Northbound arrived safely in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday. We were blessed by the presence of Bronwyn and Clara, who have taken up a position of leadership while David and Dunette are absent. We had no definite plans set out for our time in Turkey, but hoped to be invited to go to one of our brothers in Christ’s home church in Adana or go to Kusadasi. Previous GCX teams have served and visited Kusadasi before and the ruins of Ephesus and the early church is also within the city. Just before Clara and Bronwyn left South Africa we received an...
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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....
"Hou bene hou!" Running a race has always been lots of fun but having the oppertunity to run with the Mayan people has been one of the highlights of this year. The six of us; Hector, Paul, Tiaan, Marisa, me and Tobi ran a 8km race here in Panajachel We only started the race at 11:00am the morning so the sun was scorching hot, the toughest challenge. We were all very excited and enjoyed the day in the sun with the local people. Just to say that these people run up a mountain like we run a downhill. They spend most...
I once heard someone say that one should be careful before putting a world map on your wall, because you don’t know where God will take you. What can I say, not only did I not listen…I have three of them! And God’s been taking me all over the world. Looking at the world map, following the route we’ll be going on during the upcoming 80 days, I found myself bewildered. I am privileged to have visited a few countries, yet compared to the rest of the world, it’s only a few dots. The...
This last week, I learnt that The Lord provides in abundance and delights in blessing His children. Us Global Challengers had the opportunity to practically apply all that we have learnt during training by going on a 5-day Luke 10 journey from Wednesday to Sunday. Simply put, we followed in the footsteps of the 72 disciples that were sent out by Jesus as "lambs amongst the wolves" in Luke chapter 10. Each small team prayed and waited upon The Lord for direction as to where He wanted them to go.
Debrief in Hawaii made me think about all that happened the 1st forty days of our journey, more specifically in which ways God has been busy with me. It is easy for me to become so focused on others, that when asked what God has been doing in my life, I really have to think about it. Not that He has not done something, I just become so focused on what He is doing in others, that I overlook His working in my life. I’m very thankful for a team leader who makes me think about these things… Since Egypt,...
Some of you might remember how we in 2007 told the story of a young woman, by the name of Emma, in the West of China. We met her during our visit to China last year and was absolutely amazed by her courage, longing heart and strong will to know the TRUTH! I thought it a good idea to prayerfully remind you of Emma's story and the circumstance she faces in the West of China. Have a look at this video - Just Click on the READ MORE link and lets pray for her and other believers in similar circumstances....
Exciting times. Transkei has been a period of victory and battle!We are six “leedas” with six leading bags on the back of a red Ford bakkie writing a blog in the midst of a challenge. We were four teams that split up into 2 main projects; RURAL MAHOSHENI and COFFEE BAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. Rural Mahosheni: EXTREME MAKEOVER When you hear the word extreme makeover you would propably think about reboulding a house. Well we trusted God not only to help us start building a clinic and a 'rondavel' but more than that for a Spiritual makeover in...
South Africa - Egypt - Israel - Turkey - London - Guatemala/Mexico - London - Russia - China - Malaysia - Thailand - India - South Africa. This is what the year holds for me.... I want to encourage you, live your life full out for God, He is the Way the Truth and the Life and therefore you can not miss out on life by living for Him! Reaching other people or doing missionary work is not an event, it is a life-style... God said: Matthew 28:19-20 "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on...
With R50 a day for food, R50 a day for accommodation and R50 a day for transportation and that for 5 guys , we knew from the start that our time in Malaysia and Thailand was going to be a journey of faith and we knew that God was going to have provide. And looking back he did and so much more. God blessed us more than we could have ever imagined with food, accommodation and transport, sending people over our paths to help us in times of need and giving us wisdom to make discussions. We started off in...
F 1 GP Malasyia Sharing with the Orang Asli tribe Monkey Hunting Youth Ministry Phi Phi Island Hitchhiking Malasyia - Thailand GCEX 2010 Hello everyone. Psalm 89:24 “My faithfulness and goodness will be with him, and trough My name his horn will be exalted. “ And His faithfulness and His goodness has been with us all 25 days that we were in Malaysia and Thailand. We arrived without any plans, where are we going to be, with who, what we’ll be doing, nothing really. We went in faith. ...
