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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....
I know, it's been a really long time since the last blog in New Zealand! And now, I'm going to try and summarize the experiences of the 2 months that followed into one blog! After New Zealand we passed through the USA on our way to Guatemala. There we had 2 days in Guatemala City and then took a chicken bus to Panajachel. During this month (until 18 August) we worked in Panajachel and the surrounding area. It was a time in which God challenged me on various areas and further opened my eyes to the reality of the spiritual war we are engaged in. ...
Hi everybody!
Our trip has started at last! In the most beautiful country of them all - the Republic of South Africa!!
May I come to know Your heart for the nations and for myself even more and more each new day Father.... Johannesburg - Cairo - Sinai - Dahab - Jerusalem - Nazareth - Lisbon, Massama. The first few days of my 80 Days journey is finished, the pilgrimage, blessed, I am. My eyes have seen the works of His hands, my heart has experienced His love. Egypt was an interesting experience, climbing a pyramid. Beholding His church in a waste dumb, still in awe. Seeing an Egyptian sunset on the Nile. Seeing another Egyptian sunset on Mount Sinai, breathtaking! Feeling...
The more I think about Malaysia, the more I realize what a wonderful country it actually is!
Many a Global team has left their footprints on the culture-rich soil of Malaysia, but for some reason there is little mention about their times here. Furthermore, I realized that there is still a bit of a lack in solid contacts anywhere in the country.
So, Malaysia isn’t really on any list when it comes to island-nations and we didn’t really intend on spending time here except for our transits through the airport onboard all the cheap Air Asia flights. In a sense, Kuala Lumpur airport became a second home to our team, without us ever really wandering into the city and beyond.
We are in Kenya. We are in Kenya. We are in Kenya. A year ago I would have been at work doing some MS Excel programming and moving automotive parts in a warehouse to create space for more parts... I AM IN KENYA. We are walking through the streets of Kenya, we are teaching primary school kids that Jesus is the Winner Man, we are eating mangos, chapattis and beans. Karibu. We are in Kenya. No matter how many times I repeat it, it still feels weird and unreal. When we arrived here alot of us asked the question: What...
ÂÂ ÂÂ We started Peru off in Iquitos. This is a town in the middle of the Amazon! How did we get there? Well there are no roads to Iquitos only rivers to Iquitos. So your options are boat or plane. We opted to go for a 3 day upriver boat trip from Leticia Colombia.ÂÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This boat trip was so special! We slept in hammocks had no team activities, the boat cooked for us and sailed us up stream for 3 glorious days. We had our meals served to...
The headlights of the bus lightened the entrance to the orphanage and a young boy ran to open the gate. As the door of the bus opened my heart replayed well kept memories; I am where my heart is. Standing and embracing the moment I dared to look around to find familiar things, children and or faces. Behind me I saw his smile, joyful and alive. “You are here”, I exclaimed! Lun the Kitchen boy, my boy came to greet me. Having no contact for more than a year I was hoping he was still here. With no time wasted...
Before our arrival in Thailand we were in Malaysia for 10 days, we had Veritas 1, Kuala Lumpur Challenge and visas for India) We were divided into three groups, 1 groups had gone to Thailand to Phuket Island(Blue team), Lime team on Ka Chang Island and the Silver went to Cambodia with leaders Donove, Haniki Clara to establish new friendships :) My group was sent to the island of Ka Chang, where we will be meeting with the pastor Isaiah and his family and with 4 girls with whom we had a ministry. Sister from London Soranj began a church with the 4 girls (Faithful,Good News,Estr and...
After a brief, very satisfying, visit to South Africa I eagerly made my way back to the team in Ethiopia. I was curious to see how they were doing and to hear what adventures they had made through on their way to the small village of Jinka in the south western part of the country. Some of their adventures became apparent on the way as the tar road leaving Addis Ababa gradually dried up. It was replaced by a bumpy, dusty gravel road and we moved at a frustratingly slow pace. At least Wayne was with me to keep me...
