Indonesia_ Bali is filled with an indefinite number of statues everywhere, so many gods, so many burning essence sticks, so many little plates with offerings, so many temples, so many lost souls. Isn't it easy for me now to just quote the Bible, judging them for all these man-made, dark-side inspired idols. I Find myself sitting in a taxi staring out the window trying not to make eye contact with all these immense statues dominating the place. The bags all around me limits my movement so all I did was pondering on the beliefs of the world. It came to...
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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....
Wow.... India was interesting. If I can do it again I would do
it all over.
Beunos Dias (good day) Amigas and amigos…
WOW! What a crazy few months it has been filled with tons of laughter and adventure, frustrations and prayer, long bus trips and
flights to very interesting places, and as usual God has blown us away with His awesomeness. Here is a little glimpse into the madness.
Before this year, the only thing I knew about Cuba was that Buena Vista Social Club is from there and something about a revolution, with a guy named Ché, who looks cool on handbags and t-shirts. After being here for 3 weeks, I can tell you there is so much more to this long, narrow island in the Caribbean.
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...
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...
The life of a refugee begins with the impossible choice: To brave a dangerous journey toward an uncertain future in an effort to escape a violent and grim present day. "Chai?" (Tea?) "Talg/Shrien?" (Bitter/Sweet?) After offering tea to an Afghan refugee family of 8, they invite us into their 8m x 5m container which they have been calling "home" for the past 22 days. The mother of the home at once instructs one of her daughters to put a pillow behind our backs and to put a tray of oranges and cookies in front of us. She also offers...
Explore Africa: Luke 10 Excitement filled the air as our leaders announced: " A Luke 10 journey from Dakar in Senegal to Bamako in Mali." Preparations began as we studied Luke 10 in the Bible. By the time we were ready to depart from our leaders and Dakar, we had the same mission imprinted on our hearts and minds as the disciples had in Luke 10: to heal the sick and spread the Word of God. From our first bus ride to Tambacounda we experienced God working as He sent our woman of peace on the same bus. We...
Faith Journey... Definition: teams get Rxxx to survive (if any)... leave Sunday and return on Wed... Go in faith where God sends you.... WOW! what a testimony Blue team has!!! But because I actually want you to read it all, abbreviation is inevitable.. BUT this is a goodie!!!!!. SO... Sunday: Blue pray after a minor disagreement. Lunch provided. God reveals signs - Riaan: (still waters, left, west, not leave Trat, inward journey, the number 9). Sam: (go left, scattered trees). Isa: (chillies). Henk: (confirmation on previous visions). Suiyen: (water, vision of a boat and scenery with a black haired...
I read a book called The Way Of The Master that radically changed my view about the Gospel. It talked about the basic purpose of the Gospel. Some of us started to believe that the purpose of the Gospel is happiness on earth instead of righteousness with God. I realized that I also conveyed Jesus to other people as just a way to improve your life. I didn't want to offend people. I wanted to share the gospel so that there was no way that people could be offended by leaving out details. Details like that your sin makes God...
