The past 3 weeks in the UK was wonderful. God truly blessed me with the opportunity to visit friends, housemates and family to share about God's awesome work during the past year. Every day I had fallen deeper and deeper in love with London ones again ,as I was walking over Tower Bridge and enjoying a spectacular view of The London Eye from Waterloo bridge. But above all, I had fallen deeper and deeper in love with God. I was again stunned at God's work, while sharing about the things God had done in my life and what He is still doing....
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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....
Guyana and Suriname Guyana? Is that in Africa? No, It's right next to Suriname. Suriname?? This is the general reaction I get when asked where I am at the moment. Luckily I have a quick explanation to clear up any confusion: It's just north of Brazil. Going into Guyana I had absolutely no idea what to expect. It's not like Jamaica or Cuba where you have a preconceived idea of what it may be like...all we knew was that there were a lot of mosquitoes (not my idea of a place I would want to be in for too long)....
Today was our first real travel day on this leg of our journey. After a 6 am wakeup, corporate prayer, packing and cleaning, we left Reggae Backpackers. We only found out that today that Adam, the landlord, is also a Christian and we had a quick chat with him and blessed him before leaving. We decided to travel light and left all our big bags in storage. No sleeping bags, warm clothes or any luxuries. Just the necessities. We took a train to get out of the city and started hitch hiking. At this point we split into 2 groups...
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Vision: To enjoy a coffee in every country we visit. Mission: To enjoy a special coffee moment with Mug(Marcel) and Dougnut(Dauw). To evaluate every coffee experience on the following 10 point scale. Evaluation: Location Atmosphere Service Menu Cost/quality ratio Coffee appearance Aroma Taste Frothiness General Note: Ocasionally a special guest will be invited to share in this special moment! Points Scale Israel Turkey Guatemala London Russia Location 3/5 3/5 Atmosphere 4/5 3/5 Service 3/5 2.5/5 Menu 5/5 5/5 Cost-quality ...
We went to JHB airport and said our last goodbyes to our family and in we went to the airplane. At this time I was so excited because it was my first time flying internationally. It was also Freddy and Angelo’s first time flying ever! The airplane food was so good, we ate so much and the coke was free! So we didn’t say no. Most of us were so excited to be actually heading out after 2 months of training. We are now sent out to work our way! We flew via Spain to Guatemala. Our first day...
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Oh Israel the Lord has spoken! It's time to come back home!! After one month in Isreal and this being the most adventures time of my life.. Looking back now sitting at the airport again... on the sabbath again... luckily we learned now that you don't get public transport on this day and being more prepared I look back and all that comes to mind is this song from United Persuit Hidden: There was one when I was young Who knew my heart He knew my sorrow He held my hand And he lead me to trust him...
It is about 20 past 3 in the midst of our SILVER SMACKDOWN in MALASIA! After a six o'clock wake up call (AM, ofcourse), we discovered it's a Chalaaaange! After a good, hot and humid day, we all got our healthy share of walking, occassionally running and plenty of stairs (including up and down the 272 of the caves; very cool place but smells funny and the monkeys tried to attack me), we are writting our blog as the final task for today, just before getting our dead skin eaten away by fish before we rush to our finish at...
As Tarzan swings through the rain forest, he lets go of his swinging vine. He is being launched through the air, pushed forward by the momentum he gained in the swing, until he hits the ground... In the same way, our team hit Brazil – running! For our first week abroad, we were hosted by various families of a congregation in Sao Paulo. We were split up into smaller groups, where each person had a very spesific purpose and ministry. Some groups were there to encourage, while others prayed for an entire community. We served at youth services and at...
Dakhla in Western Sahara was our first stop in Morocco. Western Sahara is fighting for it's independence from Morocco who occupied it in the 1970's. In Dakhla there are only 2 followers of Christ that we know of... Communion in Dakhla Entrance to the Kasbah in the Medina of Marrakech. Man in Marrakech... Explore Africa 2010 in front of the Royal Palace in Fes The beauty of the Medina in Fes People of Fes We visited the tanneries in Fes where they dye all the leather Fes is probably the most beautiful city...
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Three weeks ago we arrived in Jeffreys Bay, backpacks containing all the belongings that we will need for the year on our backs, mentally and physically ready to begin with training for our Global Challenge Expedition 2015:) During the first couple of days we were introduced to the Global community. By sharing amazing stories about what God has done in and through their lives all over the world they imparted to us their heart for the nations and a new excitement to see how God wants to love His children across the globe. On day five we received...
