Today it is the 16th of August… It’s already 11 in the morning over here but back home it’s about time to be waking up soon. Yes we are ahead of you… I am in… CAMBODIA!
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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....
Crossing the Guyanese border with a ferry into the Dutch speaking country of Suriname... Not wanting to rest our eyes, when there is so much to see... Wooden houses build on stilts, coloured flags every where, all sorts of new fruits to try while seeing so many warm smiling faces... After a whole day of traveling we arrived at Hebron mission school where we were warmly welcomed by some of the students who just finished their garden duties... After settling in, Pastor Moestafa came to greet us with a big smile. As one of the teachers at the...
Le Pérou était un pays qui nous tenait beaucoup à coeur, car nous avons un Péruvien qui voyage avec nous. Mais maintenant, le Pérou est déjà derrière nous ! Nous avions une grande variété d'activités dans ce pays... Quand nous sommes arrivé en premier lieux, nous nous sommes dirigés vers une petite ville nommé Ferrenafe, où Ronel et Hendrik nous ont accueilli. Ils sont un couple de missionnaires envoyé d'Afrique du Sud qui travaillent principalement avec les personnes issues du groupe ethnique Quechua. La principale tâche d'Hendrik est d'aider à la traduction de la bible dans cette langue ancestrale qu'est...
It's been an incredible 6 weeks of traing in J-bay, Transkei, Cape Town and all over the Eastern Cape. I've met amazing young people and we've become true brothers and sisters over this few past weeks, learning more about our purpose, ourselves and God. My heart is being transformed by the passion and freshness of Holy Spirit working inside. I've realised that by allowing transformation and welcoming change, your vision gets clearer and your perspective gets stretched. Which has been such a wonderful process for me in this time of training. My eyes have been opened to see little miracles...
On Sunday 24 Feb we had a great day! Just think mud and pancakes?It was Marcel’s birthday!! This meant we had nice pancakes with chocolate source.
This was in fact not the best part. A few days earlier we started to experience water problems. So on Sunday morning just after breakfast we headed out and started to inspect the water pipes looking for some kind of problem.
Me, Marliaan, Marna, Janica and Roelf flew via Hong Kong to India. So we relived the movie " The Terminal" because we had to sleep and live at the airport for a whole day! We slept in the emergency exit room!! It was very funny! The part that is not funny is that my bag did not arrive in Hong Kong and they are still looking for it!!!! It has almost been 24hours and they still dont know where my bag is! We are flying to India in 2hours and hopefully they are going to send my bag to India . Please pray that...
Jai masih ki! (I greet you in the name of Christ) Northbound spent our lay-over in Hong Kong. Taking a bus into the city, doing window shopping and spending time with the locals was a great way to start the journey! We arrived in New Delhi at 03:00 am and arranged for 3 local taxis to take us (and the backpacks) to the main bazaar. What a country! We spent the first 4 days in Delhi getting settled into the ‘Indian way’ of doing things. Taking hose showers, eating samoosas and chapattis, enjoying the aircon in the metro and experiencing...
I take Psalm 139 as my own and praise God for the nations and proclaiming each promise He gives me!!! "The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock! May the God of my salvation be exalted! He is the God who pays back those who harm me. He subdues the nations under me and rescues me from my enemies. You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies; You save me from violent opponents. For this, O Lord, I will praise you among the nations, I will sing praises to your name. You give great victories to your king; You show unfailing love...
I really enjoyed Kenya, it was so amazing to see what God did in just one week, brining our team closer together, the open,friendly people who would just trust us with their things, The awesone way God revealed Himself in the time spent in the prayer room we helpped to launch and also having so much favor with food and traveling... I deffinitly went through some inner struggles but that is part of growing and God teaching me to live a holy and pure life as it is written in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 "For God did not call us to...
Work Your Way 2015 had an amazing time in Vietnam. We stayed in a home stay with a vietnamese family. Got to work with the international church in Vietnam. We painted some houses and gave english lessons in parks. Vietnamese people is amazing and we got to experience the culture everyday. From riding with motorcycles through HoChiMinh, eating street food and experiencing the Mekong delta. We have some amazing testimonies of the lords grace in our lives and others. we are currently in the beautiful city of Singapore and leaving for Australia on Monday. Thank you for everyone's...
