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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...

Russia is stil as beautifull as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant belive that I am here again it was a dream and now this dream come true.  Thank you Lord for it.  In 5 days I am going to help with a kids camp.  I am very excited about it.  14 days with kids it will be great fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Lord is so good for us.   He will give to His children what they need on the time they need it.  So wait for the Lords timing it is the best to do.    

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...

Ethiopia is calling!   After the good mid-year holiday we traveled back to Addis Ababa where we were to meet up with the guys who are running the most amusing rescue operation preventing infanticide.   It was in two days time that we were to travel down to Jinka, a place where an evil ancient practice called Mingi is still in effect. This is a belief that any child who is born either with defects or a peculiarity will bring an omen to the community or village. Therefore, the only way out is to kill the mingi as to prevent...

  Oh God, how You have blessed us by being able to go to Jamaica and meet some of Your wonderful people! How lovely it was to experience You in the beauty of Jamaica. We as a team will always remember the great time that we spent there and we will never forget all that we have learned from the Jamaicans. Here is a short summary of each team member's Jamaican experience: [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu7i0HipneU&list=UU3A8KS5f6WFU3zG2OSxVV_A&index=1&feature=plcp 400x300]     Linel Coming from the Cayman Islands to Jamaica, felt like we travelled all the way back to the heart of Africa. I never thought...

2 Cor 12:9 & 10 says, ¨My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. I will boast gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ´s power may rest on me. I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong .¨ Something that I have learned in the last 2 weeks of our journey is something that will stick with me throughout my life. In these 2 weeks, I have been challenged beyond what I thought was my limit! I thought I could no more......

48 People, millinons of dreams,loads of expectations and ONE misssion: to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the world...and it all starts at basecamp. basecamp started with a big bang! One of the combies broke down on the way to J-bay and some of the team members found out with a big suprise that they would be sleeping on the ground, as they forgot their mattrasses. Even though there were a few hick ups to start with, it has not bring our spirit down! So what is basecamp? Basecamp is where you go back to basics, where we...

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZUCfi31hTE 400x400] The Coffee Bay Christian School, located in the rural community of the Transkei is in need of facilities suitable for sustainable child development. Among other needs, a jungle gym (as per the video clip) is required and your support will be greatly appreciated.   The primary school has minimal funds with very primitive facilities. The children of the school face an empty, hard and unfriendly stretch of ground as they step out of the classroom for their play time.   As the Global Challenge Explore Africa team we believe that stimulating child play is crucial for cognitive and...

"You opened up my ribs and played your melody, when my brokenness was all I saw in front of me..."     So, I broke my arm. In Colombia. Playing soccer. Can someone say Waka Waka?   Since that first night in casualties I've been comforted by God's promise that it is part of His plan, that He wants to use my casualty for a greater Kingdom reality. Having never broken any bone in my body despite some perilous adventures and other silly games on roofs, you have to be convinced of God's hand when this happens on my journey of...