It has been a challenging yet amazing month :-) To know the Lord more and more intimately will be a lifelong journey but in the last few weeks a lot of milage has been covered. The road was rocky at times and I will honestly admit that I have never cried like I had in the last couple of weeks. Yet my prayer remains - more tears - as they are healing!! What a privilige to be made aware more than ever of God's grace. To know that even though I don't always believe - His opinion of me remains...
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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....
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...
Adventure is knocking at my door and it is almost time to respond by flinging this little door of mine wide open. Reflecting back on the past six weeks of training I am humbled by the grace of God and His undeniable faithfulness. What a journey it has been thus far, an adventure in itself. So far I have enjoyed every moment with my team, volunteers and leaders (even the less favorable ones like being out in the elements or walking barefoot for several hours). The Transkei brought along rain showers and plenty of learning opportunities. From Kids Ministry, painting,...
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Food in Zambia is the best!!!!! When we speak about food, or think about food, we say.....
We really like our traditional food alot! We love "boerewors en pap", or, "macaroni en kaas", or "braaivleis and coke",
but here we had to adapt to their eating styles and food.
We have "slap pap&
quot; or oats in the morning, with coffee. In the afternoon we eat fish or kapentas or beans with mshema.
That really was a challenge at the beginning, but after a few weeks in Zambia we have adapted to their food and ways.
"Here are my servants, whom I uphold, my chosen ones in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on them and they will bring justice to the nations." - Isaiah 42:1 (plural added) The Lord has been preparing his servants in powerful ways these last five weeks. Listening to teachings, practically serving at the primary school, creating projects and working in our teams have brought all of us closer to the heart of Jesus as we are being empowered to bring the good news of salvation with healed hearts and in power and love to the nations. The...
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My dear friends, I'm in Casablancha, leaving for Marrakech tomorrow morning. Morocco was more than I expected, the Lord blessed us with so many wonderful people!! As we land here we knew one person, now we know alot!! The colours of Morocco is beautiful red, orange, pink. So many texture and structure, Morocco is beautiful!!! With Love Tinet
Following Jesus? I am currently in India together with the rest of the work Your way team. Apart from enjoying the absolute innocent love I’m receiving from the children at the orphanage and working hard on a water reservoir we are building for the orphanage and just experiencing the incredible India in so many different ways. From going to watch IPL to experiencing the scorching Indian sun, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes at night, seeing the Taj Mahal, shaking my head sideways like the Indians do, spending time with Indians who have a hunger for Christ and also with...
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.
