Participant Blogs

The last few days of training has really been great! We have been talking about who God is. Firstly God the Father followed by God the Son with God the Spirit to come.

It was with a small group session talking about God the Son where we had to read 1 Peter 1: 18 - 20
God truly talked to me though this and showed me a side of Him I never thought about.

I used to believe everything I write is true, but now I know there are many truths and mine only bears witness. "Truth. What is truth?" is Pontius Pilates rhetoric in response to Jesus who had just told Pilate who He is and what He came to do: "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." John 18:37-38 That afternoon's phenomena would have clarified Pontius' resolve if...

What makes me feel most alive in life is sunsets and sunrises. It tells me the most about God. It sais He is the creator and that He is very creative. No sunset or sunrise will ever look the same as He decorates the sky with the most extraordinary colours and clouds and scenery under it. It's unique and beautiful, and still God created man and woman and only then creation was complete and "very good". It amazes me how each and every person is more precious than a sunrise or sunset to God. It's constant and trustworthy, just like...

Lighthouse = A building that emits light in times of darkness Every year the kids of GLA go on a camp according to their team colours. This year I accompanied the orange team to Oyster Bay and Oyster Bay is such a beautiful place! It was a good time for me to rest after an interesting week, because the previous week I would sum up as hard and challenging but there was still a lot of good moments, moments to treasure. After it ended many had tears of relieve and joy, I was just happy because it was over. The...

A crossroad is a place where you are forced to stop, reassess and consider the direction you are going. Our team's time at the church in Al Mafraq, which means crossroads, was such a time. Each one of us stood at a crossroad. We had time to stand still, take in the view (which was beautiful by the way) and consider which way we are going. God used this time to lay foundational truths in our hearts. He took each one of us on an adventure in finding our identity as His children, depending on Him and drawing closer in...

One journey ended and another started. Guess that's the cycle. The new global challenge students arrived last week, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Thrown into the thick of it they'll be returning from their first camp with a new perception and some humility. Their lives already changed in unforseen and wonderful ways. God in the midst of it all. I also started this year in the thick of it. The 7th of January I started working at Global Leadership Academy, or GLA for short, it's a one of a kind school that started as an off shoot from Global Challenge...

Ok so I know it has been a while, and as you know me, and have read my “several” blogs I’m not the best writer, but I am having another go! This is a brief description of my experiences since my last post... After China we went to Thailand, where we did some physical building work with Pastor Wasaan, I learnt a lot about God’s amazing love and grace for us as His children. I also saw how people just drop everything to follow Christ, and how dedicated they are to their fellowship in Christ. I met a guy there...

I have been born into one world, with my heart firmly attached to another. Born into a world of comfort, where outward appearance is of great significance. One shaped in a ladder where you either move up or down. A world of strong characters, individual success and individual struggle. Man-made esthetic beauty claims high value – it determines ranking. My heart is fondly grounded into a circular world. A world of community, where we raise each other’s children and we all go hungry together. Outward appearance makes way for heart value.  Time is a commodity to be used for establishing...

Sarah Rinn

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We are now in Guatemala!  We arrived late Friday night in Guatemala City and spent the night in a small hostel.

The other day, I started thinking about how sad it would be to come all the way to South Africa and not see my great friends Lana and Jacques from the World Race.  Since they live about a 2 hour plane ride away, Kim had already told Lana and Jacques that I wouldn’t make it down there.  However, Kim and I devised a plan to surprise them.