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Left Malaysia, going through Japan all the way to India!  It's long, I know.  You shuold feel it on this side!

     

“Bleep, bleep, bleep” is all that we are hearing from a very upset Frenchman in the lobby of the backpackers that we are currently staying.  He is busy booking flights online.  I think it’s his visa or something.  Ja, the joys of travelling the world.  Luckily our day was not as temperamental.We awoke to the sounds of Monday morning traffic outside our 3rd floor rooms.  Everyone stretched out of the fetus position to start the day in the Word.  After this we had corporate prayer where we prayed for our loved ones at home and people that need healing.  Wisdom...

Now we went all the way from Central America to Asia.. Woooweeee! so 9 flights and a few bus rides later...we arrived in the Philippines...

So we arrived safely in Nepal yesterday, but there is a great story (testimony) about how we got here... We we started planing the Hidden World journey in the beginning of the year, the idea was to go to New Zealand in September before going to India. That unfortunately was never in budget, probably because God had very different plans. So arriving in India on the 7 September we had 3 ministry points (all being orphanages) to chose from and where we need to go for the month of September. We started praying about this and the evening when I...

    Lize, Marykee, Tiaan, Ryno and i went to Laos together.  Before we started, we received scripture about patiently waiting on the Lord.  Which is exactly what happened.   For 3 days we stayed in a park beside the Mekong River, just sitting and waiting and praying.  But because of our Father’s goodness and faithfulness , the story doesn’t end there.         On the third day things began to happen. Through meeting a guy and helping him fix someone’s air conditioner  in some  house, we were led to find the christians. I never liked  christians so...

We started Cayman with an easy airport entrance and being picked up by miss Erna, our host for the time there. And we were so blessed, we stayed in miss Erna's second house across from her house, this meant that we had a big house to stay in and what is more it had warm water!! It was also stocked with food, but warm water so good (I hoped that by this time I would be used to cold showers, but no warm water still makes me happy). We were really spoiled while we were there. The 10 days in...

it is in serving the people that you discover something about the heart of God. We are currently spending time in the local community meeting people and playing with kids in the streets.   The way we view community is limited to our environment. We compare what people have to what we have. It is like we deem our standard of living as the benchmark.  Our take on the world is limited to our own suffering. We lack perspective. Their is a world in need and we are blind to what the world really needs...hope. We all need it. Jesus...

 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...

"During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." - Acts 19:9   What would've been a fifteen day stay turned into a 27 day visit. This ultimately means we're skipping our Turkey leg of the journey. All for good reason because the Lord is in complete control. Although, at the moment we don't see in full we know God will reveal the reason of our extended stay to us soon.   We, as a team realise God has a bigger plan and purpose for...