Arriving at our frist country with such a low expectations thinking that we will probably be camping ouside the church due to lack of rooms but was so surprised to us sleeping in warm beds (no one expected that) but the beds were not the only things that was warm,but the hospitality of loving people that live here was over all the best experience of all.Welcoming us with open arms showering us with love and blessings.Making each of us feel so important to them,appreciating everything BIG and small thing we do and blessing us with so much FOOD. this community blessed us...
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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....
Day 2!!! WOW, again God is Good, amazing, exciting!!!!!!!
We arrived in Kasane at about 8am Wednesday morning! We hiked for 1km before we met John who gave us a lift on the back of a sand lorry.
We were heading towards the Zimbabwe-border. We went through with no problems. We then walked right into our first pothole!!!hehhehe.
We started to negotiated with the drivers to go to Victoria falls. They wanted $100!!! that was so funny, only because we were very tired!
Tired in a way because we slept on a bus, but had walked for almost 3km with our backpacks on.
Many of times we hear how much God loves us and wish nothing but the best for all his children; the ones that know his love and the ones that don’t know it as much. Looking back at my life, knowing all the wrong that I have done to others and myself, I’ve said and done things that I will always be ashamed of, the worst was not knowing if I am really forgiven. I’ve read the scripters and have said the words out loud, but still every detail of my past was not forgiven; well at least not all,...
Last week I was walking past the movies at the local cinema and what I saw was a huge shock to me: There wasn&
rsquo;t one non occultist movie that you could watch. Even the movies for family entertainment and children had strong connections with some or other form of the occult or satanism!
In agreement with what I have observed the past two years in the world around me, my spirit has been crying out! I believe we are in a time like no other! I believe that the harvest is plentiful – the labourers few - and that satan is pulling out all stops to grab what he still can!
…it rained while Noah was in the ark; n
…Moses met with God on Mount Sinai;
…the 12 spies explored the land of Canaan;
…Elijah traveled to the mountain where God spoke;
…Jesus fasted in the desert;
…Jesus appeared to his disciples after His resurrection;
…the GCX’08 team received training in Zambia before taking the Good News to the nations!
After travelling for about 36 hours, we finally arrived in India, Delhi ate 03:00 am. We spent the first four days in Delhi and then left for Kota!
Distant Islands. In a team sense, only the islands are true, because we are not distant from each other at all! Paul, Clara, Annelize (Arthur's mom) and Elle (Ashleigh's mom) can testify to this. Why? Because for a few weeks, they were part of our Distant Islands family!
9 February 2008
So we got the good news that we have off this weekend, to rest our minds from all the impact it got from the past two weeks, during the discipleship training that ends in March, but I am really excited for the training that is still to come. Our team did go through a lot of experiences during these two weeks that set as at a point to rethink our expectations for Global Challenge X 2008.
I am really excited for the countries that we will still visit. But I do believe that God had to take us through this training for that, which is still to come.
The blue team has been scattered over Malaysia and Thailand this month. Some who went to Thailand gave English at a University. Others help to build some houses and the rest who staid at Malaysia are helping at a school for underprivileged children with odd jobs and teaching. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 For just as the body is a unit and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form only one body, so it is with Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed one. For by one Holy Spirit we were all, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, baptized,...
