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If I speak with fluency in another language but have not love.  I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I wear the national dress and understand the culture and all its customs so that I could pass for a national but have not love, I gain nothing.  Love endures long hours of language study and does not envy those who stayed at home.  Love does not exalt his home culture, is not proud of his national superiority, does not boast about the way we do it back home, does not think evil about his new country.  Love bears all criticism about his place of origin and believes the best about his new place of ministry.  Love endures all demands on personal time. 

 

Wow, what a fun and exciting time we had! This was probably the most rural and cultural EA has ever been… We drove for hours through land where there’s nothing, and then finally, you could see little red dots moving amongst goats or sheep every now and then… this was it, we’d finally reached Masaailand.

A famous singer once sang about a poor boy who was empty as a pocket with nothing to lose. I believe I saw people, while serving in a refugee camp on the Macedonia-Serbia border during the last weeks of May, who were empty as a pocket emotionally. On the surface there was a strong, good face but the deeper that you reach into that pocket the more empty you find it to be.    Deep hopelessness - sitting on the border in a camp with all you need to survive physically - food, water, clothes, a place to rest your...

As I walk up the steep, stone steps and look behind me at the valley I was convinced I had to make my home in, I am undone at the beauty my eyes behold. A spacious, inviting room adorned with greenery and fresh flowers in every corner- in the middle is the most beautifully set table I have ever seen. As the setting sun spilled in and lit up the room, I see a seat the has my name on it: a spot reserved and set just for me. You come and take my hand to lead me to my...

Hi at the moment we are in China. We had a very good time in Thailand. God challenged us on quite a few things, especially trusting Him, servanthood, submitting our own will and desires to His. God is really good even if things get tough. He stays faithful in every aspect. It is shocking to see how lost the world is. It doesn't matter if you are in Thailand or China. Thankfully there is always hope in Jesus Christ! And we as red team just experience that hope more day by day. Tommorow we are giong on a 3 week...

Hey there! I am excited to tell you about another project my team and I will have theopportunity to be a part of over the next 2 weeks. Starting on Thursday we willleave Jeffreys Bay and travel to The Transkei in South Africa. There, we will beinvolved in building a fence for the local christen school in Coffee Bay.Currently, we are trusting the Lord to provide the supplies, materials, andmonies to complete the project. Please check out the information below about our project and please continue topray for us as we are there over the next 2 weeks! http://www.gcex.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=fence-of-love.html&Itemid=

Just more than a week ago our communications team was asked to post a blog on the building project that we helped out with. We had less than 8 days to complete certain tasks set out before us. This is therefore just the final feedback to show you a bit of what we accomplished. Before:                                                        After:                                   ...

God blew me away in Nepal. On the airport we had to pay $25 per person for our visas. We did not budget for this kind of money. Now, for a team with just enough money to survive in a country, this is not good news. I could see that our team became worried for the whole budget went into our entry of Nepal. I on the other hand got excited to experience how God is going to work as the God who provides... kinda Luke 10 but not officially one. For Nepal we devided into our two teams (I...

Hello everyone ! This couple of weeks, I could experiment deeply what was the meaning of the verse 8 from the chapter 55 in the book of Isaiah: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. Everything started at the border of Suriname. Pastor Deo brought us al the way from Timehri to the Surinamese border with a Bus. So we all went out of the bus and had to hurry to embark in the ferry. We went for the check of our passport, everything was fine for everyone EXCEPT for me...

A THIRD part?! Yes...  It's been THAT long since I last blogged, and Egypt was THAT good...!