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 It has been a remarkable experience so far.

As soon as we got off the train in New Delhi, India hit me with revolting smells, a very dirty place, and people spitting everywhere and urinating on the streets. For me it was chaos, dodging “tuk tuk’s” and scooters with hooters going off around me constantly. My first thoughts were “God please increase my boldness.”  Culture shock and all we found a nice little hotel to stay in for 2 days and as soon as we were settled in, we went exploring. My view began to change as we walked through the market with all its multicolours and very friendly people.  I had quite an enjoyable time.

 

At this stage of the journey I could write a blog about almost anything. Endurance would be a good subject... With only 22 days to go I have to bite my lip more every day. Even long suffering or forbearance would fit. And when I see the word ''fit'' I am reminded about some of my clothes that does not fit as nicely as they did when I started the journey. My physical, mental and emotional fitness at this stage is also not something to write home about.   Despite my frustrations and irritations God opened my eyes to see...

This month God used us to reach the hidden world as we missioned into Andes mountains, and returned with more stories than we can blog... 

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  

Awestruck by a Holy Creator God   There has always been something about the Amazon that enthralled me. As a child I dreamed of going there but that was all it was, a very far-fetched dream... So imagine my excitement when I learned that our journey will take us right to the famous river and forest. In the airplane on the way to Manaus I was already blown away by the sheer magnitude of the river from above, just to realize that it is only an artery of the big river! To add to the excitement the plane literally landed...

 So sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you... No unfortunately we didn't get to set foot on Mount Everest... But we did get to see a little bit of it from a distance. The PIKN team is doing so well! India has been a wonderful growing expedience for each of us. We've learnt what it is to endure physically. An average of 47 Degrees C and running to the loo like it's the latest fashion is NO JOKE. (Esp. if you add a 12hour train trip to that)! BUT, it drew us closer together? Through...

In April 2003 I was diagnosed with something called Endometriosis.  Doctors told met that the condition can be controled with the pill or hormone injections - but not cured.  I had the operation to remove the growth that was there and took the pill to control my hormones.  My hormones were too strong for the pill and it only worsened the conditoion rather than helping. The sypmtoms that I experienced were extreme pain and discomfort during mentruation, excessive bleeding, irregularity and spotting.  ( And then as the condition progressed - the possibility of partial to total dystruction of the ovaries...

  The adventure of getting to and away from Venezuela was fast-paced and exciting; to such an extent that after our whirlwind stop in Trinidad and Tobago we sat on the plane and thought... oh yeah, we're going to Guyana. Having a sneaky suspicion that we might end up doing a Luke 10, while flying into the airport and seeing the expanse of the jungle around it, I had visions of trying to find a man of peace in a local village with the sloths as bystanders...    At the airport the travel team was charged with the task of...

                         Starting on this GCEX year I constantly heard about his idea of a Luke 10 journey.  I did not really understand what they were talking about.  Through time I realized that somewhere on our journey we will go out on a faith journey explained in Luke 10:1-12.  This journey would consist total dependance on God and His plan were to go, stay, eat etc.  We had to follow in God's path for 10 days and hold on to only one comfort and that was your faith in God. I would like to share this experience with you and...

GOD  IS GOOD AND HE IS SO FAITHFULL. WE ASK HE GIVE JIPPY!!!!! GOING TO ADANNA GOD IS BIG AND I AM SO small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!