Once upon a time, in a land far away there was 2 little boats, a blue one and a red one. They lived happily in a their little port, occasionally going on great big adventures in the big blue ocean. One day...
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....
On a steaming hot summer day, *Alida* sits under the Mango tree in Shinganga village. Aged 35, mother of three, grandmother of one - her heart aches, because her husband wants to bring another woman into the house. *Alida* lost her father at 8 and her mother at 13. She had to leave school at Gr. 5, because there was no sponsor for school fees. What was a girl to do? So she married very young and became a mother. Together with her sister she rests her head against the tree. They dream of a better life. They believe there...
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...
So our time in Kenya is coming to an end. . .Maasai land was awesome. Had a great time building a bush kitchen and a shed. Spending time with the Maasai people and learning their culture - how they do church was also a highlight. Some of us had the opportunity to preach and share our testimonies. We also bonded as a team and set the cornerstone for the year to come. Afterwards we travelled to Kilifi, Mombasa to debrief our experience of Kenya. Our time at Distant Reletives eco lodge and backpackers was really edifying. Thanks to the expedition...
We are leaving Hong Kong tomorrow and heading to Malaysia. Let me fill you in on the past few days.
India was a beautiful platform to start off as our first country. We learned some valuable lessons and really experienced God’s favour and provision for the team. What was really interesting and heartbreaking about this nation was that most of the people are looking for something to worship, but are blinded to the one and only true God. It was a challenge to see the person as a person and not the idolatry. But fact is that they are God’s people and it’s His country and He loves them. We have been so privileged to be part of God’s story...
During our time in Jordan, I was asking God lots of questions. “God, do you see the people dying? Do you see their scars? Why aren’t you stopping this? What is my point here if I can’t stop this?” The worst part is not the suffering. The worst part is the suffering without knowing God. That people are experiencing loss without knowing God. Its not just here. All over the world, people are living without knowing God. People are dying without knowing God, people are “happy” without knowing God. People are living the high life, without knowing God....
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.
At first glance you won't think that Kathmandu has so much locked up in itself. It's a poor city with many rich people. Our time in Nepal was spectacular! Oh, turquoise team! During training we could see that Jesus placed us all in this particular mini team for a reason. We just had to wait and see when and why.. Let me introduce you to the turquoise team, just in case you need to hear from us again :) Drumroll... Madelein, Chanelle, Annique, Anseri, Quinton and Coetzee. When I started off thinking about writing...
The Lady Is called a Lady for a reason; she isn’t some type of robot that just provides the needs of us filthy men whenever we want something and just see her as a common servant. Moses did describe her in the book of genesis as a helper, but he did not say a lust pleaser. They are a lot more than that...they are delicate, they are precious, and they are God’s Creation....
