God has a voice. What does God sound like? How does His voice sound? When and how does He speak? God is the creator of all things. This is a question that I’ve had all my life. What does God sound like when He speaks? Is His voice gentle like a father speaking to his children or does His voice sound like thunder when he is mad? Does He have a deep sounding voice or just a normal speaking voice or does He have an accent like I do when I speak in a different language. For long I was...
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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....
Cairo - (1 March - 4 March) The following happend on the 27th of November 979: Muslims invaded a part of Egypt and wanted to drive out the christian people that lived in that area. They threatened them and challenged them on what the bible says about mountains being moved by faith (in their eyes it was impossible, and they wanted to mock the christians). The Imam then said that he will only let the christians stay, if this mountain (referring to Moqattam hill) is lifted up so high that he could see the sun underneath the...
We got to Guatamala after a long time of traveling. We slept one night at the Airport of Guatamala because it was to late to start traveling to our destination. The town's name is Panajachel. So the next morning we started to travel. Panajachel is beautiful. The town is on the side of a big lake. There is a lot of town's around this lake. On the other side of the lake from Panajachel there are 2 big Vulcano's and a smaller one. It is really very beautiful!!! Google it if you would like to see. What do you do their? ...
Leadership gets defined when you are thrown into the back of an airplane wondering if all the team members are on board. Or when, a supposedly agreed upon, 5 minute per person shower, turns into a self proclaimed 10 minute spa treatment with 6 other people waiting for their turn with a "what are you going to do about this" expressions on their faces. Or even that moment when someone tries to convince the guys that lentils have the same amount of protein as a steak. And all this before breakfast. Our team is neatly divided into 5 smaller teams....
God is faithful! This is all that I can say after what happened last night. Henro and Welman were out with the scooters when they ran into some Aussies down at the beach. Apparently the one guy commented on Welman’s hair by shouting “Napoleon Dynamite”… some might find this funny. Welman laughed (he found it funny) and they started chatting with them. The end result was sharing of the Good News to the lost and they blessed us with 2000 Baht in return. God is good. We had the morning to catch up on some backed up journaling, emailing and...
I used to fear that lies I told would rise to the surface and make me fall. I used to fear that I would never be enough, not for anybody not for myself. I used to fear that what I did in the dark would come to the light. That's who I used to be, that's what I used to do. But then I met Jesus, I stood face to face with the biggest truth of ever have to face. To be honest, I couldn't face it. I fell I fell face first to the ground. How do you...
CHALLENGING,EXCITEMENT,ANTICIPATION,NERVE-WRECKING,UNCERTAINTY,EXHAUSTING ... are some of the words flashing in your mind when faced with a challenge. But above all,you have a EXPECTATION to see God work and provide in miraculous ways. The New Zealand Challange started on Monday morning 07:00 and our team finished at 00:00 in 4th place. We had varies tasks that had to be completed during the day. I will list a few: 1. One team member had to catch a fish from a kayak. 2. Fill an empty bottle with sea water using a tube with holes in. 3. Built sand castles 4. Play a game of...
Left: Johan testing our Mauretanian driver's sunglasses on the trans-sahara trip. Left: Planning our Sahara trip. Left: Our driver and some of us. Late the 1st day. Left: The craziness of Saint-Louis Senegal.
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Kosovo has been good! My mother said she was going to step into interceding for me and it is amazing how powerful prayer is! I feel like this is the most God has ever revealed of Himself to me. It started with being met by love when I was vulnerable ( dancing and singing like a mad person). A lot of healing happens when you show yourself and in return get a standing ovation from a Star Breather. So imagine this scene. There are three judges and the contestant reluctantly steps out on the stage. Music starts and this poor...
We are busy with a challenge stretching over two days, and we took a photo at a fire-station... What this space for more news!!!
