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Submitted by Elizma Myburgh

 

I remember my dad once wrote me a dramatic monologue to perform entitled "You need to climb the mountain to reach the star". How true those words are! Not funny at all that I were thinking on these when Sac took us up a mountain to see some waterfall ... Sac, it was worth every muscle-stretching step and thought of murder!!

Dum dum dum.. The first blog. Wow I truly can't believe that I haven't even been in Jbay for a month.It feels so much longer!Arriving at the Jbay caravan park staring at what felt like a million new faces I asked God what on earth He was making me do..But you know God,everything is planned before hand and within a few days it felt like I'd known everyone for weeks.The first few days we were left to get to know each other and listen to the stories of the old challengers.Inspiring and awsome stuff.On day 5 we got up,packed our...

 

A magnitude of 8.6 earth quake struck off Indonesia yesterday and sent people scurrying to higher ground. Tsunami alert warnings went out, people were evacuated from all the beaches in Phuket and the airport was temporarily shut down.

1”Sing a new song to the LORD! Let the whole earth sing to the LORD! 2Sing to the LORD; praise His name. Each day proclaim the Good News that He saves. 3Publish His glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.” Ps 96: 1-3 (NLT) Since our Hidden World team left SA in March, I am constantly aware of how privileged I am to do what I do, have what I have and go where I go. To think, it is all by His boundless grace over my life. I did not earn it. I...

21 August – 15 September 2014   Turkey was absolutely a country that I will never forget. We had the privilege to do a pilgrimage of Paul’s journey through Turkey. I can testify about how God protected us and blessed us during this time.   To start with we went to Cappadocia.   Now if you want to experience a beautiful dawn you should go there. We sat on the rocky mountain while watching the sun rise. As the sun rose about 150 hot air balloons rose into the air. What a sight to see.. I just kept on thinking...

One way to describe Guyana is Amazon jungle with a hint of India. The food is very spicy and ricy. Lots of colors. The caribbean accent is very prominent. Oh and sand. Lots and lots of sand. A peculiar thing if you think about it. Sand belongs on a beach, not in a jungle. Or that's my western mindset. Georgetown is the capital and is about 5m below sea level. The coast is mostly mangroves and dykes to keep the ocean at bay. While we were here it was election time and a new political party won. The people have...

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!!!

 

 

It is all about perspective - Luke 10 

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said – "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."

Arriving in Delhi, we spent our first hours in India at the airport while waiting for our leadership's flight form South Africa to arrive.  This gave us time to catch up on what happened in Malaysia and Thailand.  After their arrival we had our first exposure to Indian traffic -  at 22h00 even peak traffic in SA does not match up to this.  And there was even more to come in the following week. After spending a day in Delhi, visiting the markets and making sure we've all got the necessary cultural sensitive apparal needed, it was of to the...