The Canon on Mt Victoria, Devonport... how we searched for this! On top we also had the most amaing by 360 deg night view of Auckland. We completed the mushroom counting and pic task, the hidden letter in the canon task and the prayers for Auckland here at 7pm at night in the rain!... The Americas Cup Voyager :) we had to track down its number... We met up with LIME team along the way and what a spurt of fun that was. A sign we found rather amusing along the way. Sky Tower, which was part of the bonus task - 2...
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Blue team safe in Cambodia..... :) We are blessed to be staying in a house with a roof (YAY) and to be eating the exotics of IndoChina... Andrew, who is our contact here, has been nothing short of fantastic is his accommadation of our 15 strong team! A jam packed week long session leaves not a moment to be bored! Blue team got the privalege of hosting an intimate bible study with the English students last night which not only was great for unity but a chance to spread the gospel ... *YES LORD!... The Camai (Khumer) people are amazing!...
Work Your Way´s journey starts of in Gautemala!
What defines a family? Does the term only refer to a collection of people that are united by their similar genes? Is it possible to apply this term to ten people you've known for only four months?
Only two weeks of training have passed and I already feel like I have learnt a lifetime of lessons. The people I've met here are already like part of my family. And as for my relationship with God.. It has never been so strong and so intense. I feel like a better, stronger person. And God is my leader, using me as a messenger to tell His story to the world. And all I can say is, "I'm ready for the change, I'm ready for the world, I'm ready for the things that I've already learnt."- Coldplay. These are the...
Upon arriving at the airport of Grand Cayman after a beautiful Caribbean flight the mood was quickly changed. The immigration officer’s eyebrows rose as he saw the empty space on our immigration form. The space for the address where we would stay in Cayman... Like many other countries on our itinerary, Grand Cayman was again another pioneering country. The immigration officers stood up and called Gerrie (our leader) into a room to question him. As he was being questioned we met a South African husband and wife who helped us to get an address of a place where we could...
How do I begin to describe a journey that has changed my life!!! I planned to write a long testimony on all the things that have been revealed to me and how the Lord had worked in my life thus far - but it would be a very long letter and I may begin to cry... So, a quick note :) The Phillipines moved me in may ways, well Christ did, i loved the intense ministry and I found a love for prophesy and prayer! I, too, got the privelage of leading and being part of worship as well a...
We sing about His love in Sunday School, we get told over and over agian how real it is and ´Jesus loves you´is said so much we have almost stopped listening... But wow! He really really loves me and the way he shows it is overwhelming! So we were given 6 days to do whatever we felt God was telling us to do. Four of us felt that God wanted us to go to Columbia, yes, Columbia. I was excited and nervous and pleased that God wanted me to go with 3 strong guys as the picture I had in...
After reflecting on Psalm 27 also today in church (SJGC) and then having bread and wine in remembrance of Him who made it possible for us to enter God's kingdom forever, the words of this song touched me...
Bonjour à tous ! Me revoilà enfin avec quelques nouvelles de notre service itinérant ! Je vous écris depuis un bus, nous sommes en route pour le Pérou ! Nous voyageons depuis Bogota, la capital colombienne, jusqu'à Chiclayo, un trajet d'environ 50 heures de bus ! Nous quittons la Colombie après 40 jours passé dans le pays, un de nos plus longs séjour ! Mais heureusement nous n'avons pas passé 40 jours à la même place, nous avons visité différentes villes. Nous avons passé un peu de temps à Bogota, puis Cartagena, Santa Marta et Fusagasuga ! Ci-dessous je vais...