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Participant Blogs
Global Challenge Missions Blog Archive: These are real blogs, from real people, bringing real change...
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....
R54 221.00 RAISED!!! Thank you so much to every person who contributed to the Indian Fund. More than R50 000.00 was raised! This enabled Southbound to bless the orphanage and children. We are waiting for photos and blogs from the team to tell the full story. As soon as we receive more info, we will surely blog it! On behalf of the children thanks again to all of you !! Kind Regards GCEX Team
As I am writing this I’m sitting on a rooftop surrounded by volcano’s and looking at the beautiful lake in the city of Panajachel in Guatemala. I see the work of God’s hands everywhere. As I reflect on the few days we already spent in Guatemala, I ask myself what have I learned about God or what have I experienced. At first I thought to myself I haven’t experienced God or learned something about Him until He opened my eyes. Being the financial guy of the team I realized that we really don’t have money to buy a lot of food and we are just going to stand strong and hold on to God. Not one day have passed that we didn’t had any food or water to drink. Everyday God provided and He is still providing for us. Although the finances are tight we still have God in our lives and He is the real Bread of life.
Fear contradicts Love! During our time here in Thailand, a car rolled off the road and ended up smashed at the side of the road. Welman and I were about forty meters behind that car when all this took place. We stopped and miraculously all 4 people inside the car came out alive. It then just struck me. In a blink of an eye four people’s lives could have ended just there and then, without warning. And it is sad for me to say, but the harsh reality of all of this is that all four of those people were...
The Bible speaks of provision and God the provider numerous times. Surely many of us, as Christians, has experienced God's amazing provision at some point in our lives in the same way it is written in the scriptures. This is true also for the URN project, which raised more than R60 000 in less than three weeks to feed the needy and the hungry masses of Niger. Not only has God blessed this project in miraculous ways with finances, open doors and heaps of favour, but He is using this project as a means to reach more and more...
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In the beginning of our journey we were introduced to Arabian hamems- big public baths where you get steamed and scrubbed. And arriving in the scorching 41 degrees heat- 10 o'clock at night, we thought we were very spiritual and prayed for a 'month in the ''hammem' so God could clean us vigorously from the things that make us dirty. . .eish- that's exactly what He did!!!
There is a song : THIS IS WHAT LOVE DOES....BY LIENKA. Amazing song. But this blog is about something else...this is what China does...People are always searching for something...They build high towers to the clouds...They worship foreign gods in temples, some are mere idols shaped by human hands....In the streets are hotels, restaurants, markets, and bike shops. And in the still late night, the hungry beggar creeps forward from the shadows...emerging half way into the light. Then he eats his daily meal, the wrotten fruit, waste which was "prepared" for him just an hour before...There is a huge need. Everywhere. Only...
The dessert run!! The 4wd dessert run starts. The adventure I waited for. The Land Cruisers where packed and ready to got. Generator, amp, DVD player, projector every thing to show the J_sus film in the dessert. The first well was 50 km away from Tanout. With a local P_stor as navigator we hit the dessert tracks, a few hours later we arrive being welcomed warmly by the Fulani community who live around this specific well. The 70m deep well the only source off water in the area. We walked to the well and watched how approximately 50-60l of water...
GOD IS GOOD AND HE IS SO FAITHFULL. WE ASK HE GIVE JIPPY!!!!! GOING TO ADANNA GOD IS BIG AND I AM SO small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our time in Israel was amazing !!! We stayed in Bethlehem which is in the palastinian territory of Israel. Every day we had the same experience of going through checkpoints as the people of palastine. God showed me how it felt living without freedom. I really have developed a heart for Israel and Palastine. Being in the Holy land was such a blessing. Thanks God.
