Participant Blogs

Faith and my journey...  What an incredible life journey Now, I can go on rabbling about how God provided and what we went throught on our Luke 10, otherwise known as n faith journey, but i would much rather share how BIG GOD is and how radical he can be. When we toss away the box we so like to store Him in - "haha what a small box it was". What was our mission? To travel from one country to the next, live for 10 days and be God's hands and feet on this earth - specifically Singapore and...

I love my home. It is where family is. It is where I grew up and was given grace in the process of growth. It is my safe space and place of rest. It is a place of sharing. Home is more than the walls and the things inside it. It is where adventure and discovery occurs...which brings me great joy. Walking into Global Challenge has given me exactly what I believe to be like home. I've only been here a month but already I have been challenged in my doing and thinking. I learn a lot about Jesus and...

Its early hours in the day, sitting on a hill, on a flat rock bed, I can see the sun slowly rising on the horizon and my whole being is filled with a peace and an excitement for the day. What a blessing it was to have stayed on the beautiful farm! I exchanged my shoes and the paved paths for dirty feet and a dusty brown dirt road. And during that simple but joyful time I realized just how deeply the love of Abba Father runs, whether it was in the gentle breeze on a hot day, the breathtaking...

How precious are friendships not?  To be quite honest I arrived in Jordan thinking we will not form very close bonds with these people thus will it not be so difficult to say goodbye after two weeks. False. Doing life with people, caring for each other, seeing someone in the waking stages of their morning asking how you have slept, sharing food, sharing victories and sorrows in the ministry - these kind of actions forms special kind of bonds quickly and deeply. Before you realize it you are opening your heart to a friend who two weeks before was a...

Once more in Philippians 3 Paul starts by motivating the church to REJOICE in the Lord.  Joy is the predominant theme of this letter and I’ve learnt that the word “joy” in its various forms occur no less than 16 times.& nbsp; Rejoicing in God is not something we can do out of our own flesh and we should not even attempt to, but by the grace of God and the power of Christ in us, we are able to constantly find our joy in Him.  I have discovered that nothing else satisfies like He does and even though I can find happiness in a number of things; my joy is never complete without Christ.

Panama + America = Panamerica Panama country number 7 in a life changing/ molding trip of a life time.   We arrived in the Canal Zone town of Gamboa on a bus that was paid for by a man from Belgium who heard about us from Pastor Bill (our host) and decided with out meeting us he would like to sponsor all the transport we needed while in Panama. What a blessing!   Pastor Bill was waiting for us with his wife Anne and faithful Carmelita (their Maltese poodle), with open arms and huge smiles.   The Canal zone (...

In Australia I was very challenged with the matter of where I find my identity. What makes up a person's personality? Is it the music you listen to or you fashion choices? Your likes and dislikes and what you have strong opinions over? Where you stand in social circles and the trend you fall under? Is it what others would sum you up as or what they point out? Is it their enjoyment of you or their trust in you? God is a good Father, but not only in a way we understand. He is a upside down God. His...

On this path we call life, many times there are mountains that we have to climb. Often it feels like these mountains are too big to conquer. Most of us want people to see us in a certain way. I wanted people to look at me and see someone that is consistent and able to take on any challenge. It is easy to act like I can take on any challenge when things are going well. The problem is that, in the past 2 months, some mountains have suddenly appeared and planted itself right in front of me. Leadership from home told us...

Run, jump and throw. . . .Global Leadership Academy athletics day. . . .

Argentina Testimony ( Faith ? ) We were sent out across Argentina with no food, no money and no plans. The idea was for us to step out in faith for a week and meet up in Paraguay ( 1100km away ). With this in the back of our minds, we went out wondering what kind of adventure God had in store for us.  # Day 1 # For the first few hours it went really smooth. We got lifts left and right. Then we reached a village where we got stuck. The village was about 880km away from our...