Participant Blogs

Our bus ride to Niamey didn’t start well. It was overbooked and since we weren’t that adapt at squeezing into small spaces and rushing to open seats most of the team found themselves squeezed onto the back seat. I found myself sitting in the front of the aisle next to the driver. In West Africa they sell water in sealed-of plastic bags as opposed to bottles. It was extremely hot and we were sucking those bags dry in the dozens, our bodies seeming to slurp up every drop of moisture available.   Finally, late in the afternoon we arrived in...

Now since we last spoke we travelled to Belize, transit through Guatemala, Panama for a week and then Brazil, with our Luke 10 journey starting in Rio de Janeiro and the rest of the time in Ubatuba and Sao Paulo city.  The Lord has really been so faithful and I can´t wait to start telling you of all that happened…so here we go!   ...Belize... We started our journey out of Panajachel, Guatemala very early on the 21 st of July, on the way to Guatemala City where we spent the day, and at 11 at night we started the...

India is hectic.   For the first week, we were in Delhi, doing some serious bible studying.  Then we took a train to a big orphanage. Our goal there was to repaint the inside of the boys hostel and to provide a new set of undies for each child, along with chilling with the kids, and hosting an evening program every night. Except for one thing..we didn’t have any money to do this         So we scraped,  sanded and painted in faith, trusting that our Father is The Provider.  And after only 5 days of fund raising...

The empty streets of Bethlehem were filled with a quiet novelty that danced in the gentle orange splashes as the sun rose over the birth town of my Saviour. I made may way to the specific spot that He led me to a few mornings ago - turning away from the steeple of the beautiful Nativity church and vibrant Manger square... walking in the opposite direction toward a viewpoint on the corner of busy street. He led me through an average neighbourhood toward an average street to spend time with Him, while looking over the roof of a seemingly average...

The land of spice, rice, colour, fabric, tea, rickshaws, idols, people, people and more people…Walking around in Delhi in the summer is not for the faint hearted. The scent of cow dung, incense, curry, chai tea, exhausts fumes and decomposing trash floods your senses and you struggle to absorb it all. It takes time for one to understand India and enjoy her, her mysterious beauty and her effortless glamour. Some never get the chance to grasp who she is and learn to love her and her people. They don’t know what they’re missing… On this four-week journey trough India I got...

My heart lies scatted over Africa captured in the smiles of orphans and the courage of missionaries In the pit of poverty I discovered the wealth of community In the midst of brokenness I developed joy In the heat of accusations I found identity In my prideful parade I uncovered my weakness In the inconvenience of companionship I made peace with my incompleteness In a desperate longing for independence I saw the beauty of fellowship Disgusted with my own imperfection I finally understood Grace Faced with injustice; my heart yearns for the Saviour I have not changed the world I’m...

More than two weeks into this amazing year we are stil realizing more and more what this year is really about, and it increases our excitement! This week we had the privelage to get a taste of what is to come when we started working at a local primary school! We did what was necesary to get the job done! We also had some amazing experiences and awesome views! We just had to hang on to everything we had to prevent it from getting blown away, even ourselves at times! On Friday one of my new sisters selebrated her birthday...

20 000 000 people in one city!! Have you ever imagine that? You don't want to! Woman walking around in scarfs, covering their faces! Their eyes are full of pain, heartbreak and rejection. How will we ever make a difference in a city so big with so many people? I saw how the whole of Egypt bow before Jesus Christ and declare that is Lord. Everything is possible for our God!!! 

We are coming to the end of our time here in Thailand, and the last few days I have been thinking a lot about everything that we did here and all the people that we met and so forth. It made me realize one thing about myself, I am so focused on where I am going, that I forget about today!! I am always looking at where we are going next, how we are going to be ministering to the people when we get there, how awesome it is going to be over there and how we are going to...

 We are almost at the end of our time, and wow, it is the year in which I have definitely learnt the most. We just came from Bosnia I Herzegovina where we were blessed. We had an awesome time with the pastor there, Pastor Mladen, and for once we didn’t call him Ben. In Bosnia we had the opportunity of praying for the church, where we could proclaim Christ as King, and pray blessings over it. We felt in the first week that we ought to pray against generational curses, and the first teaching the church had that week was...