Well I can tell you when we arrived in Egypt 2 of our team mate's bags got lost somewhere between S.A and Egypt -- Good news we got them back yesterday morning before we left for Israel -- we took a leap of fait and went early to the airport not knowing if we would find the bags. Safely in Israel and the journey continues. Shalom
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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....
Fez is a beautiful city. It was found in 789 AD and is considered a holy city in Islam. In the old city, or Medina as it is called, the thousands upon thousands of little alleyways and tiny streets gives it a real medieval feeling. The streets are lined with shopkeepers, stalls, vendors and craftsmen of every kind. Most places the streets are so narrow that supplies need to be transported in on Donkeys. It's also very easy to get lost in them and I'm sure some of the team did! (You'll have to ask them for that story). ...
"27 March 2012 – 12 April 2012 : Cayman Islands"
This what was written on our
itinerary we received for this year, but now looking back, I realize that it isn't the dates that matter but the dash in between those dates. That dash represents all our days and all our hours in Cayman weather it was spend praying, having fellowship with people, practising for the church service we presented, cooking, helping to fix a lady's home after a hurricane or explaining to the kids next door over the fence that Jesus loves them. That dash carries every moment.
Update story: When I last updated I told that we are going to do some school camp thing from the Tuesday till Sunday, but there was a surprise for us. After a nice hike with our backpacks we got to a area in the road where there were a roadblock and the theme to Survivor playing, yip it was Survivor time. The first challenge divided us in team and got us point to bid on start-up camp site boxes and no backpacks or goodies allowed. After that we were taken to our spots in the middle of nowhere to make...
Would everyone with a watch please set it to 10:32 – in future lets all try to be on time. And we believed her... CRAZY! This is how Sulene got us to synchronise our watches before handing out Macao challenge...
Just a few quick pics to keep you up to date on the progress on Maggie's brand new home!
Because we are giving her an actual wood-floor (This will be the first house she has ever lived in with a floor other than soil) we had to dig some holes for the support beams.
This took us about two days, because of a lot of stones in the ground...
Dear friends, I am currently at the red sea with the Global Challenge expedition team for 2009. There are 3 one year teams for 2009, North Bound, South Bound and Explore Africa. The year started with training on the 12 of January in Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape, the 3 weeks where filled up with teachings, practical preparation and serving at a local school in Ithemba. At Ithemba school we painted a huge part of the outside wall's and roofs. Repaired rotten wood panels on the class rooms, painted class rooms on the inside and cleaned out toilets and with the help...
I don't know what my heading means it just looks really cool. This First Month being on the Journey was complete Transformation of who I am. Romans 12: 2 says it so well - "...but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think." Firstly I prayed to God to get Him to see things my way and to join the plan I have envisioned.... BOOM, doesn't work that way. His ways are higher!!! And to look back now my human plans are not even Glorifying Him. I'm in Awe. He took away all...
China, Destination X: The orange team attempted the mountains of China. After some careful preparations and lots of prayer, we took the step in faith...and headed for the mountains for an adventurous hike.
Looking over the incredibly green hills just outside of Fes in Morocco, I found myself sitting on the ground in the back yard of a Moroccan family. We were enjoying some Mint tea and waiting for Sunday lunch that was being prepared. Just two days before, we walked down a road, into a village with Emily who navigated a bit. We decided to go into a little village and were welcomed by ‘n local family who didn't know any of us. After about 10 minutes we were warmly invited to a traditional Sunday lunch. So here we were at...
