So out we go on our Luke 10 with 4 clues in our pocket for the treasure hunt: route62, Kareedouw, school, turqois. Me and Wayne end up hitch-hiking our way to our destination, totally dependant on Jesus en Holy Spirit's guidance . With much favor, we arrive at the little town, chatting to the lady in die quick shop. She directs us to the school in town "which needs Jesus." As we walked out of the door, a grey-haired man walks up to us. "Where are you from? What are you ding here? Do you have a place to sleep?"...
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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....
Sitting next to the road - Mauritania Being left beside the road by the taxi driver, all 8 of us. Let us start at the beginning. Crossing the river into Mauritania, we had to wait for 3 hours for a stamp. We got our visas in Niger, but we still had to wait. Then they wanted to deport one of the team members for allegedly forging a visa. We showed them our receipts, convinced them to phone the embassy and then only after being scolded in a language that I do not understand, we could continue. But...
Taking a 16 hour bus ride to Nairobi was quite an experience. Our bus driver was so confident in his driving ability that cars on the road seemed insignificant; he would proceed to gently run others off the road if they were in the way. There was no toilet on the bus and we stopped about every 5 hours, one being a break on the side of the road with no bushes… This poses as a much easier break for men than women. We arrived in style at our ministry point taking a taxi that lit up the night...
Arriving in Delhi was a shock! Coming from the nice and cool temperatures in China we headed over to the scotching heat in India. WE where surprised and many fell ill in the first few days. After a few days of exploring Delhi, dodging all the cars and cows in the busy streets we climbed in a train with a small fan above your head for 9 hours in the exhausting heat. We arrived in Kota and we were taken straight to the children’s home. We where so surprised by the friendliness and the willingness of the people to help...
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!
Where to start, what to say & what not to say?
It is difficult being back home, but that is what keeps life interesting. It is hard to tell other people what I have learned this year because I just see things in a deferent way. It was difficult to share at the beginning when I got home. Not shore where to start or what to say and what not to say....
The biggest thing I have learned is that God will create opportunities where I can share or do whatever the Spirit tells me what to do. I must not force the Gospel in anyone’s heart. I should place the Gospel on top of their hearts and let it sink in & let God do the rest. It’s so easy to scare certain people off; it’s all about listening to the voice of God.
But then again, It is amazing being back home, It is so exciting, I missed my family, my friends, Pretoria. It’s such an adventure to see how God uses me. It’s fun searching for a church where I feel like family, and to be challenged. It’s like God gave me this canvas that I can paint my life story on. It’s full of new challenges. God keeps it interesting by throwing in different colours that I have never used before. I know it will end well!
Be blessed.
Bernard Hollander
From the moment we were welcomed by white smiles in dark faces, letters on the doors of our new place we will call home for three weeks and a cooked meal which took lots of effort, we knew that our time in Cameroon will be special… We have just entered the land of hospitality and fruitfulness. An exhortation nation. Besides that fact that we ate pineapples and bananas until we thought we’ve hit the fruit basket in Africa, our ministry time, plowing and digging and planting we did into Arsene and Nadesh’s church (Revival for all Nations), already yielded much...
…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!
Be still, and know that I am God! I will be praised among the nations, I will be praised in the earth. Psa 46:10
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.' - Matt 18:4 Wow, God is so Great and I now know why He adores the little children. Our task for today was to go out, two-two, and connect with two people. We also had to find a child and bless him/her and just love them. Ida and I went out, prayed and asked God to lead us. We ended up in the rural areas of the city. On our way, we talked to a man about his children and his life. We walked on...
