Participant Blogs

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.

Jordan - Petra   I traveled along the Red Sea and adventured through the borders and I reached Jordan.  Backdrops of mighty mountains flowing down into white and brown valleys of desert. My destination was the remote dead city called Petra, the most important attraction of Jordan. Petra is a secluded site of steep rocky slopes, towering, craggy mountains a mountaineers dream.  Petra is a ancient city carved into solid rock. The main entrance called the Siq is hemmed in by cliffs soaring up into the blue sky. A long, deep and narrow gorge of stunning natural beauty.  Passing through...

Hey to everyone and to all out there. My weeks here at J bay have been such an amazing experience and still is. just got back from Global Survivore and wow it was something that I will never forget. had to camp and build my own shelter with my group i was with, had to fight for food and well came last most of the time hahaha but it was a time that we could build into each others lives.Getting ready for a trip to the Trans sky to help build a school water tank fence, garden and much more...

Chef your way... With the motive of going into canada of working for some money was not the first thing on our minds, we new that we were going to serve the people their, but we also new we were going for the people!! I got voted for working in the Kitchen the whole summer to become a chef... I got the name the Russian chef, the people i worked with in the kitchen were like my familly and i also got the oppertunity to share the Gosple with them. The month we were in Canada at the Ignite summer...

6h15       – Grudgingly wake up. 6h25       - Get out of bed and go on Pokémon  Go inspired morning run (and ironically hatched and Slowpoke, I think my phone is trying to tell me something). 7h00       - Make a quick breakfast and the more important coffee, back into bed, quite time. 7h40       - Get out of bed again, into work clothes, bathroom break, onto bicycle and of to the building site I go. 8h15       - Start work, painting wall what can only be described as Hulk green. I like painting. 10h30    - Coffee break. 11h00...

Tanzania needed to deliver something special to come close to the engraving Rwanda left on our hearts. Not that it was ever a competition, but the impact does linger. Some slow start it was to get anything going in Mwanza, located on Lake Victoria. We actually took off well, engaging with the coastal villages and it's many children. From games thought out never to be used, to playing the games unplanned when the situation demanded. This sums up a great deal of our time in Mwanza. Besides the games and children, we lingered, waiting for the next opportunity, occasion or...

Today I am halfway through the journey of a lifetime, an adventure with You, Lord, Creator, Lover, Father, Friend.   I remember how You captivated my heart by calling me to an adventure. You invited me "come with Me" and promised that it will be wild, great and full of You. Thinking back on the past four months it was already all of that and more...   Reality struck me for a moment, as I perceived the beauty around me, the palm trees, the Caribbean ocean, the small islands so close that I can see the white beaches and hear...

Hey everyone out there! we are doing great here back in J Bay had an amazing camp with other young people from around South Africa like for example 13TH Floor they were amazing guys to have met and spent time worshiping and praising God with. thought I was going to have a rest after that camp, Dont think so because I am right now helping in another camp of grade 7s and it is amazing what God is doing in their lives and in showing things in my life too. We have got two more weeks of training left and...

It has truly been another blessed day at Work Your Way. We got up early as usual to have some quite time spent with God. Welman and Philip(who is convinced his stomach is starting to grow at a way to rapid pace) also decided it is about time to go for a jog with Tobi around a beautiful lake. De Necker, Freddy and Henro sat at the lake and read the Holy Bible, while Angelo and Bernard were kind enough to stay at home and wash the dishes aswell. For breakfast we had probably the most famous Global Challenge meal,...

China We assume that everything in China is more or less what we imagine it to be, but I guarantee that China is different from the way most people are picturing it. The moment when I think of China I start to think of all the negative things the world has spoken over this incredibly big nation. When you hear China and 1.2 billion people in one sentence, I immediately put on my straight face in disbelief. Our team had the privilege to spend 2 weeks together in Xiahe. We had to take 2 connecting flights of 2 hours each,...