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New Zealand   I am truly convinced that the beauty of the world was cut into pieces and then God puzzled them together in the shape of an Island, New Zealand. I watched a documentary of a helicopter flying over the South Island that revealed places and beauty that no man has set foot on.  " The South Island is a mountainous Island.  As far as the eye can reach nothing is to be seen but the summits of these rocky mountains.  These mountains seem to lie so close to each other the valleys between them fade in the eye...

Hurricane Agatha that struck the south of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador has left a wake of destruction, devastation and dead bodies. With countless families loosing lives, homes and possessions we find ourselves in the midst of great need. Having hit on 29 May 2010, shortly after the Northbound team left, the effects are still being felt with problems far from over. With the hurricane comes torrential rain causing mudslides and rockslides leaving everything in near proximity buried. Panajachel, a town in the southwest Guatemalan highlands on the shore of Lake Atitlan, has been rather affected as well as those...

Radical in Ecuador   The modern-day gospel says, "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.   Therefore, follow these steps, and you can be saved."  Meanwhile, the biblical gospel says, "you are an enemy of God, dead in your sin, and in your present state of rebellion, you are not even able to see that you need life, much less to cause yourself to come to life.  Therefore, you are radically dependent on God to do something in your life that you could never do"  -   Radical by David Platt.   Our time in Ecuador has...

We are in athens now and it is cold but it is a great blessing to be here. We will go and explore a bit today and do what the Lord ask off us to do.   I really just realize how BIG GOD is and how small we are!!!!!!!!!!!   I still enjoy this very much!!!!!!

I am reminded of a song that starts with the following words: "Hide me now, under Your wings...."  This had a very literal and real meaning for me while in China... Backpacking around the country, leaving messages about the Good News where ever we go, trusting only in God for our protection and guidance.   Seeing people making a life changing decision to follow Jesus Christ, seeing people willing to listen to His word and seeing a man completely healed of a intense pain in his legs a few days ago (he would normally have to go for regular injections). ...

(Hi everyone! This blog was suposed to be posted yesterday, but due to some unforeseen circumstances we are only able to post it today.) We are in Phuket!!  If you wondered why there was no blog yesterday, it was because we travelled and only arrived late in Phuket.  Stephan and the people that we stayed at in Hatyai blessed us tremendously with accommodation, but it was more than just a bed, Stephan actually moved out of his flat for a day or two just to accommodate us.  We will be forever thankful for his hospitality. A songtou (a bakkie with...

I just started training in Jeffreysbay for Global Challenge. I received a new family that supports me and which I can trust. I have God on my side. How can this year and the rest of my life not be good?!!!! Lets start with the training. The classes is exciting, insightful and fulfilling. We are doing the Veritas bible school and it is so practical and fun. It starts with basic things about how we should read the Bible by exegesis and then how to apply and teach it in our lifes. Feels like I started to read the Bible...

WOW! Is all I can say about this beautiful town and its friendly people in the middel of Siberia... On monday afternoon me, Pieter, Andre, Albie and Shanine left Krasnoyarsk for Divnogorsk where we are ministering this week. We were welcomed by the church members at a braai (yes, can you believe it!) and they showed us the Hidro Power Station and the Sea of Krasnoyarsk. On Monday and Wednesday evening we sang some songs on the street, handed out balloons, spoke to people who passed by and shared a little bit of what we are doing and our testimonies....

Dear friends, The team have now succesfully distributed food to the total value of R80 000! And all of the target villages have been reached. We thank God for this miracle. Unfortunetly the team's time is up and they need to move on to catch their flight to Ethiopia. The fact of the matter is that there are still millions of people on the brink of starvation. I recently read this article http://m.news24.com/NEWS24/Africa/News/10m-in-need-of-food-aid-20100611 on News 24 which describes the emergency that Niger now finds itself in. We cannot ignore the pleas of the people, even though the team is not...