Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. And the people in the houses All went to the university, Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same, And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. And...
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....
There are points in my life that I can’t deny what I feel led to do. With that, every obstacle, hurdle, and challenge become something that may be hard to overcome, but there is no longer a question of whether I can overcome them. Last November, I was hanging out with God. We were talking about things that were happening then, but also I was asking Him about what goals He wanted me to work towards in the future. He began showing me that I needed to participate in Global Challenge. Immediately I came up with a list of...
Follow our journey along the North-west coast of Africa
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!!
I want to testify of God’s goodness during our time in the Amazon and how He planned a divine appointment for us here in Iquitos. Our original plan was to travel from Iquitos to our contact in Benjamin Constance in Brazil’s side of the Amazon, but He had different plans. Before arriving in Iquitos we have been praying about our time in the Amazon and staying here (Iquitos) a few days to see where we can assist with recent floods the. So as we arrived in Iquitos the plan was to split the team in 2, half would stay in...
And that's it, Peru is already behind us... We had a lot of different activities hear ! When we arrived Peru, we went to a small town called Ferrenafe, where Ronel and Hendrik were expecting us. They are a couple of Missionary from South Africa that works with the people from Peru, and especially the Quechua people. We stay a couple of days there, just to rest a bit after our 50-and-a-bit bus drive ! Then we all went to Trujillo, a city that is around 200km away. There, we had quiet an important ministry waiting for us: we had...
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...
We have arrived in Zambia in the middle of a large rain forest type area.
On Monday night we heard that our first challenge would be to travel to Zambia on a budget
of about R700 p/p.
Thus we had to travel from just outside Pretoria to Zambia in faith.
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.
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...
