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Our time in Panama was quiet short: we only stayed 15 days in the country and we had 2 ministry point ! Our first contact was in Gamboa, a small village next to THE famous panama canal ! Before we arrived in Panama, we were hoping to see the impressive man-made canal that joins the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean. And God blessed us abundantly by having the canal next door to the church were we stayed ! Usually we would eat our meals outside and we would see those massive cargo-sheep passing without any noise on the back of...

Israel.    What can we say. Our lives were impacted. Impacted firstly because we came to know that we were not in Israel because we wanted to be, we were in Israel because God invited us to be there. In His holy land.    All of us experienced a walk with Jesus. His footsteps, our footsteps becoming one. We realized that none of us had the same experience, God personally came and met each one of us where we were at. Exactly when He wanted to and how He wished to do so.   Israel is really, truly the Holy...

Kosova was close to home. Coming from a farm in the Western Cape, nothing is closer to home (or my heart) then rolling hills, fields that stretch into the distance and most shades of green. God the Father knows this about me. I think He did what did in me here, because He knew I would need it. I’ve had one of the toughest weeks of my life here. On the other hand, it was one of the most refreshing and freeing weeks of my life. It was a time of becoming. Team became family. Uncertainty became adventure. Tiredness became...

The time has come for us, with much expectation, to head to the coffee capital of the world, and we werent dissapointed.     It started of with so much excitement of seeing the parents on their visit, eating sweets and biltong, receiving gifts and letters of encouragements for us to finish the journey strong. There is something comforting receiving rusks with a note in your mothers handwriting.     Colombia has been a time of reflecting on the year thus far, what I have learned, refocusing on the journey and not letting my thoughts drift back home, re evaluating...

Hello everyone. So here we go again, but this time I want to tell all of you something that touched my heart ( yeah yeah I know, I always say that!!). In this eighth blog of mine you are most likely going to learn things about me that you didn’t know ( it is not serious deep stuff don’t worry that's for a later blog. ) and there will be things you do know about me. Okay so here we go. I love music, like really I LOVE IT. If I see a piano I freak out ( on the...

From: Carlos Daniel Vasquez Shuña

To: Global challenge

Date: Lima 05 of November of 2015

REFERENCE:

 In all this 23 years I was serve God with my parents in my country in the deferent places like la coast, mountains and jungle according to the will of God in January of this year I stared the year with a petition in which I prayed and looking for God, expending time in his presence with the desire that him can have the control of my life and I was asking that he can use me in his will I said he that does not matter whatever the  things that he could ask me I told him: lord you know how I am, I give you all the areas of my life I give you my dreams, my family and my desires to be  thrived.

It was there where I had the opportunity to go to South Africa and for the trip in between Brazil and South Africa God was colleen me to the missions and I was not disobedient

A PERUVIAN IN GLOBAL CHALLENGE

GREETINGS

Hi Anna marie Franklin, Annamie Havenga, Willem Taute, Elsabe, i greet you in the precious name of Jesus.

I am thankful for the opportunity to serve God in the missions.

 

JOURNEY

KENYA

It was a time of CULTURAL ENRICHMENT be part of a compact team perfecting the very basic English the I had ,one thing make an impact in my life was it the prayer room.

I REMEMBER

Joe she is amazing, the pastor Criss that have a service heart.

BRASIL

I star to meet my friends in the church 337 they are a very friendly and special people that they became my family, also I stared to know Criss   my Leader was a blessing for me. In BELEN I get a challenge of translate English to Portuguese tow languishes that almost star enrichment myself but I struggled to trust in God because my relationship was not strong but God taught me that everything that he made is perfect so I was in the will of God but I needed to know him.

 

I REMEMBER FROM SAU PAULO:

The pastors Joe and Monica, the pastors Matias and Hanna, the pastors Ronaldo Pacheco his wife and his sons Juan Paulo and Andres, Julia and Samuel, Tiago and taty   

I REMEMBER FROM RIO DE JANEIRO

Lucas Gabriel Luisa

I REMEMBER FROM BELEM

Carlos Pastor David Danilo Silvio

SURENAME

God worked personally with my life my friends died was a pen full I wanted to relinquish, I asked God to help and it happened a miracle with myself God healed my heart he pulled out my sadness my relationship with God stared to be more strong since that time.

 

GULLANA

I stared to enjoy God in different way because in ours individual devotional God was tall us and teach us in different ways the same lection. God confirmed to me that I am in the right time and the right place providing my visas and exit of this country also in that time I could open my heart and stared to trust in the team sharing my testimony.

I REMEMBER

Deoram Timram

JAMAICA

I saw the grace of God over me because despite to not knowing fluent English I I ministered the life of others and learned that God is faithful.

CUBA

I took 4 days for star to speak fluently Spanish, I saw how God bless the persevering people, that the poverty is only in the mind, appreciate the things however insignificant be and I get a precious Cuban family    

I REMEMBER

Rosalia Jorge Enrrique Betsaida Arturo  Emilio Jenifer Jesica Margarita

 

 PANAMA

My perspective changed I understood the power of the prayer, how grow in patience.in the team the friendship in between the men star to be strong.

 

COLOMBIA  

Was an amazing experience because I met the parents of my friends and observed the parents met them sons powerful in faith.

We accepted a challenge when we saw the glory of God I was enjoying the challenge with Nicola and Pierre we learned that God have the control in everything

I star to know God in different way

I REMEMBER

Juan his wife and Maria

PERÚ

Visited my family made happy my heath and teach my culture to my friends was amazing

I saw that the people of my country they have a service heart and my culture in one of the most   diverse of the world

I learned that be obedient to God is the base for be blessed

I REMEMBER

My family, the pastors of my church the presbyter Emiliano Crisanto and Kely Zabaleta

CHILE

Be dreamed places made happy my heart but been in places that I never dream change the way that I trust in God. I saw how God provided even in the slightest, we were a big blessing in the community, cleaning and repairing homes also planting trees God used us blessing helping the people that have different abilities and God restored my heart.

I REMEMBER

My Chilean family David, Nataly, Johan and David also the pastor René and his wife lily

ARGENTINA

I was learning to give the control to God and also that when God want to teach you something and in the short time he use the difficult situations was the adventure of luck 10.  I spent time with Koite-Alet and Valery God was in control and made us grow in different areas of our lives  

PARAGUAY

I learned how is to have new strength through God and you cannot get nothing by strength by wisdom everything that you have is by la mercy of God

I received this lesson Mateo 6: 33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

And now I understood

I REMEMBER

Dieter Raquel Alex Sheyla Karen Sara Omar Aidaelizabeth ArmiClaudia the pastor Miguel his daughter Belen

I APPRECIATE

I express my gratitude to our God I give the all the glory and honor because he was faithful, provider, teacher, healer my friend, I said thanks him because he gave me   the opportunity to be part of this family Koite-Alet, Lisa- Mary, Elsje, Marie, Marly, Jahna, Valery, Coleen, Cheralda, Dánica, Criss, Curtis, Nicola, Pierre y Henk that we share unforgettable experiences thank for enrich in English and in yours cultures really they have a special place in my heart thanks to my family and my friends.

I DISIER TRAVEL TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE BLESSINGS THE GOD DO WITH MY LIFE

 

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