A Second Hand Paradise I came here as Me, as Myself, as I, and i'm leaving with a desire for me to be so filed with the Holy spirit so that people can only see the Christ in me. Even if you never get to know my name. I will love you . To make a perfect clay sculpture, water is used for smoothing out the rough edges...Thank you Jesus for being the perfect artist at work, using my tears of all emotions to perfect all the edges to become an image of You. May I...
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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....
Kosovo Another unplanned country but it was the most liberating time I've had in sometime. Not working to hard physically so I had time to work on my mental state, like where I was with God and what's going on my life that I need to look at with his help, I found a book that I had as a youngling and it was about living for the kingdom after we die and how the stuff of earth is worthless. The fear of God is what I'm striving for ! I didn't know but in this country God started a...
We are leaving Hong Kong tomorrow and heading to Malaysia. Let me fill you in on the past few days.
Nearly ten months ago Annamarie, Clara and Stefan welcomed the GC07 team to a journey unlike any other I have ever experienced. We embarked on this journey with words from Psalm 84 “Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage”. As I
reflect upon all the experiences that has left lasting impressions on my life, I can say with an ever thankful heart that I personaly, as well as our team as a whole, have been (and still are) blessed in abundance.
Then Jesus asked them,"When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse take it, and also a bag, and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one." We had bags, BIG bags, and to be completely honest, nothing much else, except faith much, MUCH smaller than a grain of sand - nevermind a mustard seed. Well, I can't really speak for the rest of the Lime team, that's really just me. Oh me of little faith... (me, yea...same...
Do we really grasp the importance of one single prayer? How many times have we been saved by someone’s prayer without you knowing or how many times have we saved someone by one single prayer by being obedient to God , maybe a prayer out of pure desperation and if you ask something God will most probably give it to you, in his perfect time. I listened to the lead Guitarist of the rock band Korn’s testimony “I am second”, who lived for fame, fortune, sex and drugs, he was fully addicted to the drug “Meth” and out of pure...
There are known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns. It's easy to predict what's in store for us as a team this year. I know we're all persuing Christ even as He's persuing each one of us. I nor the team know what to expect from the countries we'll be going but we do know to what countries we'll be going. Lastly and for the most part we don't know what to expect, we don't know the relationships we'll make nor the people we'll meet, we don't know about the lives Christ will touch through us. God is good and...
Red Hill, Cape Peninsula
09 February 2008
Raging fires across the Cape Peninsula have destroyed houses and left people with nothing.
The runaway fire did the most damage in Red Hill, an informal settlement, where at least 55 houses have been burned down and more than 90
people have been displaced.
“All I have left is the clothes on my body,” says Wonder. A single guy living in Red Hill. His house was completely burned to the ground while he was at work.
Global Challenge (GC) Staff who is working with All Nations in the area decided to visit Red Hill and access the damage.
“We were completely shocked at the extent of the damage,” says Stefan Kleyn, GC Staff member.
I took this photo were we camped at the caravan park in J-Bay for 2 nights in our tents - our personal space We are working and helping at ITHEMBA family support centre in J-Bay and we are making one jolly play ground for the kids that they can enjoy!!! We are practicing our dance and drama that we are going to show the world and letting them know how GREAT IS OUR GOD !!!
It is said that every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. With that in mind, I start my preparations for GCEX 2011! But who am I and how did I get to be so blessed to be chosen for the journey of a lifetime? As you can see on the home page, my name is Linel le Roux. Born in Namibia and proudly bred in South Africa! At 25 I'm enjoying my first retirement, that from ship life. After 2 years of serving as a butler on a cruise ship, I'm convinced that I love the traveling, but...
