Participant Blogs

A rising sun I found    glimpses shimmering on the horizen, the future Lao I found in the eyes of the nation Deep into the nation we went not yet deep in our harts it is now The music beats on and we travel to a new sun Confusing thoughts presist as the faces pass by  Life here now continues as on this bench my head sadly lie.   The Lao people truely touched my heart. Yes, this massive family church and their joyful way of life, amidst the oppression, touched a part of my heart I never knew I...

I didn't expect to be doing a journey this year. There wasn't a thought about Global Challenge in my mind, but God had other plans.    One thing that we must realise is that God's plans are better than our dreams. I had other plans for 2019, but it wasn't the right plans. So on the 9th of January, a day before training started, I talked to Louw Burger and Reinhardt Foley and that's where my journey started. Unprepared, nervous and with a sleeping bag the size of a tent I arrived at GLA the next day.   God started...

-What a disaster! Or to state it rather in a more positive light, what a leap of faith!  Landing in Israel on a Saturday morning without any public transportation and with all the supermarkets closed, wasn’t a breeze. We caught cars to take us up to Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee and arrived in groups of 2's and 3's at the McDonald’s which was also closed to our disappointment. After a few hours of chasing after the wind to find a place to sleep (camp) we ended up taking a taxi to the southern part of the sea and...

Training is amazing! I never thought God would bless me this much, to have such an awesome group, team, and a breathtaking location as base. Looking forward to continue this learning process and to see what God has in store for me.   Blessings 

The past few weeks have been crazy busy, but at the same time a great period of growth and being stretched. I learnt so much and God was just so present, showing me that He is with me no matter what, but it was tough. Here is a little something that sums up what was happening inside. Frustrated and angry with no one but myself and still blaming You. I struggle with my powerfully, doubtful mind that at times rudely shoves faith and belief out the door like an unwelcomed guest. I found myself screaming at You, until my voice...

This is something I started writing quite a while ago but I never finished it because I felt that I needed to perfect it in some way. But I realized the truth is that our daily (and what we sometimes feel as insignificant) struggles are very real. Sometimes the healing process is a continuous journey.    Everything is not always as perfect as an instagram post. Too many people compare their happiness these days based on the posed happiness they see on social media.  So in all realness and vulnerability..    I've been struggling and journeying a lot on beauty...

The world turned upside down, not because it changed, because Jesus changed me. Scriptures, prophecies, dreams, direct words from God, these were all part of God's plan to set my hart on fire and make me burn with hunger for more of Him. Thank You Jesus, for none of this was my own doing but by Your grace alone. The result of God's plan:  Face down I laid. Dumbstruck, flabbergasted and paralysed. Praising God. Silently crying out in desperation. For what God reveled to me, changed my life. For the first time I saw. Before I only heard and knew...

The time of sitting in teachings; receiving words of prophecy and encouragement; being sent out into the streets with no more than the clothes on our bodies and a heart full of faith; and being under the watchful eye of our leadership, has finally come to an end. A sort of abrupt one.    It's strange that you've been waiting for this moment for so long, and yet, on its arrival it still catches you a little off guard. Luckily the preparation process was thorough, which provides a sense of peace at the thought of heading into the unknown for the...

So many times I have ask myself, Who am I?   A question I failed so many times to answer, but did I even think how important it really is to know who I am?   We are all longing for something in our lives and what we long for defines who we are .   So many times in life I have longed to be a person that is good and acceptable in the eyes of the world that I became someone God never intended me to be. I became someone that wanted to be apart of the world...

Words running around in my mind. Uncertainty pumping through my vains. Thoughts of what God should look like.    Sometimes we put God in a small box and we limit Him on what we want Him to do in our lives and not what He wants to do in our lives. I realized that I was so focused on the things of this lost world and who the world thinks I am that I loose sight of who God really is.   May I lose everything that I am and who I am and gain everything of who HE is...