ITS A RACE!!
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The start of a life-changing experience! The race has started! Meet the crazy, excited, no-clue-what-in-the-world-is-happening
RED TEAM.
Participant Blogs
Global Challenge Missions Blog Archive: These are real blogs, from real people, bringing real change...
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....
Asking God what He wants for us can be dangerous. We create an illusion of what we think God has planned for us and then losing out on what God had initially planned.
WYW is having a great time and learning to much. We are looking forward to go home, I cannot wait to see the other teams and hear what God has done in their lives. But the year is not over jet so we will make the most of what we have left. To anyone thinking of doing Global in 2013, It is amazing and if God sends you on a journey, is it going to be one amazing experience.
During the last few weeks of our training in Jefferys Bay the Lord kept repeating one spesific phrase into my heart: "Jans, will you allow Me..." Friday, on my way back to Bloemfontein, the Lord once again asked me this simple question: "Will you allow Me?" as I walked into the airplane...will I allow Him... to what? I took my Bible and notebook with me, planning to catch up on some journalling, on this 90minute flight, well that was clearly not His plan... I spent the whole flight, simply listening, as the guy next to me shared his story with...
"You can only love Me with the amount you love yourself." When I heard that I felt like I should have gotten up and ran as fast as I could. Run until my legs couldn't carry me anymore. I couldn't though. It was as if something had glued me to the cold cement floor. "You can only love Me with the amount you love yourself." Lord. I don't even acknowledge myself as a person? How do I love myself??? "You are allowed to love Me, love me with unconditional LOVE, and feel good about it." What is unconditional love?...
We are having fun in the sun. Working in Phuket.
After Zambia the yellow team was sad to have to say goodbye to Lena but our tears soon turned to smiles when we got to meet our last team member, Margot! As some of you might know Margot missed out on the 6week Zambia training and only joined us now. With a new country came a new team member!
Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what's best— as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You're in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You're ablaze in beauty!
Yes. Yes. Yes.
The Lord's prayer (the message)
I think I understand better now, why Jesus moved and walked around so much instead of staying in one place - well, at least one of the reasons... We get too comfortable too quickly. Our beds, our couch, our pillow, our food, our family and friends, our language - all these things become our comfort zones. We start finding our comfort in them instead of finding it in the Comforter Himself. Today we saw, served, loved and worked with people who have become comfortable... Comfortable in their uncomfortable state. Comfortably stuck in their poverty of spirit. In their helplessness, their...
