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  2 Chronicles 29 tells how the first thing Hiskia did to restore the country was to clean out the temple - this cleaning was not only to remove what was impure, but also to literally take a very dirty temple, and clean it out. This is something I've learned throughout this year and once again during our first week in Egypt: What a glorious, holy task cleaning is to God. This was the first thing He placed on the heart of a king who sounght out His will! Cleaning can be seen as an insignificant job, but in both...

I took this photo were we camped at the caravan park in J-Bay for 2 nights in our tents - our personal space We are working and helping at ITHEMBA family support centre in J-Bay and we are making one jolly play ground for the kids that they can enjoy!!! We are practicing our dance and drama that we are going to show the world and letting them know how GREAT IS OUR GOD !!!

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Yes, that is what Luke 10:3-4 says.  "Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.  Carry no moneybag, no knapsack (bag), no sandals..."  Okay Lord, so I'll only be taking only a toothbrush, toothpaste, tissues, papers, a pen, my passport and a tennisball.  I trust You to provide EVERYTHING else I need for this 11-day journey.  Man, and what a diverse few days it was...

 

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."

"Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself."   Now, in case you have the idea that this is about me finding myself, that's funny. I simply felt this quote to be appropriate with regard to the experience we recently had in Egypt. We were there for 2 weeks of which we spent 2 days in Cairo, indulging in the ancient mysteries, and avocado and mango juice, in regular intervals. The remainder of our time we spent at Anafora.     'This place is weird.' Weird in the sense...

Some say this is paradise. What is paradise? Maybe then this will be paradise to you. Or maybe this will set your dream on the paradise that is awaiting the followers of Christ – like it did for me.

During our time in Kuala Lumpur, the school had a movie fundraising event and we got to see the movie – Chronicles of Narnia:  Prince Caspian.

  So, without further due... here is what happened on the rest of the Yellow team's challenge... as we promised! After putting up our previous blog, we left Kuala Lumpur at 24:00 that morning, on our way to the Thailand border, still on mission: get to Phuket and pitch our tents on Nai Yang beach. We travelled there 7 hours and crossed the border at 07:00 without any delays. First stop in thailand was Hat Yai,  a town aproximately 10km from the border post. Wewere very excited to finally be home 9well not quite yet) to our home for the next...

New Zealand for me was the mythical, magical land where elves and hobbits competed with the All Blacks for space while doing the haka. Basically, I didn't know alot. What I found was a little different. The country is amazingly beautiful and VERY wet. The people are friendly, and the Christians have a passion for God. No funky hobbits though. And I had an amazing host family where I felt comfortable to be myself instantly. We worked for a week at a wintercamp for children aged 5-11. They really wiped us out by the end of each afternoon. They all had different...