Defining my personal mission for GCX
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Uncertain future, certain God.
Our journey back to South Africa was undoubtedly paved by the hand of the Father. The moment we heard the seriousness of Corona, we as teams were called to meet together at a central place in Brazil - a house in the mountains near a very small town. ...
Led to Lead
I'm leading a team this year! In less than four years God has come and radically changed my life for the better. I believe that each and every single one of us are led to lead. In other words Christ leads us to lead others to him. What a privil...
Would you jump with me?
I remember standing at the edge of a cliff. Looking out at the big wide blue ocean. Looking down and seeing a beautiful scary blue unknown. My heart pounding in my chest like the sound of an epic climactic drum solo. Should I jump? Should i let go of...
Into the nations
Hello, my name is Johan Bruwer. I am on the brink of a 10-month journey where I will see and be a part of the establishment of God’s kingdom in the nations. I believe that the great commission is not an option to be considered, but it is a command to...
Discovering God
After finishing a blog on how God changed my mindset, about things I did not like doing and showing me other wise, I was not convinced that that was what I was supposed to share. After some amazing teachings this past few days and spending some...
"The land of smiles"
Thailand!! Wow it's an incredible place! Filled with beauties that only seeing in person can be understood! It definitely lives up to its phrase "the land of smiles" everyone here is just amazing. This country is special for me! We started in Bangkok...
Hidden World in The World
And just like that we were saying our good bye's and getting on a plane, watching South Africa disappear beneath us and bidding it farewell for the next 8 months. Hidden World is officially in the nations. It still seems unreal to us. 8 weeks ago we ...
Thanking food friends
An exciting update from the GLA eco campus construction site! We would like to give a shout out to the small businesses in Jeffrey's Bay- Beesland Slaghuis, Vyeboom Takeaway, RS Fruit and Veg (Croix Street) and Mengelmoes Kardoes We would like to th...
Break an Egg, Build a School!
The Global Challenge Expeditions Team of 2015 has created an initiative to increase financial support, called the Break an Egg, Build a School Challenge . This challenge is to create a video of you breaking an egg in a creative way and donate at www....
The month of August has stood out from the start of the year!!
The preaching list... Definition: “A sequenced list with names of the Hidden World 2014 team predicting when one would prepare and present a message to a church, school, assembly or gathering.” A.K.A – THE LIST! I knew my time of preaching will soon be here. And I looked forward to it! The previous time when it was almost my turn, the Lord threw a surprise at my front door. In Guyana, which already feels like it was ages ago, our team split into our small teams to visit two different churches on one sunny Sunday morning. Tiaan gave us the...
1.Thou shall eat all that is set before thee. 2.Thou shall not bribe. 3.Thou shall hurry up and wait. 4.Thou shall use the toilet which is available for thee. 5.Thou shall not have any personal space and thou shall create space where there is none. 6.Thou skin shall spell US Dollars even though thou art from South Africa. 7.Thou shall have thy passport ready at all 500 000 police checks in every country. 8.Thou shall develop an identity crisis since thou art born in Africa but not considered African. 9.Thou shall love bread with all thy heart. 10.Thou shall love...
21days, 7 towns, 3 people, 1 mission: to spread the Gospel but there's 1 small obstacle: language Marnus, Darko and myself (otherwise known as the MTT - Muslim Traveling Team) were sent out from Xining on a 21 day mission to 7 towns in the Ghanzou province, which is in the western part of China. Afterwards we joined the team for debrief in Shaga. First up was Dagajia , consisting of two streets crossing one another. We met one English speaking guy in the town who pointed us in the direction of the school, where an English teacher lives....
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Don’t you just love it when words jump out of a page and breathe life into your very being and make you want scream at the top of your lungs …THERE is MORE TO LIFE PEOPLE! Welcome to life outside the box, “sticking it to the man” and “doing what Jesus would do”...
…drum roll please…
LUKE 10 journey 2011
We stood for no less than 10 minutes when a big 18 wheeler truck pulled up. That first day in Kaffrine things were looking tough for us but now it was happening fast! We ran over to the truck and the driver was more than pleased to give us a lift. In fact he wanted to buy us breakfast as well. We couldn't believe it. A lift and food- truly a miracle. We sat at a roadside café enjoying a traditional African breakfast: very sweet tea and some white bread with butter. Of course a truck is...
The WORK YOUR WAY team is at the moment in the south of India at an orphanage shearing the love of Christ to the kids.
Our journey took an unexpected turn due to the civil unrest in Venezuela and we were detoured to Santa Marta. The team has had a great time just pouring out what we have received, serving with La Esparanza chuch and South American Missions. And what an interesting time we've had! The South-Americans have quite an outward focused culture. Since that first week in Sao Paulo I've been amazed by the sense of community facilitated by living on your front porch and in the streets. As a result, outside-church seem to be the order of the day. We've had church...
What is beauty? Who is the beholder?
Come and join me on a journey through Africa to the final destination - Zambia...
Beauty is the green fields and trees after the lovely rainy
season. It's the distribution of chips and cooldrinks in the
bucket-seated bus. The smile of Blessed (the child in the bus). Beauty is the humble, concerned woman at the busrink in
Buluwayo.
