Participant Blogs

I've heard people say South Africa is such a wonderful country and it's so diverse, in fact I've said something similar, travel magazines and tourists too. It's even in our De facto slogan, the rainbow nation. Diverse in people, nature, culture and heritage. It's one thing to think you know something and a whole lot different to know you only know a little. Naively I thought I knew. Since we've been expropriated from Brazil the team has actively served in 4 of our 8 provinces and not even lockdown has been able to impede our travels. Where's the truth in...

Not so long ago, I felt a bit lost, as though I couldn't feel the Holy Spirit as strongly as before... Being my Sustainer, and what I stood on, I felt lost without Him guiding me and empty without Him filling every ounce of my being. I couldn't understand why. I knew He was still with me, because I stand on His promise that He will never leave nor forsake me. But I couldn't feel Him at all...  I knew that there was a reason, a purpose for it. I thought maybe He wanted to teach me something - let...

My dad once said I am at my happiest on a couch doing absolutely nothing and that if possible; I’d spend my whole life that way.

Have you ever lost yourself in a person, a situation or an addiction? Well, I have. Many times! The question I ask myself the most is: "Who am I?". Whenever I struggle with a situation, or argue with someone, I always go back to my core. Throughout my life, I struggled to find my true identity and I always relied on other people or things to make me unique. These past couple of weeks, I was confronted with this specific question once again. I came to realise that I am not other people, I am not depression, I am not...

When Jesus sets you free from all the lies you believed about yourself and about Him, its like the best day of your life, because you don't feel trapped anymore. You know you can face the world again without the feeling that everything is against you.   In our time at Elim, Jesus really came and broke every lie that held me down and it really "destroyed" my relationship with Jesus without me even noticing it. I always knew my identity is in Christ but I did not believed it. He came and spoke truth into my life and set...

  Walking the journey God has set before us is a road sometimes only seen by patience and faith.  This gravel road leading into eternity. Looking ahead and stepping into today means that I am going... going in faith because I just know He will be there. Seeing the unseen and taking hold of each moment.     The eyes of faith see what others cannot see. Those who have faith live by a different standard. Those who can perceive eternity with their hearts will pay any price and make any sacrifice to be part of the city that God is building. Once eternity is in our hearts, faith...

In the Global community, a "Luke 10" is a concept that is spoken of with much excitement, because everyone who has participated in such a challenge, has seen how God provides and how there is a multiplication of miracles when you have only Him to trust in.    "After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them: The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his...

It all happened 18 years ago, when God touched my heart and I decided to serve Him and He placed in it love for those who have not yet experienced His grace. I remember exactly that day when God called me. I read Psalm: 138: 8 which says "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands" (KJV). Since then I clung more to Him knowing that He would guide my way. My calling: THE MISSIONS I grew up with biblical teachings and studies, I worked...

I want to taste more of what is true and live like I got nothing to prove , you are the heart beating right here in my chest , the air I breathe not anything less.    something changed , something is different , but it’s beautiful and Jesus is the center of this.  This something is my life. My life is different , my life changed the moment Jesus took every single part of my life. From now on I live for Him and only Him!  I can’t do anything without God.    After a month in Africa I...

Have you ever had the experience where you’re thinking about something and then you realize, how can you think that you are thinking about something? Wow , what an amazing feeling. Scary but incredible.  Every time that I find myself thinking about something, I just stand in awe of the absolute majestic feeling of being able to think and the idea of that just numbs me to stop and think... The scary thing about life is that we are so busy and when we’re not busy we are busy making plans for being busy. Just thinking about this idea makes me...