Participant Blogs

Before Luke 10 started Rueben and I talked and prayed a lot. We knew anything can happen and we though we were ready for anything. God clearly showed us that we though wrong. What happened on our Luke 10 is something nobody would consider as possible options. Not because it cannot happen, just because nobody thinks of these things before hand. Never the less, it was somewhat fun and something that changed my outlook on people. It took some time for us to move on from the gas station. We stayed there for a while. We had no idea where...

Venezuela

When i think of this short yet epic tale i am reminded of the words that The Lord spoke to me through uncle joe at the beginning of the year..." Let's go and do exploits, my girl" oh WOW what a little exploit this was.

During the year, we get to know God in many ways. God being god Father h been quite a theme for Northbound our team has really been blessed in abundance, but I would like to focus a little more on how God has just been so specific in my small personal needs.  It started off in India, our second country. I was really in need of a new day bag. I wanted to buy one in Nepal, but then decided against it, but God knew better and was in control and it was no surprise that our gift from the...

This photo were taken during our prayer walk on Kotini Eden Farm - FCE Terrain near Masaiti! Just also want to thank all our supporters, friends and family for your prayers!! All is well and we are learning so much! May God Bless Blue Team  

                  I was surprised to see how beautiful China was when we started to travel more to the country side.  The huge mountains stretched out for kilometers on end.  My eyes were opened to a new idea of what china was all about.  And soon enough God started to show me what He saw for this beautiful place. During my stay in China I was reminded of the story of Joshua and the Israelites.  Linking these thoughts to a scripture I would like to read from Joshua 6:1-3 "Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel;...

So we started our Jordan trip with a very easy border crossing that put us in Mafraq about 2 hours earlier than anyone expected. Once again we got very few and basic questions at the border and gave them honest answers and said some things we probably should not say. We started our ministry at …. and that concluded our time of ministry in Jordan. We had the privilege of being donated some money to go traveling in Jordan and we used it to go to Wadi Rum and a few places along the way for our last days in...

Ci-dessous, le texte de notre leader Chris. J'ai pris la liberté de traduire le texte... Nous sommes toujours à Antofagasta, nous repartons mercredi... Bonne lecture ! "Voila comment ont commence une aventure... Après notre aventure à Machu Piccu, nous sommes montés dans un bus au départ de Cusco à 22h30 et à destination de la frontière bolivienne. Nous sommes arrivés à la frontière bolivienne le lendemain matin avec l'espoir de pouvoir revoir la jungle amazonienne dans ce pays, mais... Dieu avait un plan différent. Environ 1 heure plus tard, nous nous sommes retrouver sur le trottoir du côté Péruvien, car...

That we may know Him...this is our only desire. Africa, my Africa In this place corruption brews in governments, injustice flows through the rifles of child soldiers and poverty strikes the poorest of poor. Yet beauty abounds in its sprawling jungles, mighty desert dunes and raging rivers; is evident in the eyes of the humble farmer, the joyful singing of the women and the innocent actions of the locals. That we may know Him... We have been exposed to different ways of thinking and living, we saw the crippling effects of poverty and disease and searched God’s heart for answers...

Wow, what a blessing I had few weeks ago when six lucky Global Challenges went to join a ministry called Stormco. We had a super road trip as we travelled from Auckland to Wellington. We passed an awesome place called Routarou, where the place constantly stinks because of the natural springs. However we were fortunate to meet up with friends who stay there and they treated us to some great Pizza and a place to stay for the evening. The next morning we went to an extraordinary place called the secret place. So unfortunately I can't tell you anything more. Jokes....

Congratulations!!!! This is the real thing... Your first Challenge!!! Use the instructions... See you in Johannesburg, Kempton Park on Monday afternoon at 16:00... You are on your own!!!!! But are we really on our own?? Of course not!!!!! The challenge:  Teams must get from Jeffrey's to Jo'burg and deliver their "gift", which is a fish called Jubal, to a house in Kempton Park, preferably alive!!! *with R400 per person (includes food) = R2000 *may use your cellphones during this challenge *not allowed to use people we know *travel by overland, not allowed to fly We got a lift from our...