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WOW, time flies by fast!! We are already on our way to India.

Hey to everyone and to all out there. My weeks here at J bay have been such an amazing experience and still is. just got back from Global Survivore and wow it was something that I will never forget. had to camp and build my own shelter with my group i was with, had to fight for food and well came last most of the time hahaha but it was a time that we could build into each others lives.Getting ready for a trip to the Trans sky to help build a school water tank fence, garden and much more...

It was day two of serving tea to the refugees at Tabanovce, the border between Macedonia and Serbia. It was a cold day. Raining too. I remember not feeling my toes and serving tea was nice...at least my hands could touch some warmth every 7 seconds while filling a cup of chai (black tea). " Talg? , Charien?" were the main 2 words spoken to many refugees stretching out their arms over the counter also longing for some comfort in the cold weather - a cup of warm tea (served with a smile :-) While trying to serve as many...

 

Rain, rain rain every day! At least the bugs don’t come out that much.

Our time here is great, the food is great and our sleeping conditions are even better with hot showers every day. I have to admit some of the traditional food is a bit hard to swallow...

   We were priviledge enouth to visit the lovely people in the Transkei. At first we had to get there on our own from Jeffreys bay. This was the first official challenge we had and it was a lot of fun and a good way to learn more about our team which is the orange team. We were given R690 to get there which is about $120 for a 700km trip and we had to buy food and to various other tasks including hugging a pig and eating "run aways" which is boiled chicken feet. We started hicking to Humansdorp where...

Just before Nepal God gave me and Jade word: "expect the unexpected," and did He surprise us every day with the unexpected. In Nepal Northbound divided into two groups : purple and turquoise. Arno, Willemien, Miga, Vanessa and Jade are in the purple team(our team)and this blog is about what we as small team experienced. God sent us to a family that supports an orphanage with 15 boys. Due to a medical operation the host underwent, they could give as much of their attention to us, so we supported them instead. By supporting them God taught us how to bless...

Turkey update 1 ended with us about to leave Kusadasie. We wanted to go to Cappadocia, but we did not really have the finances for that and I felt for a while that we need to do a hitch hike in Turkey I decided now is the time. The only problem was that I was under a slight misunderstanding of where exactly Cappadocia was in Turkey. I thought it was about 100km from where we were at the sights of the old city of Colosse and Laodicea, but in fact it was about 700km away not at Colosse. This I...

The H A R D facts about traveling During a mid year de-briefing in a parent visit to our team, we were asked to answer and share the next 11 questions. Here follows a non mystical approach to my experience up till now 1. The weirdest and most horrible thing that I have eaten or drunk on this journey. Surprisingly the most horrible drink, was a strong canned malt drink served in a slum in Guyana. The drink tasted like molasses with a soy Souse type of consistency. The weirdest fruit was in Cuba, it looked like a brown skinned...

Already a month and a half is gone, and I can barely believe all the things I have experienced and learned! Cambodia was a blessing - especially the joy of the people in spite of their tragic history. I have no specific highlight, because even the "not so nice" experiences (like visiting the garbage dump community) were very enriching. However, we had many fun moments as a team and also together with the Khamer people. India is a different story...chaotic, smelly, dirty, almost godforsaken. Yet, I have never " seen" God so clearly as in the lives of the dedicated orphans at...

GOD IS SO GOOD!!! Thank you for reading His miracles again. In this entry we see God working in a small small town in Russia called "Divnogorsk" this is a beautiful town and reminds me a lot of Hermanus, the town where I come from. I was very reluctant to go but upon our arrival we were met by the local pastor, who pastors the most beautiful church, probably in the world! Anyway we were there to help with some street ministry, incase you don't know what this is then I will explain:  We make a big circle and we...