Participant Blogs

Hey friends and family, you are now going to read my first blog. All I can say is - what an amazing experience, even getting to masaai land was an adventure! 2 days with very diverse forms of travel - air, bus,taxi and a 4 hour bumpy 4x4 drive but it was all worth it. The first 2 days we spent getting to know the land and meeting Maasai, what a wonderful, colourful culture and people group. What a wonderful surprise and blessing when they gave us a lamb spitbraai the Sunday evening - it was like they knew what...

India...hahaha that is enough said for this blog. For all who were there you know it's hard. If you can get past the dirty, crowded ally ways with a now and then suprising tuk tuk trying to get past while hooting wildly at you, the only citizen by right to actually be in the ally. Then yeah maby it could be a good time, oh if you can also survive the smell of wet cow and human feses with a colony of flies protecting it and dead bodies burning next to the river, then you are a badass. You see...

Left: Sunrise from Mt. Sinai Left: Detlef and myself on Mt. Sinai. Sunrise.                 Below: The Medina (old city) of Fes. Awesome. Left: another picturesque street in Fes. Wayne is looking frustrated and Tinet is screaming at someone.

(due to certain political reasons this blog will be censored very badly) so with my second family in the H*ly L*nd, I'm sitting in Ir*n, connecting Global with these people of Tehr*n. YOUR WORLD WILL SHAKE, because God really comes through in every single way you can believe.    Q: "Has it been a disappointment being away from the group?" A: Yes, its very hard to be away from everyone, its hard to think that life could even go on, but we have to sacrifice things for the Glory of G*d.   Q:"Being a M*ssian*c J*w how does it feel...

Places, People, Progress… So, I am really guilty of being so slack with writing more blogs (this is only my second one) and SO MUCH has taken place since my last post that it’s almost overwhelming with what to share and where to begin. (There’s a lesson in here I am sure) So here goes… PLACES:  We left sunny South Africa on 3 March 2016 and headed for Israel with such excitement. The Explore Africa Team vibe was electrifying and so full of joyous anticipation. Oh Israel… God’s beloved and chosen nation, what an absolute privilege and blessing it was...

This past week in Peru has been one of discipleship. It was not discipleship of Peruvian people, but rather Peruvian people discipling me.  During our time here so far, we have had the opportunity to go into various schools and universities and preform dramas that explain different aspects of the gospel. Following the drama, we then have been able to share the gospel story with the people! Then, we handed out hundreds and hundreds of Bibles to kids, professors and parents. It was a miracle we were able to get into these schools and speak to the people about Jesus...

The Wild Hogs of Panajachelel   W e were the crash test dummies for pastor Benjamin’s trike ministry.  The ministry involved us going into the community and asking around for old, rusted unusable bicycles.  We would ultimately convert those bicycles into drifting machines and we would then race them down a crazy mountain pass.  This attracted a lot of attention and thus created the opportunity to share truth to the local people of Panajacehel.  It also encouraged the youth to get involved in extreme sports and to restore old junk into adrenaline masterpieces.  Building these drift-trikes involved us: Welding, grinding,...

Here we are in China as SERVANTS of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Nothing more and nothing less.  God has begun a GOOD WORK in each and every one of us and we can stand confidently upon His PROMISE to CONTINUE this work on to COMPLETION on the day of Christ Jesus (Phil 1:6).  And since our foundations were secured during the disciple equipping course with FCE, I know that one of the most important works He has started in me is the RENEWAL OF MY MIND (Rom 12:2).  Surely it is a privilege to SHARE this GRACE OF GOD with His church around the world.

Before I enter a new country I have this picture in my mind about what to expect and what life will be like in that country. New Zealand, as the first first-world country we visited, I imagined to be be this perfect life. I imagined strongholds way different than Asia. Strongholds like materialism and money. But what I experienced in New Zealand was more than just that. New Zealand was a home away from home. We were blessed with a week at Algie's Bay to focus on debrief and to spend time with God. We were welcomed with so much...

We talk a lot about trusting God and embracing Him no matter the circumstance, but when push comes to shove is that really our response? The last few months I have been praying a prayer: “God, I want to be a woman of faith. Would you expand my faith and what I can handle, that I may know and trust you more? Create in me a heart of faith and a confidence in You that is unshakeable!” I have been asking Jesus to take my faith to new depths for MONTHS!!! And to be honest, I had sort of come...