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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...

 Talking the talk, hoping for a difference, accepting the challenge, inspiring the young is what T.H.A.I. means to me. As Luzaan would say Shan Rag Thailand. I love Thailand.   Thailand took me by surprise; it was a heatwave of children, culture, language barriers and smiles ,all in one. I've taken four days out of my diary to show you how my experiances in the country was a challenged for me.   Day 1 (01/04/09) The first day at school Teaching was one of the things that looked most challenging... Esspesially because it was language – English. Dear Diary Today I helped...

Flying High   One of the Scriptures that stand out for me lately is Acts 2:24   “God raised him up loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.   For David Says concerning him. I saw the Lord always before me, for h e is at my right hand that I might not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced: my flesh also will dwell in hope!”   Sjoe as I pondered on this scripture I felt so glad, from deep inside!   There is so...

With a heart wild with expectancy, and eyes filled with wonder, I arrived at OR Tambo on the 4th of March. What to expect? I didn't know. All I knew is that I am about to embark on the journey of a lifetime, to live a life like no other. And all this, with Jesus as my compass and anchor. We boarded flight 202 headed to Dar es Salaam, and you could smell the excitement in the air. Our flight only jetted off at 23:20, and I soon found out that a dinner tray can also be used as a...

  Trinidad and Tobago So finally we are on the plane from Caracas after all the crazy that was Venezuela, and then the dreaded announcement “can everyone please go back to their seats and put on their safety belts, we need to make an emergency landing”, tum tum tum. No not true. Actually our flight was very chill, the only excitement was to have English air hostess again. The first leg of our flight took us to Trinidad that has a big airport. The second leg of our flight went to Georgetown Guyana, but the flight was delayed with 2...

Thank you for reading my very first blog (ever)... I am so excited to share my journey, my heart and experiences with you. Just four weeks ago I did not even know that Global Challenge existed and from the moment I discovered them, my entire being - heart, spirit and soul -jumped out and I knew that my life was going to be radically changed, I just had to take that leap of faith and trust God, GO and LET GO. The training had already started on 11 January in Jeffrey's Bay and on 21 January I called to ask...

How can you possibly be the same person after a year like no other... a year of ministering to the poorest of the poor, a year of simplicity, a year of community, a year of your purpose only being Jesus and loving people? How? Arriving in America, walking through the airport, looking at people from my nation and hearing people speak the way I speak...I couldn't stop smiling while thinking, I am about to meet my family after a year of not seeing them. This isn't normal for the person walking beside me, to be so excited for one simple moment. Yet...

Hello all...   Just a few pics to highlight the madness that was the challenge - (if you have seen the amazing race on SABC you'll have a slight idea...) no transport, little to no money, no transport, no sleeping place, 2 days, 24 tasks...  And as for the mention of the chicken in the previous blog - above is proof that WE CAUGHT IT :) and just in case you were wondering... yes - Leo was delicious! :)   The two days were only the beginning... We were thrown straight into Survivor... that's right - a double bill of...

Hey friends.

When we think of you and pray for you, we cannot imagine the adventure or the hardship, the number of mosquito bites or the smelly clothes that won’t dry, the endless hours on questionable  transport or the stuff that you have to eat and still smile politely. Yet know that you are loved. And build that house of your heart upon a Rock and it shall stand. (Even though it is actually a mobile home), but you know what I mean… (Math 7: 24)

Fulani town of Tanout in Niger If we were all created out of mere dust and sand, the Sahara must be the palet in God's creative hand. Having tea with Saharawi people in the Western Sahara (Dakhla, Morocco)   Celebrating Magdel's birthday in the desert! "For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants."(Isaiah 44:3) The Southern borders of the Sahara in Niger "He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs."(Psalm 107:35)...