Participant Blogs

      So ... This is my first blog this year and I still don’t know what to say… Except that God is good and that He can do above and abundantly more than we can ever imagine. We have seen Him provide, heal and restore this year.  We have seen each other as well as humanity at it’s best and at it’s worst.  We are humbled at God’s goodness in all His blessings and amazed at His righteousness in our trials.  We have cried, laughed, enjoyed, persevered, we  have given, we have received.  We have been blessed beyond...

After spending more or less 3 weeks in both Turkey and Israel, it almost seemed a bit of a steal to only spend 10 days in Russia, but what a full 10 days it was.   After spending the whole day practicing our drama in the Ben Gurion airport in Israel and waking up at 3:30am to check in at the airline counter, it's needless to say we were far from fully functioning by the time we landed in Moscow that afternoon. Two busses and 3 trains later, we arrived at the hosts house to be greeted by the information...

Charles… the man who gave us hot water on our last stop before crossing the Burkina Faso border. The man who, when asked the question whether white people are African, answered the following: If you believe in your heart you are an African, you are an African. I therefor will believe in my heart that I am an African, and so I am… The Word of God also says that if I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth “Jesus is the Son of God”, I will be saved. Like being an African, I will be a citizen...

Surprise! I am writing this blog now, not while perched on a hill in Malaysia, or by the side of the fire in Kenya, but in my bed in my old room. My global journey was last year but yewwww it did not hit a wall there. I can, however, see the sun rising over the Jeffreys Bay sea. I came home for the weekend to visit my parents. Now why am I writing this blog? I want to share about “life after global”, but I don’t particularly like using this phrase since surely there was also life before Global...

  As we got off at the airport, I immediately felt the carefree Caribbean atmosphere and it felt like holiday. As part of the yellow team I went to St Ann's Bay, a bay near many tourist attractions on the north coast of Jamaica.   In St Ann's Bay our team experienced real Jamaican vibes.    In the words of Bob Marley "Don't worry about a thing. Every little thing is gonna be alright."    (And yes Bob Marley is an idol among most people. Most consider him as a "national hero")   The church we stayed in is about...

I'm standing knee deep, but im out where i've never been before. If you would have asked me 2 months ago if im ready to go out to the nations and serve, i would have said yes!! If you ask me 1 month ago i would have said no!! if you would ask me now, my answer will be, I trust in God that i am ready for i cant do anything without Him. For it is not about me and what i am going to do but it is all about the Father and His Son. My purpose is...

  Where do I start with the favour that we experienced from God in Mexico? I can't even explain the amazing time we had. Since we entered the Mexican airport we experienced the fullness of His favour.   One of our last days in Mexico, our host took us to the Chichen Itza temple (one of the 7 world wonders) and so I'm sitting in a bus, coming back from a long day of being a tourist. It's our first time traveling with a group of tourists, we even got the sticker on our chests. Strange. While listening to some...

Cuba est un pays bien particulier, nous nous en sommes rendu compte à la minute à laquelle nous avons quitté l'aéroport: Le pays est toujours gouverné par un système communiste, se qui rend l'importation de biens très cher et difficile.Voilà pourquoi, les voitures à Cuba sont les mêmes voitures que les américains ont laissés sur place après la révolution de Fidel Castro ! Depuis ce jour, les cubains ont simplement entretenues et réparés ses vieilles voitures. Pas seulement les voitures d'ailleurs, mais également les bâtiments de la capitale sont très anciens, et la manière de vivre et très différentes de...

  We have had to do with many missionaries this year and every time we meet another couple i come to realize the feeling i have towards them is pity. Do you feel like you are fulfilling your purpose? Are you sorry you are not living the American dream? Are you lonely? Do you feel like you have done meaningful things? Are you content? Is this home for you? Would you go back? Do you have true friends? These are the questions I could finally sum up and I see now that it showed how backward my perception is. 1John...

I asked God to make my bag lighter on Luke 10, because it is really heavy. God told me, 'No'. My bag is heavy because it represents how people carry their own weight. God wants to give me a heart for those people who don't give their things to God and doesn't know that it is possible. On Luke 10, Johannes would help me put my bag on my back and for that moment it would be easier. Talita also pushed me up a hill for 5 meters. The thing is people can try to help you, but it doesn't...