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Its difficult to describe everything you see and experience when everything you experience is new to you!

Coming into India you are bombarded by a serious sensory overload! I’m still trying to figure out what some of the smells were. I was pleasantly surprised that being so far away from home didn’t feel as alien as I thought it would. Gravity was still pulling, the wind was still blowing and people were still living living their lives all around you.

Who am i? One of the many questions that haunt the youth of this age,but this is the wrong question.The real question is who am i in Christ,for in him is where my true identity is found... I am who i am because of who God is and  because of how much He loves me and how good He is. Because of what He did for me and because of what he did my idenity is secure...    I am a child of God, a princess of the most high, beloved daughter, forgiven one Redeemed by the blood of Christ,chosen,cleaned,apponited...

First off I would like to give thanks to God for this massive privilege of being able to be part of this journey and have the opportunity to serve Him!  It is purely out of His grace that I am here and through His grace that I have the opportunity see and experience a small part of the world and what it has to offer.   Nothing can prepare you though for what you are about to undertake when you sign up.  You get to Jeffrey's in January full of expectation and excitement about what the year has installed for...

Throwing his shoe he jumped back at the sight of a spider, the size of his hand. This was not just any spider but a spider that when bitten makes the inside of your body burn, poison spreading throughout it.   This actually really happened at the beginning of our time in Zambia to Wayne, our team leader. It really is a miracle that he didn’t get bit, but to me it is also something that really reflects the time in Zambia and brings together something I have learned and seen this year, in so many ways. As we took...

God's creation is something so beautiful and something so complex ! But yet it is so simple ... He made all this for Him and then made us so that we could enjoy it with Him and see how all things glorify Him, we are the crowning glory of His masterpiece, then through that we could love Him more ! Let's get back to our intended purpose ... let's go back to being at peace and loving Him !

Namaste from India. We've been working for almost a week in Emmanuel childrens home in Kota, India.  We are restoring an old hostel/ home that has been neglected.  It's taking a lot of sweat (42-48 degree climate) and early mornings ( 5'0 clock) and lots of strength.  We LOVE what we are doing here but the biggest situation is just that we would like to treat the kids with a nice meal but don't have the funds to support our idea. We need R10 00o to give this children a nice meal with some chicken and maybe a treat. There...

God has been so faithful.

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After sending out hundreds of emails to various corporate bodies in South Africa, amazingly Pick & Pay responded!

After two weeks in Malaysia, I can honestly say that if anyone were to tell me the rest of the year's program has been cancelled and that we had to stay there until the end of the journey, I would not have minded! My heart is full of praise as sit here and try to put in words what I am currently feeling, so instead of giving a low down on our daily activities, I thought of sharing a bit of where my heart is at...

Waking up in the middle of the night after a bad dream, God lead me to pray. In my time praying I just experienced God wanting to do something different in the team, hitch-hiking. Here is what happend that had a BIG impact on me: As our time in Costa Rica came to an end, I felt God leading us as a team in n certain direction. I felt Him saying we should hitch-hike from Costa Rica to Guatemala and NOT to buy bus tickets (This was actually a blessing, because bus tickets would have been $130 per person). So...

A ten day faith journey through Guatemala and Mexico. Our Lime team decided that we are going on this adventure totally dependent on God to provide for everything: food, accommodation, transportation etc. The journey began on Thursday 21 August in Panajachel, Guatemala. We got our first lift and our second and so on, we got money and God provided accommodation and a wonderful meal. We couldn't believe all the things God did - He is so amazing!! The next day we got to the border and were so eager to enter Mexico. But it didn't happen...   First time at...