Participant Blogs

B efore Luke 10 started, we talked in the big group with De Necker about misconceptions that we might have about the Luke 10. We realized that it is not to go out and see how God provides for us. It is to go out and to do God's will. It is to follow His instructions with out distractions and at any cost. It is to serve people and share the love that God put in us with the people on the way.  We started of at a town on the East coast. After praying, God gave us Deuteronomy 8:7-9...

Macedonia What a magnificent place ! Macedonia is so wonderful, not only to the eye but also the colorful people ! It was such a surprise to go there and not to China! I was so excited for China but I actually got so much from this place (Macedonia) than I thought I would ! Just seeing the open space and snowy mountains and green landscape blew my mind ! I didn't think you could get such a beautiful picture without Google or photoshop. Being apart of the volunteers at the boarder was really special we get to mingle with...

What do you really know about China? Beijing is the capital and host of the 2008 summer Olympics. Just about everything is “Made in China”. Locals speak a funny language and have a really weird alphabet. They aren’t open to the gospel of Jesus Christ.  And the closest you’ve ever been to speaking Chinese is shing, chong, sha! Is that about it? That’s about as much as we knew until about 3 weeks ago. So here is what we’ve learned since…

Blessing upon blessing is a precise description of my experience in Dahab, Egypt. From sea, snorkeling and milkshakes to divine appointments and great friendships that were built in the early hours of the day.  God has truly proved to be faithful and has blessed us with divine appointmetns within the local community of Dahab.  We had the opportunity of forming great friendships and to see Egypt from a new angle - from the eyes of the local Christians. We could listen to the struggles of their hearts and hear what day to day life was like as a Christian in...

  I have felt the excitement of traveling again, I have seen the vastness of the Egyptian desert, walked where Jesus died and was raised, flew across 2 continents, and heard the laughter of Thai children, but nothing compares to knowing Jesus Christ my Lord for whose sake I have given my all. And as I stand with a shovel in the sand at the building site that we are working at in Thailand, I think back on the month that has passed.   The 24th of February the GCEX 2009 team stood surrendered at the airport as we boarded...

    Our journey kicked off in Cancún, Mexico, where we had to travel for 10 days and meet up with the rest of the team in Guatemala. My group got a lift to Merida which is a big city in Mexico where we spent our first night sleeping at the bus station where we got chased away at 12pm. We found another bus station where they let us sleep.    Early morning we started hitchhiking towards Campeche. The lady we got a lift with was actually on her way to Cuidad del Carmen which was even better for us....

What? How does that work? It does, if you're a sinner. I am a very honest person and I want you to fully understand my journey, so yeah, sometimes you're going to think I am an absolute fool. Great! Please think that, because my friend, that's exactly how gross and sinful and foolish I am, without God. Great thing that God doesn't leave us in our sins. Thank God He doesn't. Now of course, you want the juice (news) of what I have done. I thought that I had the right to want. I started to want the things other...

                    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 

This is what i waited for, this is our Africa!! Senegal is an amazing country full of coulorfull taxi's and busses that can only drive 50km/h. These people are cultivated, more than we can imagen. I really fell in love with Senegal, this country will see me again!!