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Northbound is in Thailand! The lime and red teams have split up for the next 2 weeks and will be spending time at different ministry points. Here is a few new pics of our time in this amazing country... Green curry and chicken at Nai Yang beach Real Phuket sunset! Kids at Thai night market Chiang Mai home sweet home... Maetang Elephant Park in Chiang Mai Bamboo rafting... Adette, Elbe & Jeremy! Bamboo umbrella factory with Mr. P... "ToOk tOoK" ride with the guys... My traditional Thai dress code... The lime team will spend the next 2 weeks in Chiang Mai doing different...

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Lime Team - What a challenge!! 

29 April 2008

The last few days was absolutley crazy. We had a challenge for 3 days and were running around Kulala Lumpur, in the HEAT. 

It all started early morning...

  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...

A video of our time with the kids in KOTA, INDIA...

I'm lying on the floor, staring at the white ceiling of a plastic container, the commotion stopped, the little girl that brought me to her mother left, the laughs of miscommunication turned to silence and all I hear is the footsteps of people on grew mine rocks.  Jesus what am I really doing here? I was there, next to a far pregnant mother of four staring at her as she just fell asleep from exhaustion . Only in this silence I experience a little bit of the reality being a refugee, losing your husband, not always due to the war,...

India is not just a new country but a whole new experience. Even the sounds of India is something unique. You definitely know that you are in the most populated country in the world. When we landed in Delhi a month ago I realised this is going to be special. They were not joking when they said that India is one of the hottest countries, specially in May when it is the hottest month of the year. And to be cultural sensitive long trousers is the way to go in India. BUT, and I believe it is God's favor to...

What a blessed day here in Phuket.  We started with quiet time in the garden close to Tobi’s house.  Through scripture and the movie “Time Changer” that we watched last night, God showed us that we have become so used to sin around us, that we do not even recognize it anymore.  Respect for elders, respect for women and worst of all, respect for God has gone out the door.  Everything is okay these days, not so bad.  If it is “not so bad”, isn’t it still bad? Spiritual food… check.  Cornflakes… check.  We were off to the shopping centre for...

Thank-You Lord!!!

 

 

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!