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...
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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....
What is our mission?
As Global Challenge, we travel around the world in a God-seeking lifestyle, serving the nations and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the different places we visit, we come alongside the local churches or missionaries and try to serve the local communities in any way we can.
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...
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...
I would love to introduce to you Jerry and Christy, as well as their 4 children ages 11, 9, 7 and 3. This family comes from a continent not too far from Africa. However, they do come from a cultural background far removed from that of Africa, particularly the Ethiopian one. Ethiopia is an African country in its own world with its unique ways. As most people know, Ethiopia has its own calendar and its own time; I don’t think any other country can get as unique as that. It has a rich coffee culture mainly expressed on a daily...
The final stretch of the 2011 Work Your Way journey took place in Egypt and Israel. Personally Cairo had a tendency to remind me a bit of India. Dry, hot, a lot of poverty, dirty, people trying to constantly sell something to you, bad odors floating around in the atmosphere every here and there etc etc. But still through all that there was a love and compassion for the people which is hard to explain. Especially when thinking that in the very same areas we were walking 25 Coptic Christians were killed just days after we left. I can't help...
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...
Sunny and hot, running around like mad and suddenly it all gets windy, cold and stormy.
After spending 4 weeks in London I have to ask myself: "Was the London experience a trial or a blessing?" To be honest, I still don't know the answer. I do know that London was a challenge on more than one level: spiritually and emotionally. We arrived early on a cold and wet Friday morning (nothing new for England!) and headed to the SA Congregation's Festival grounds. After pitching our tents we made a team effort and soon pitched all the tents that was needed for the festival. After spending the very wet and stormy night in the tent, we were...
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...
