Participant Blogs

Our time in Cuba was almost like a time warp going back to the early 1950’s, vintage cars, horse carriages, music on every comer, no internet and street vendors everywhere. What an experience and privilege to have had a month in Cuba. We faced the language barrier with body gestures and our Spanish booklets. Embraced every moment and laughed a lot with those first country giggles when you still in shock that you’ve left South Africa. In Cuba we slept our first night on the airport in true global challenge style and then slept a night in Havana. The following...

To be a mom is not easy.  NO I don't have children of my own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I babysit, our new friends here in China, children.  I just realize to be a mom is very hard work, but it is also fun.  The parents went away for the weekend.  We spent some time alone with the three children it was fun. Some other things that I learned during our time here: How do you forgive someone that hurt you?  Do you forgive but always think back off it or do you want to do something back to that person?  Think for a moment how God forgive us....

Check out the map put together by Danie... its our travels thus far! the colours shows if it was by flight or overlanding with bus or hitchhiking! :) Enjoy! Hope it is clear enough! GOD IS GOOD!

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UaK_82PgCk 640x480] The Amazing Amazon Adventures continues to the western region of Brazil. We are literally walking in the footsteps that God has set out for us. Thank you for your prayers. Much Love

Global Challenge X has started!

With anticipation and eagerness we look forward to this year! We as team can’t wait to get to know one another, we can’t wait to get to know God! To see Him, to experience Him! We as team can’t wait for you to get to know us…

We dedicate this video to NG Vaalrivier Vanderbijlpark to thank them for their contributions to our team and our travels as we spread the love of Christ throughout the world. Thank you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKX64yr8uo

After Langkawi it was a 1500km hike to Kho Chang, a Thai island close to the Cambodian border.  After only 33 hours, numerous lifts including a 10h one from southern Thailand into Bangkok on the back of a twin cab Hilux... tight squeeze, we were on the island and met up with South Bound (one of the other GCX teams).  So while everyone worked, went on fishing and snorkelling trips and had good food, I was admitted into hospital for Dengue fever.  I started feeling feverish in Langkawi, but thought it was just too much sun.  After 4 days of...

The Ultimate Challenge What a wonderful challenge!! Thank you to my partner in crime, Gerhard Heyden , for all the hard work and preperation that went into the New Zealand challenge.  We make a great team!    Each team got a Iwi Maori tribe name!    1 Team member had to paddle to Tor Bay and catch a fish!!   2 Team activities on the beach!!!    Go team go!!!   GCX team 2008     

We have been working for the last couple of weeks in a small town in Guatemala called – Panajachel. When I say work I mean building. I have learnt a few things and one of these many new talents is to lay bricks. Well a week a go I got the challenge- “lay 3 bricks” – quite easy when you think about it. And I was so eager to work I accepted the challenge immediately. Not knowing that a few people have tried to lay these 3 bricks and because of uneven foundation and so intense retries these 3 bricks...

For the first time our team was split in 2... Team 1 (Riaan, Henk, Danie, Daniell and Suiyen) spent a relaxing 2 days in Melbourne whilst the rest were living la vida loca in Malaysia... Two days later we met up and boarded the train and then the bus to Canberra, Australia's capital. (orange story to floow :)) and finally off the MOUNTAIN TRAILS near a little town called Wee Jasper... Afert 2.5 month in Asia we were thrilled to have a toilet we could actually sit on AND flush.. sigh... the little things make me smile :) We spent...