Words cannot describe our time in Cobrex, Brazil at Wesleyana Methodist Church. Our time there officially began back in Itatiaia, our previous ministry point 3 hours away. Pastor Marcos from Cobrex traveled all the way to Itatiaia for a half hour visit, just because he was so keen on having our team come to his church. Our whole team spent time in prayer at separate ministry points and we both felt the need to be separated again in Rio. So on we went, the yellow team to Wesleyana Church. We were told that some individuals in the church could...
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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....
Good day, friends and family from a cold land down under. The last 7 weeks, Work Your Way 2015 spent working on sheep farms doing lamb marking. Global Challenge expeditions has been working with Noble Management Australia for the last 5 years. Each year, the Work Your Way group spent about 2 months with the Willersdorf family. This year, we lived with them for about 6 weeks, travelling around New South Wales and Victoria. Working with the Willersdorfs was a great experience. They are dedicated in what they do, working sheep with a lot of...
The lime team has had a cultural weekend! Here is some photos of what we did: Picknick at the waterfall... Yeasterday we went to a hilltribe village. We as a team had the opportunity to share our testimonies and could encourage the local believers. They received us into their homes with the greatest hospitality.Sunday lunch at the hilltribe village... The village greeted us this morning and sent us on our way with 3 bags of lichis and 2 bags of rice on our hands. Very humling and a privilege!
This was a great weekend! Meeting the people that got back from their journeys. It was so fun and great to hear some of their stories. The challenge was BUITENSPORIG LEKKER!! Thanks for everybody that stayed and welcomed us. Bernard Hollander and Phillip Pretorius, I want to thank you the most. WYW is going to be AWESOME. The thing I wonder most about is what I am going be like when I come back. Because there is not a possibility of coming back the same. One of the hardest things is: thinking that I still have to go home tomorrow for 43 days...
Well, the last time I emailed you, we were on our way to the Taj Mahal...What an experience! It is a beautifull place! Very interesting and facinating to see! After that we went to a marble shop where they showed us howe they made the marble things, very interesting. But it is only after that that the fun/chaos started! We drove 5hours to the train station in Delhi to take a train on our way to the Himalayas... A train experince in India... now that is something that I can write a book about! It is CRAZY! People everywhere, sitting, sleeping. When...
A bit about my Luke 10 journey. So we started at about 6:00 am on the 21st with the Luke 10 journey. All together 9 people. We started out in Guatemala and went through El Salvador. When we went through the El Salvador border into Honduras, we split into 3 smaller teams of 3 people each. By this time it was dark, we had no money, no food and only the clothes that we had on. The challenge was taking nothing and just trusting on the Lord for provision in everything. So the challenge started. We hitched a ride all the way through to the...
I have enough money for next year!! It is just great knowing that, when God sent me to go on WYW, He provided me with what I need so that I can be obedient. That is one of the things about God that I love the most. He will never send you to do something without Him by your side.
Hello everyone!!!
Since this is my first blog, I thought it good, just to give you all a bit of background of myself!!
Yes, we are on the road! What an amazing journey it’s been so far. A time of change and adjustment marked with highs and some lows, experiencing that thing called ‘culture shock’ and the reminder again that all this is about God – EVERYTHING that we do revolves around God and nothing else.
We woke up this morning early, bright eyed and bushy tailed, all ready for a hard day of work. And then we heard it....
