Participant Blogs

Day five started very slowly as last night our room was, as Welman stated, like a primary school rugby tour.  We stayed up late telling ghost stories in the dark… and then everyone had to go to the bathroom together like a bunch of… uhm… girls.   Last evening Bernard spoke at the women’s gathering.  Being a guy, this was quite a daunting task, but God came through and gave Him the necessary words.  The message was on the compassionate God we serve and how He looks after us because we are His children. De Necker then had the men to preach...

The Southbound 2011 team have all returned home now or onto new journeys the Lord has called them into for 2012 and are all walking the daily challenge of putting into practise the faith lessons learnt throughout the year, amidst old ways of life with family and friends. Here the real challenge begins...!

The End of one journey and the beginning of a new one!   The journey already started when we were in Canada. God gave us some words and pictures of what is going to happen the next month just to get us excited for what lies ahead!! For that excitement that gets you on the edge of you seat!      We left Canada sad but also with much joy of what are still going to happen and what already took place, we entered Europe with money in our pockets with the plan to buy some bicycles and just to...

    We as an orange team are settings this world on fire. Since the last blog that Liesl wrote we had some amazing times. We learned so much from each other and the team really grew as a unit. Everyone is really filling their role well.   Liesl (Team leader) Yvonne(Food) Johann(Finance) Henri(Travel/communication) We have set out from our initial base camp in Jefferies and moved just down the road to the VCSV camp and received some amazing teachings. We then had a challenge from Jefferies to Mdumbi which is located in the Transkei. Again some amazing teaching and some...

'REVOLUTION REVELATION'  This Is what was starıng at me 3am ın the mornıng, turnıng ınto a somewhat desperate request to God. ‘’ Lord I don’t get ıt’’, I was expecting a thunderbolt of truth, a revelatıon bıg enough to brıng a revolutıon ın my heart.’’ The reply came ın a stıll small voıce, almost completely drowned out by emotions and confusıon: ‘’All ın good tıme Robın’’ so let me start at the begınnıng, all the events that lead to thıs desperate prayer: We started our Luke 10 journey wıth a farewell that made my heart jump at the thought of steppıng out ın complete faıth. ...

The first two days of the Africa Challenge is gone! What a

" a picture is worth a thousand words " ?? - well then a smile is worth a million! Thailand is ‘Smileland', no doubt about that! What a blessed three weeks this was, feeling so at home in God's valley, I think when God painted the earth He accidentally let the little green bottle tip over on this part cause... WOW, what a refreshing sight this is! If there is one place so far that I wish I could share with the nation, it definitely is Thailand, the overwhelming presence of God amongst these Buddhists. Every thai's gesture, body language, signs...

Canada   We are now in Canadian air space and as we look down we see no snow what so ever!! BIG disappointment as in our minds Canada “is” snow. After n little speed bump at customs we were picked up and drove to Ignite Camp and Retreat Center the place we would call home for the next month and a half. After all “formalities” were done and over with we got settled in, and we were overjoyed at all the freedom we had. We stayed in our own cabin hidden in the “woods”, in the kitchen we had a...

One of the first leads when we dreamed of what the Silk Route journey might be at the latter end of 2018, was the 2020 Olympics in Japan: “If we traverse the Silk Road from West to East, or from Turkey to China, we could extend it to Japan and serve as volunteers at the Games!”, or so we fantasized. I remember still adding, “Nations across the globe all in one place at one time—what better opportunity to reach out to so great a diversity of people groups than this?” Needless to say, this plausible idea fizzled out as the...

    The GC team split up into three teams - two being up to Thailand, and one staying in Kuala Lumpur. The red team are the only lucky ones who are all in one team! So for a change we're gonna minister together for the next tree weeks! We left for Hat Yai, Thailand on the train yesterday evening and arrived here this morning (29/4/08). Our new friend, June, was at the station to meet us! We are staying at the dormitory on the premises, and our dinner has already been a "WARM" welcome! Our ministry will consist of...