Participant Blogs

Dawid was so right in the beginning of training when he said, “I hate India.  I love India.  I will never go back there.  If someone gives me a ticket today, I’ll be on that flight tomorrow.”  India is a country of contrasts and because you never know which slice of the pie you might get, a place where Global Challengers meet God and meet themselves. As I travelled to India with the team, I had this sinking feeling.  That feeling of, you know what’s coming, you do not want it, but you can’t avoid it.  Probably what Jesus felt...

Watch this video and let your heart be moved... http://www.gcex.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=guatemala-disaster-fund-video.html&Itemid=574 WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!*

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Hi Lesotho Challengers   Hope you all are up for a great time!   Here are the practical information for our Trip to Lesotho.   Please make sure that your full amount is paid into our account by Wednesday 24 September.   The team that is driving up from Jeffreys will leave at 4 o’clock early morning from the Deo Doxa Church.    Please do not be late!     Please do not pack a huge suitcase, but rather a medium sized bag.    Our space is limited!   We will meet the rest of the team at 4 in...

         My time in Peru has come and gone, and certain memories have lifetime status won! From Lima to Chiclayo (in which we began our stay), the Peruvians welcomed us in the most blessed of ways. The Groenewalds and pastors did everything they could to make us all comfy as real family would!   Then Touching Hearts course ran for 11 days- intensive ministry that challenged our ways. Translated from English to Spanish it took rather long but pressing on it broke even the 'strong'.     With much to process we took to the road, Incawasi in Andes...

As promised  few pics to tie up Cambodia...                  A land that stole the hearts of many, a nation that knows love no other where the smiles of people light up the darkest of moments... A few things to remember... - the tuk tuks (the hours we spent in them) - the mangos - tannie Alta's (and all her ministry work) - the children and how they crept into your heart!!!              JESUS LOVES YOU... "pro-jesu-throw-line-nye""

The Quest: Grasp the adventure Our latest Local Challenge was held at WUK week (Wereld uitreik konferensie); witch is on campus of North West University, Potchefstroom.   Twenty teams entered and all where set for a whole 24hours of fun, serving in the community, unselfish giving and lots of laughter. Teams where challenged to sleep in a different community than their own and to be part of the community project called: Hope Village. At Hope village they had to plant vegetables, make bricks and spent time with the kids.                                                             Making Bricks                                                Planting...

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZUCfi31hTE 400x400] The Coffee Bay Christian School, located in the rural community of the Transkei is in need of facilities suitable for sustainable child development. Among other needs, a jungle gym (as per the video clip) is required and your support will be greatly appreciated.   The primary school has minimal funds with very primitive facilities. The children of the school face an empty, hard and unfriendly stretch of ground as they step out of the classroom for their play time.   As the Global Challenge Explore Africa team we believe that stimulating child play is crucial for cognitive and...

Greetings from Colombia, the home of great coffee, cocaine, and kidnapping guerrillas! We have arrived safe and sound, though some of our teammates had a detour through Peru and Ecuador. After a safety briefing we made way from Bogota to a nearby town of Fusagasuga.

Before we knew what happened, Ettienne, Nicholas and me got the surprise of our life…  We were on a different flight than the rest of the team and would have had to wait on Madrid airport for about 20 hours before boarding our flight to Portugal.  Anticipating the same procedures as the previous time, we prepared ourselves for the “duty free shopping area” (almost like no man’s land on the airport) and getting some sleep.  But this time things were a bit different and before we understood what’s going on we were at border control and got a stamp in...