Participant Blogs

I saw a young child of arround 6 years in the isle of a busy street in Agra, India she wore a white dress but the dress was soo dirty at places that it looked black, totally contaminated with dirt. There was no one close to her, to protect her from: cutting remarks, glares and advances.She was so exposed to the world and the evil people in it. Nothing seperating her from this... There is an ever present evil as the streets in India really aren't safe!It struck me so much as every child needs and deserves love as well...

I can only describe the first 3 weeks of training as intense, exhausting, tiring, liberating, excrutiating...and yet exceeding all my expectations. God has come to meet me in unexpected ways, in different circumstances, and it only goes to show me how intimately He knows each of us, and He knows exactly all our needs. We have had the opportunity to get involved in a primary school and did the last bit of work yesterday. It was so exciting to see what could be done in only 2 weeks! We also got involved with the school children, and I was truly...

" 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...

    We are extremely happy to report that Northbound have arrived safely in Athens city and will be sleeping at Zeus Hostel on perfectly white and fluffy beds! We have definitely been upgraded from trying our utter most best to catch a few winks whilst shivering on the cold airport floor or  huddling and scrunching on an airport bench. Dinner at the airport last night:  Cara was an absolute miracle to our team as she wonderfully presented our cuisine dish for the evening. We would purchase cups of hot water from a coffee shop and then meticulously concoct some Maggi 2 Minute Noodles which we...

Assignment: locate an empty space in a small town and furnish it as a restaurant Time frame: 3 weeks Obstacles: language and limited budget Modus Operandi: Chinese frasebook, a lot of hand signs and creativity Mission: possible!   So there we were. Three team members in a tibetan town in rural China.We had to find a place to hire as a restaurant, and to furnish and decorate it to function as a pizza restaurant. Normally not too difficult, but considering the location quite a challenge! But we were up for it! God really prepared the way for us. We were...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 You have no money, not really any plans, apprehension mixed with excitement and a huge hunk of uncertainty…it’s the start of Luke 10… what do you do? Well if your blue team and you have been sent out…. You GO! Leaving behind all the “baggage” we didn’t need and taking all God had taught us so far we said our goodbyes. After previously meeting together to share what God had told us about what He wanted for us to do, we met again and decided to trust and step into that....

Since being in Colombia I often asked myself how do I love other people? Out of a society where everybody looks for their own interests and tries to get the best out of everything I didn't know how to love others. I know God loves us so much that He gave His son for us and how Jesus loved other people way back in the past. But how does it look like today? So I went and sought God for it to show me how to do it and for opportunities to put the theoretical knowledge into actions.    God...

When we get so caught up in die patterns o this world, God sometimes need to issolate us in order to speak into our lives. 
What better place than Masaiti (meaning place of issolation) in Zambia.

Since the challenge to get from Pretoria to the FCE base in Masaiti, God's been teaching and showing me so much.  With the
focus on God and Rom.12v2, I've come to realise how easily we fall into the pattern of this world.  Our thinking patterns
become more and more worldly and then we try to fit God into this pattern as well.  We trust on our own insights, loosing
focus of Him.

The Hand of God Its all a process, every step is a building block to an amazing future with our King.  Beteen all the exitement and different cultures, God is working - molding us to perfection. He has shown me His Father heart and also taught me about the fear of God.  His holy Spirit is working in me and I'm learning all the different ways that He communicate with me.   Sooooo Cool!!!!!!!! So in seeking Him - I'm finding out just how amazing our Heavenly Father can be...   

The past 2 weeks, we've been on our Luke 10 journey within Senegal. We were sent out by our leaders, as Jesus sent out the disciples according to passage in Luke 10. Beforehand though we had to ask ourselves Questions such as: Jesus where do you want us to go? Father how do you want us to apply the Scripture within this journey ? And thereafter we had to actually go and apply what we felt the Lord lead us to do? We eventually decided to take a road to Diana, a small town near a river. Lead mainly by...