White men have been accused of a number of inabilities. White men can't jump... White men can't dance... Travelling through Africa I'm convinced these accusations are not without cause. Today I concluded (again) that white people also struggle embrace the beauty of a motorbike taxi. As we race through peak hour traffic in Kampala, the wind blows through my hair and I clasp my little white fists around the luggage rack under my backpack. I pull my abdominal muscles as tight as I can - to stay upright through the abrupt stop and start ride. I clench my teeth...
Participant Blogs
Global Challenge Missions Blog Archive: These are real blogs, from real people, bringing real change...
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....
I have never experienced a unity such as this. There is so much love in our team and overflowing joy. The other day we had a full on glee musical moment! Possibly the moment I am alive for hahaha! Kosovo is so good for the team. Every Time we get, what we think is sidetracked, God has an amazing different plan for us. (We didn't get our Chinese visas) We dedicated our year to be servants of God and He is using us. So far every time this happened the people we 'end up with by default' mention that...
My Vision My Vision for 80 Days is to experience God’s love first hand and to witness His amazing miracles. I expect to grow in Christ in order to teach people about Him and to accomplish the greatest goal of all, to take them with me through the gates of Heaven. I want to appreciate what I have, through the hard work that we as a Global Challenge team will do in other countries. I want to see people laugh and smile, just because we did things for them, without expecting anything or any payment. I never want to see...
(This is still a blog from the Amazon from March) A blog of pictures from our week on the Amazon River After seven amazing days and incredible times soaking in the Word, we are ready for Colombia!
This blog is not something that happened in a foreign country, not something that any human could do, but something God has done for my family back home!
Why Me?? Why?? Why did you grow up in a western country? Why did you get to go to school, get a family who has all they need, get a bed to sleep on and your own room? Why did you grow up knowing Jesus? Why did you get food everyday for three meals a day? Why did you get parents that are still alive? Why did you get to live in a place of oppurtunity where you have options? Why ME??? Why not the african kid sitting in the slum? Why not the orphan depressed and abandoned? Why not the...
Hi guys! Just a quick update on whats been going on here in J-Bay. The first 2 weeks of Global Challenge 2009 has really been awesome, I had the previlage to meet some AMAZING God seeking people whos heart is just to serve God and learn more and more about him.. We are busy working at a primary school near J-bay in iThemba, where we are giving the whole school a face lift, painting, cleaning, building, you name it and we are doing it. :P We are also busy getting ready for the year that is ahead with all kinds...
Our prayers before coming to Colombia included lots of rain. Thinking in the terms of spiritual rain, it turned out to be drops from the sky as well, and plenty of it! Now, as everyone who has been a child knows, when you mix water and soil, you get: MUD! With this in mind, after a long day of digging holes and opening up pipes, the Yellow team, having the advantage of being on top of the hill, decided that a “friendly” attack on the Blue and Silver teams, working down under, would be a good idea…...
The last time you heard from me was when we were at Stephan’s place in Hatyai in the south of Thailand. Since then so much has happened. I shall try to keep it short as I run you through Angelo, Henro and De Necker's adventures. Sunday the 8th marked the start of our Luke 10. That meant that for the duration of the journey we had no access to personal or team money, no extra clothes than those that we were wearing and no plan. We did have Bibles, toothbrushes, passports, I took the computer for blogging purposes and I...
