Participant Blogs

For the past 3 weeks we have been exploring Cuba. Travelling between Havana and Santiago, we experienced the flavours and colours of Cuban food, shopping, worship, socialising and God's hand in it all. I wrote down a few tips and tricks we learnt during our stay. The budget traveller's guide to Cuba Accommodation: Throughout Cuba, foreigners can rent rooms in the locals' houses, these are called Casa Particulares and are marked with a special sign which indicates that it is 'legit'. Be sure to do a lot of Casa Particulares-shopping before settling, as their prices and quality differ. God was...

I knew there was something about this country that drew me to it the moment we received our itineraries in the beginning of the year. 

As many of you might already know, the Distant Islands team is on the pioneering journey of a lifetime.  This year we get the chance to explore the island nations of the world as well as countries we have never been to.  We started with Jesus as our tour guide and the Holy Spirit as our navigator, and the first country we were led to...CUBA!!

Cancun airport We arrived in Cancun and got through immigration with no problems, we even went as far as to ask them about the required flight tickets out that we were forced to buy from Cubana air and were told that it is not true. We gathered our bags and went into the departures part of the airport to see if we can get someone from Cubana air to talk to, but the Cubana air ticket counter was closed. We settled in and went in search of a few things, info was helpful and told us that the Cubana air...

We had the privledge...ney...the honour of visiting the city of Phnom Phen in Cambodia as a pioneering effort for the one year journey since eighty days has got December months sorted. We as silver team with Donovan and Hanna as well as special guest Clara was introduced to seven different types of ministries in Phnom Phen and contacts was made with Philipino missionaries who all invited us to their island in future. How about an east island challenge in future? The seven ministries: 1 Teach english at Ch'bar m'pou school Every evening the tuk tuk drivers came and picked us...

Written by: Paul du Plessis 

CHINA - We decided a few days ago that we wanted to get away from this small village, because there is only so much that one can do here. And besides, a little fresh air never hurt anyone….yet. So we planned the trip for 4 days, while it was still warm. That was the ironic part, we thought that it would only get warmer and warmer, but yes, it didn’t happen like that.

INFORME MEMORIA 2015   De: Carlos Daniel Vásquez Shuña A: Global Challenge Fecha: Lima, 04 de noviembre2015 Referencia: En todos estos 23 años he servido junto a mis padres en mi país en los diferentes lugares como costa sierra y selva según  el Señor nos haya enviado y en enero de este año 2015 empecé con una petición en la cual oraba y buscaba de Dios, pasando tiempo en su presencia con el deseo de que el tuviera el control de mi vida y le clamaba a Dios que me utilizara según su voluntad. Le decía que no importaba lo...

Dear friends,  We have now only one week of Training in Jbay left, on the 3rd of march we will take a plane from Johannesburg to Turkey. I'm really excited to meet new people, get to know a new country, new culture, etc.  The last days in training has been a big blessing for us, we could join amazing sessions and had failureship together.  I also get to know some Germans of the organization "christian surfers", who joined us for some evening sessions. It feels like the world is so small :) It seems like more and more people from...

So many time in my life I had Asked myself, why? Why doesn’t I hear the voice of God, my Father or even Jesus my best friend? The word “relationship” have a definition that really made me think 💭 Relationship- The state of being connected by blood . ‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:20‬ “After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.” How cool is this just to think about it. We are connected to God through...