WE ARE HERE IN TURKEY AND IT IS COLD BUT SO BEAUTIFULL!!!!!! GOD IS FAITHFULL AND HE GAVE US THE MONEY WE ASKED OF HIM. GOD IS BIG AND I AM VERY small !!!!! GOING TO ADANNA!!!!
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....
Rewinding: Leaving Canzibe, Transkei, early on the morning of 18 February, in an over packed 'bakkie' type taxi, seemed as normal and innocent as any other morning.... But what came next was yet more proof that nothing in Global Challenge is ever as it seems, least of all normal or 'innocent'! Divided into teams of 5-6 people, each person received R200 in cash and a note that read 'Transkei Challenge', and what happened after that was as unpredictable as predicting the weather! Our group of 6 people starts our challenge without any clear clue of what to do. All we...
In case you were wondering since we've all been so quiet on blogging and stuff. The team is spread out at the moment between London, Bosnia i Herzegovina and Dahab (Red Sea). God is actively busy working in and through each of us during this time in various ways. And of course the enemy is not at all pleased... So please pray for each individual's protection - physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally. We will all meet up again in Cairo on October 1st and are looking forward to what we believe is still going to be something BIG as we...
Little did they know that getting to Zambia was a race!
The first official race of Global Challenge X 2008!
No one ever said that acheiving the impossible was easy, neither did they say it would be this awesome! So a couple of weeks ago the 5 amazing people of Blue team set out from Mendoza, Argentina with everything we own on our backs and the aim of being about 5000 kilometers away in 6 days with nowhere near enough money... someone say fun? We got off to a great start, we walked straight into a street party ( Argentina had just won the soccer) and a couple of hours later had managed to hitch a lift in the back of a...
I guess it's about time... About time I get down to writing a newsletter and blog again. About time I share what the Lord's been doing. So I decided to finally do it now... ABOUT TIME! For me personally, our time in Guatemala started off on a wonderful high. I could experience God working in and through me and I found absolute joy in knowing that I am where the Lord wants me to be. It was special to come back to Panajachel and be able to recognize and testify of what the Lord has done since the last time...
Having a blog covering 4 jam packed weeks turned into a very long writing session and even longer blog so I broke down the blog into a few sections: Bucket list and funny moments May Pen St Ann's Bay Montego Bay Kingston Jamaica culture observation My time there Bucket list and funny moments. (more details below) Playing street cricket in the back streets of Kingston with random people and getting a LBW while bowling Watching Cool Runnings in Jamaica Being the only white person in a church for a 4.5 hour service Going to Dunn's river falls Walking past a...
Have you ever felt like you just needed a little bit of encouragement? Today was one of those days for me... I was walking the streets of Nepal wondering if all these foreingers are searching for something, as I was searching for Christian Fellowship outside of South Bound - someone just to encourage me for the rest of the year... and... As i walked into the Crazy Burger Cafe and ordered a Banana Milkshake I sat down next to a friendly couple who seemed diffirent than the rest of the foreigners - they were enjoying life. As they were getting...
Colombia: the land of arepa’s and mazena, rain and mountains, Guerillas and missionaries, drugs and fresh fruit. A country of diversity, violence and disturbances where Christ is worshipped as one who is still on the cross. 95% of the Colombian population is Catholic, with only a small percentage of Christians. While there are a number of Christian groups that work within Columbia, it was our privilege to spend time with New Tribes Missions, who do an amazing job working with local tribes and translating the bible into their own language. We worked at a previous NTM training ground in Fusacasuga, about 1-2 hours north of Bogota, which is now a camp for school groups and church groups to use. Our ministry was to help the maintenance team with work projects around
the camp. Our mission was to complete them in 2 weeks. Our inspiration was Christ! What an amazing privilege!
so much happened over the last 2-3 weeks where to start.... B I G NEWS (highlights not chronological) Our route have been as finalised as it can be at the moment, it will look as follows: Amazon Brazil -> Columbia via boat-> Venezuela -> Guyana -> Barbados -> Jamaica -> Cayman Islands -> Cuba -> Mexico -> Guatemala -> Panama -> Ecuador -> Peru -> South Africa. I will give an update with the dates once we know a bit more. We also know that training is finishing 28 Feb and that we will fly out of South Africa on...
