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INDONESIA – a beautiful island country, that is caught up in the suffocating grips of Islam...with countless mosque megaphones proclaiming death and lies over her cities every day. Darkness is a constant companion for those living under this false religion, being imprisoned by the traditions of men...even if they do not admit it. There is a tent of darkness that lies over this nation - keeping them in bondage...BUT – the LIGHT has come! His name is JESUS CHRIST ! He proclaims FREEDOM to the CAPTIVES and RELEASES those who sit in DARKNESS !! So, in June I chose to...

Have you ever prayed for someone or something but have not seen the results you really hoped and believed for with all your heart?

We’ve been in China  4 weeks and visited different cities, okay more town like than city like but that’s what made it so interesting!!  Because we went to towns most of the people are astonished by foreigners.  Thus entertaining them is easy, just by walking along the streets and saying ‘knee how’ (this spelling is totally wrong but when you read it aloud the pronunciation is correct) gets you giggles and smiles from all around...

I don’t really know why but for some or other reason God wants us to pray for certain things or situations before He will engage in it.  God thought it good for us to be involved in His business. A typical fatherly attribute to get his sons involve in what he is doing, not really because he need their help but more because he wants to spend time with them and builds friendship with them.

A journey to never forget

There we were at the bus station in Nakhon Sawan with 3 tickets to Mae Sot and money to spare.  We were overjoyed, but that still didn’t solve another problem… we have not had a wash in almost 2 days and in the humidity of Thailand, well, you would not want to sit next to us on that bus. Luckily in this part of the world they do not use western toilets.  They have those “gat-in-die-grond” toilets with a bucket with water and a scoop next to it.  We each picked a cubicle and our bodies soaked up the fresh,...

So  we were sitting on a rooftop in india singing the song THE ANTHEM. The words go something like this :  wake up child it's your time to shine, you were born for such a time as this.  I have been pondering on these words a lot and they carry so much significance. These words reall shook  me and I realised this is our time to shine. By shine I mean bringing God's light and living in His fullness. I was motivated more than ever to search my own life and to get rid of  anything that is withholding me...

  Never again would Auckland, Maori's, games on the beach or a walk in the woods be seen the same. Not even bungee jumping or kayaking will have the same appeal. This all to thanks to our New Zealand Challenge. And what a challenge it was!   We started off with a run along the beach. We headed toward the city and completed various tasks on our way.  All along we were motivated by our own personal drill sergeant Prosch. Luckily the view was spectacular and God faithful. Along our way we found very friendly kiwi's more than willing to help...

Update time out of J-Bay and my first official blog So the journey started Friday afternoon with checking in and meeting 30ish new faces and trying to remember their names. Saturday was largely spend on an amazing race like challenge in and around J-Bay, it was fun and i even got into the ocean and on a surfboard. At the moment we are still doing a lot of orientation and introductory stuff and have a lot of free time to get to know each other a bit better, but tomorrow the fun start when we are going somewhere to help...

Alright so Malaysia was legit, it was nice to come from Phuket Thailand getting to the boarder, waiting In the long lines to get through and then taking a minibus all the way to our destination which was a ywam base in Penang on a street called love lane !. Just being there was a cool thing for me because I was seeing more and more everyday how the lord has not only changed the team but me. It's not only small things it's big things too, there's times when you get into an argument and then the two of...