I know people speak about "a dessert season" in their spiritual life, I did not think I would ever experience it and now that I am in that season I even thought it would be different, bad in a way. Let me put it like this. In a dessert everything looks the same. Every sand hill looks like the one you just passed. The sun and heat is so unbearing that you don't feel anything after a while. After a few hours you just stumble around and fall short not knowing what you are doing. With me I have a...
Participant Blogs
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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....
The time in Mexico was fun, and we spent some time with a man that lived in the hostel where we stayed. It was with out a bout a meeting set up by God. Cancun it self was an experience just to be there. On the airport a few ours before we flied out, we got so hungry and didn't have money to buy food, so we sat in a restaurant and ate left over meals. We were experiencing something not a lot of people have the chance to ever do. We have tasted almost every thing on the menu + we had a hole lot of chips.
After a lot of prayer for visa's and a long wait, we are in CANADA!
Although I am speaking figuratively, the road to ‘Damascus’ is not an easy one. Often marked with many obstacles and potholes, the ‘road’ of following Christ is never without a challenge. Saul (later Paul) experienced this journey on the road to Damascus. Although his intention for heading there was to persecute Christians, God had other plans for him, as we see through his miraculous change of life after his conversion.
One Sunday in July in The Philippines after returning from our work project on Olango Island, God gave me a revelation for my Silver team, in relation to Acts 9. It was to do with our preparation for Luke 10 later in the month and to be used as a background for teaching and personal growth in the Lord. Although this relates specifically to us and what God showed us through this scripture at the time, I hope that the principles in this passage will encourage you in your journey to Damascus with the Lord!
A feeling of fear goes through me... Am I safe? What about the other two in my team? Is it only me that is feeling like this? I pray to God. My character is being moulded. Vulnerability is looming in the air around me. I feel the fear again, but I keep on praying. The responsibility of looking after my teammates is resting on my shoulders like a heavy boulder. I force myself to be diligent as the wheels of the truck keeps on rolling. As time goes by and the gap between us ans our destination, Jeffreys Bay, crimps...
What just happend to us is way too cool not to share. I'm so excited that I'm not willing to spend time on a fancy blog, I just want you to hear about this! Clara met a pastor from a local ministry during the week and he invited us to attend their church service today. We gladly accepted and set off to church early this mornig. We were welcomed with open arms and truly touched by kiwi hospitality. They invited us into their church and we immidiatly felt like one body of Christ. To these people nothing but Christ matters!...
m JAMAICA Spiritually it felt like I was trapped in a jail cell with people who gave up on life. Their dreams were forgotten and their futures were left unwritten. Hopeless! Blinded by their past and poverty, they were just waiting...not for something or someone; they were just waiting. What amazed me the most was the fact that all of them knew the good news of Jesus. Hopelessness was drowning them... killing them one by one. I found myself limited by my knowledge and wisdom and soon afterwards became hopeless myself. The atmosphere was so heavy it started to choke...
Walking into global I was still very insecure and uncertain and didn't know what to expect at all. I walked into an enviroment that was judgement-free and so full of love and acceptance. Within 2 weeks the team became my family. In the past few weeks I've learned more about loving and serving than I have in my life. I've learned about suffering and rejoicing in it. I've learned so much about fellowship with God and man and I've learned how vulnerability can bring people closer together. I came to Global seeking adventure but on the way I found myself,...
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Bonjour a tous, j'espère que vous allez tous bien ! Je reviens enfin avec quelques nouvelles, excusez ma longue période de silence ! Je vais commencer par vous compter quelques expériences des derniers jour en Guyane... Commençons par les mauvaises expériences: Un matin je me suis réveillé avec un bouton a côté de mon oeil droit. Malheureusement, j'ai la mauvaise habitude de gratter ce genre de bouton et le lendemain, une infection commença. J'ai patienté un jour de plus, mais malheureusement l'infection ne faisait que de ce développer. J'ai donc demandé conseil aux membres de l'église pour savoir où me...
Jip! So stil in training! God is doung greate things. 35 years old and stil so menny to discover about myself. I thank the lord for his pations with me. I think the challenge is more in my emotions than to go out to the nations. Lord shape me, break me, make me, recreate me. May only you and your holly name be known out there. Thank you for working in me. Amen.
