors towards the luggage reclaim, the reality struck us of...

The big day has arrived and here is our first blog as promised.  If you do not know yet, we as the work Your way team are going to blog every day for the month of May. This way you become part of our journey and experience our adventures with us.  All you have to do is to pledge to donate any amount per blog and help us to do what we do.  “What do you do?” you are asking, well read further and find out. We arrived in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on the 29th of April.  We...