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 Spending time in the centre of Egypt was an interesting experience. Something I sometimes wish I could pull apart, study under a microscope and then put back together again as I please. It's like building a puzzle without first seeing the picture.   In the end I found comfort in seeing the church searching for God as much as I was. Longing to love Him more everyday.   I realised again the privilege of growing up in homes hearing the name of Jesus, whether in Egypt, SA or any other place. I saw and experienced courage and conviction under persecution and...

  Really being tested with patience here...don't you hate it when you type a really long blog or letter and then it just disappears? Well, I do. Pardon the blog, it might sound like I'm a bit edgy...  This is the 2nd blog in the last 5 weeks. Yes I have been lazy. In my defense, we have been traveling like crazy. I mean 30h and 13h train and bus ride crazy.. We have finished India. Some of the fondest memories of the trip so far were created there. At least at the orphanage. This is where I saw God's...

We have finally arrived in Delhi from Varanasi, India. I can truely testify to seeing how God provides when we are in total dependance of Him. As a team we have had an amazing yet very challenging time in Varanasi. We were blessed to really experience how God brought light and truth to people in this very oppressed place... Ganga river, Varanasi Spriritual gurus next to the Ganga river, Varanasi The work-your-way team met up with us at the main bazaar this afternoon... felt like seeing family! We as a nothbound team are heading off to Agar to visit the Taj...

I am a chosen princess, ready to reign in beauty, honour, glory and integrity. I’m captivated, loved and adored by the King of kings and in love with Him. I am hidden in Him. I will not sit in and agree with the circle of mockers. I will stand up in God’s righteousness, not my own, and I will agree with God and have peace. I confidently speak, pray and minister truth, through worship and reverence for the Lover of my soul. I love the lost and encourage the feeble. I work diligently, delegate diligently and birth new beginnings passionately....

  Peru was our last country and one of those places we moved around a bit so this will go place by place and cover our flights back to SA. Mancora The yellow team arrived in Mancore, a beach chilling town place in north Peru in the semi desert, on the Monday 2 pm, the exact time that you could start booking into the backpackers we were staying at. Maxine and the Blue team was already there and greeted us when we got there. The 3 days in Mancore was a rest and recovery time for the team and to...

The first day we arrived in China I must say I was very negative and thought to myself  'Zylna how in the world are you going to survive 4 weeks in this place?' But knowing God, He had a bigger and better picture in mind which was not visible to me at that time.  China seemed so dull, dusty and all and all just dead, spiritually as well as physically!!

We started our journey by feeling that we should go right from the airport, we didn´t know that the only exit from the airport was right, and suddenly realized it was not going to be an easy hike as we were heading down the highway in the blazing sun.  After a while a car picked us up, and took us in to city centre, dropped us off and we started heading down the highway again where a van picked us up and took us on the way to Copacabana. From there on we walked to the closest beach and it...

How top put 6 weeks down in one blog? By being short on details and focus on the cool stuff and not being chronological. (sorry for my detailed readers) Camps We arrived in Croatia and was directly taken to the Camp Focus grounds. It is in the mountains with forest all rounds and is very beautiful. We spent the first few days preparing for the first camp doing odd jobs and whatever is needed around the base. Most of the time in between camps was spent with odd jobs. Some debarking trees and cutting grass and finishing buildings and beds...

To Give you a small taste of Peru I would like to make you a a special brew. All the ingredients are essential and bring a unique flavor, complementing the others to give you a pleasurable gastronomic experience. This fine brew is best enjoyed on the rocks... of Machu Piccu First up you will need to travel to Peru. For me it was a hop on to a 58 hour bus in Colombia, skip over the equator in Ecuador and jump right into Peru.  You will need a pressure cooker. This makes all the ingredients give their full flavor in...

Well the last 8 weeks have been the most testing and most exciting of my life!
I have seen and done things that I still can't believe!  Eating chicken feet and sleeping in standard bank ATM room are probably the low light but the same 24hrs seeing provison of steers burger and hitchiking home (j-bay) were definately in the highlights.....what was it all for....preparation to head into the nations!