Imagine a hiking trip that follows the trail of all the places where Jesus performed his miracles and doing it with 10 other spirit filled people, well this is how the 4 day trip started... We received 25 fish right out of the Sea of Galilee from a local and while we waited for our self-proclaimed fishermen to clean and gut them, we tried to cook beans which ended up taking TWO days to soften. So with fish flopping in packets, beans soaking in a ziplock packet and a rubbish bag over my backbag because of the rain, we began...
Participant Blogs
Global Challenge Missions Blog Archive: These are real blogs, from real people, bringing real change...
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....
So we all thought Hawaii was going to be a
holiday and a rest period, but the Lord had other plans....
My Beloved Shepherd, my Lord and I - Songs Of Solomon
(Part One)
You know those conversations we have with God; sitting at His feet, listening at His voice...
My highlight in China was a conversation I had with God, reflecting upon myself through His eyes, and also reflecting on His Bride, His Body, and His Church through His eyes!!
By Liza Kruger
The grass is always greener on the other side but, through this "green" surface the pain, suffering, hunger and confusion of a lost nation...
As you travel through Zimbabwe you are amazed at the natural beauty of the country. The trees are in full bloom and dense green plants and bushes are flourishing everywhere. The country seem healthy after the rainy season, but this sight however is deceiving.
Behind this is a country that is falling apart, people begging for food and shelter and children in ragged clothes selling corn to by passing motorists for an income.
I have been travelling around South Africa for the last mouth and there was only one thing on my mind.... Global Challenge is much bigger than me. Gods been with me all the way and every second I know he is with me... It's very difficult for me to type in english but i'll try.. This year is going 2 be an adventure and i'll tell u about it every step of the way. This weekend I went 2 my granddads wedding it was realy fun we went 2 the most beautiful place in the world. I'll put in some photo's. Going...
Our time in Guatemala is over now and it was just too short for us. We wanted to spend much more time there with the people and getting teachings from Pastor B. Our highlights were definitely the amazing revelations we got from Pastor B’s teachings, we also helped an organization called “Mayan families” with installing fire stoves for the local people.
A small Canadian girl who wanted to become a dolphin psychologist was one of my friends this weekend. She loves animals and loved to pet the snake we cought. Her dad is the man in charge of the camp site where we are working. We currently revamping a summer camp next to a lake. We are repacking storage rooms and unloaded a truck full of donations of chairs and equipment that a church gave the camp site. We have learned that hard work is not always lifting heavy things but sometimes just plain scraping a wall before painting it. It just is not as much fun as moving big things but lots can be learned. I asked God to learn me something or show me something that can make me understand Him more. This is what He reviled to me:
We had a month of walking through warm deserts, climbing high mountains and adventures through the Amazon!
Patients, is an on going proses that can never be completed. If a man can wait for 20min before he loses his temper he must be put in situations where he must wait 20min or longer to improve.
There came a time when this man will reach a place where he can wait 2 hours before getting frustrated. This is the point where the next step sucks a bit. In order to improve on waiting more than 2 hours something big needs to happen. Waiting more than 2 hours can change the days planning and get very long.
There was also the idea that, if you are waiting for a long time and loose you temper, you would fail the test but still improved your time limit and the test would be over. Thus the waiting period will be over and that what ever you were waiting for will come to you. with in a very shot time.
This theory was put together in Egypt when Frikkie and I sat next to the road.
Cuba, the hope of nations!Cuba - what an experience! Never could I have imagined something quite like it! Cuba - the interesting and unique Caribbean island!The streets are filled with vintage old cars (those you want to hire to go to the drive in with), horses and carriages, bicycles and motorcycles, and even those with side cars! Tiny old houses fill the city of Santiago de Cuba, where some walls crumble to the ground and old wooden doors and rusty steel frameworks welcome you at every door. Hundreds of street vendors are selling their Cuban delicacies for a few Pesos, shouting...
