Participant Blogs

  These words pronounced with a strong carribean accent, Usain Bolt, Bob Marley, Rastafarians and Cool Runnings were about the sum total of what I knew about Jamaica. After our visit to the island, this picture got some colour. Turqoois, clear water, a small island with hills and lush vegetation, hundreds of Palm trees, tropical fruits, friendly people and a tropical laid back atmosphere were added. What is sad about this picture is the smell of dagga that completes it. Dagga is cheaper than food and holds so many captive.    We arrived at Kingston and was spoiled with Blue...

Portugal….. I remember it as a time of confusion for me. But it was also a time I enjoyed very much!

The best host family ever!! Melanie, Johan and Liné. Early morning view from home    Visiting the Tor in chilly July weather!   Naeun and I - one of my 8-years-old group at the winter camp!   Debree and I hanging out with Liné at Starbucks! They don't call it challenge for nothing!!  

In Panajachel another group of young people came to also serve Mi-Reto and we came alongside them. So we are just unknowingly sitting listening to Louis (our team leader) welcoming the new group and he says “Ok, please open your Bibles up to Luke 10” and thats when we knew!! Luke 10 challenge!!! The challenge is to go out, preach the gospel and heal the sick and take nothing with you! So our instructions were to leave Panajachel, find our man of peace and come back in 3 days. We got 20Q (which is equal to R20) and that we...

"What a beautiful house you have! Did you build it yourself? I think Shaun helped you to build it right?" It is only smiles that comes from the 7 or 8 year old girl sitting in front of the pieces of sink and pieces of material that makes out to be the two beautiful little girls' play house! It is situated between coconut and indigenous trees and bushes in a small town called Timehri, Guyana.    The background of where these two lovely little girls come from is still a mystery to me. But I know that the lady that...

Hey all our Yellow Team fans :-) A lot has happened since the last time we spoke...we pick up then where we left off! Anafora (25 Feb - 2 Mar) was loaded with some study and learning time but we also see it as a huge privilege that we had to ease into the Egyptian culture by being introduced to it in all its various forms, although secluded in the sense that we were looked after by our hosts and ot in the city as such. Great preparation for Cairo with its 26 Million (according to the locals) people living there!...

Probably the most spoken phrase of all time, every time we fail or see something is too difficult for us, or even if it requires too much time or sacrifice. This is probably one of the most difficult habits to break in life. Why? Probably because it roots to self. The one thing that keeps us away from most of things, self like most of us know only consists of 3 things; “me, myself and I”. Oh sorry, that’s all the same thing, just goes to show how bad self is, self-centred and selfish. But how do the words “I...

hey there every one what up, guys the 1st week at global chalange was amazing and full of fun. we had an adveture race and rebuild an skool and their toilets. hard work but rewording.well God is working in amaZing ways and in people's lives please pray for us and the conteys and for finances. thanx and Godspeed pj

North-Bound spent the day in Hong Kong as a stop-over to Delhi, India! Took the bus... tried real Chinese cuisine... saw the harbor... posed with the Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan stars... and looked like real tourists with our cameras in this big city! We are boarding in 2 hours time and will arrive in Delhi around 02:00 am. Will be in Delhi until Friday to get to know more of India first hand. Will travel to Cotta (orphanage) on saturday... What a privilege!

Training is over.. :( See you all in Johannesburg. Then its time to take on the nations, WOOP!