This was an amazing week for me... okay I'll just tell you this I was baptized on my birthday 7 o'clock in the morning on the beach. It was AWSOME. Theopsotics is a great ministry that everyone should see into. Go 2 the website www.theopostics.com or just go google it. I don't have much 2 say right away because it was 2 much 2 explain. But I can only say that we really need some help with finances. so if you are reading my blog and feel strongly in your heart about donating some please do so.. all my...
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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....
Have you ever felt like your not meant to be anything, that your just another lame nobody?A purposeless being who just go through the motions of life? Well I fell in this trap. I told myself that just an average life is enough for me, that I'm not worth having a great dream! I recently discovered that this is not true, that there is more to life t just an average, ordinary, boring life. Each of us is unique and special and has our own unique and special talents and skills. God gave them to us and He gives us...
As we walked out of the hotel at about 6:30 we clearly
realized that it was not only ice-cold but raining as well. But a little rain
does not scare the Orange team. "Ons skrik vir niks!" So we decided
to face the Giant!
Written by: Herman & Paul
God has been so faithful over the past few weeks, that I can do nothing else but to honour and glorify His name!! It is because of Him, His plans and His calling that some of the finest young people in the world have decided to surrender their lives to Him... I am reminded of the verse in 2 Corinthians 5 which reads: "... those who live, should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again!" It is when we decide to lay down our own lives and own ambitions, when we...
Cameroon, Cameroon , I will see you soon. The nation of exhortation will make Africa boom. Laughters we had although transport made us mad... What has stolen your dreams? Wat has killed your people? What has taken you from Yahweh? I cry a deep cry to our Father: Bless Cameroon with their flag. May it hang on high, with pride, justice, dignity, fearing God, honoring Jesus and listening to Holy Spirit. Red I give you... please take up salvation. Green you have... use it... I have new things for you. Yellow on your faces... please jump for joy to Me;...
Flying to Ethiopia, as we reached the altitude safe enough for us to "go about the cabin", I wondered if God would do just as much as He did in Egypt. Or even if it was possible to be as impacted and shaken as I was in Egyp,t but one moment later I knew the answer... He would do even more in the countries to come and this was still just the beginning. As we flew to Ethiopia I met a man named George. George is from the Congo but is now living in Sudan and flying to Ethiopia for...
G My prayer for Guatemalu was "God I pray for healing and the deliverance " This was my prayer for Guatemalu, after five days of travel from Turkey-England-Mexico-Guatemala, spent the night on the bus and three regional airports. We arrived in Panajachel in Guatemala, we spent 35 days I would love to stay 35 more days, because God was soooo powerful . During the day we worked on the project, foundation, make windows and doors, setting the roof, etc., and at night they would have been learning from Ben pastora church. Learning were about baptism, devils, generaciska curse and Revelation, and all learning was a blessing....
What we experienced was God´s amazing power in and through us. And it was real. Real. Everyday. Not because we are special. No. Because God IS! He is true. He is faithful. He can use you whenever where-ever! Are you open? Ready? This is my account. Team Purple Blog is still in the process...:) We started of, and the first thing God tested us in was: are we willing to GO NOW!? when it is getting dark, and we still have a secure place for the night? Will we trust him? Well...it rained as well, and after a prayer and...
As the common cliche would have it: Life's a journey and not a destination. The implication is such that one should enjoy every aspect on the road- no matter how rough, tough, tired or otherwise "woes" the circumstances get. I, for one, feel the need to highlight that in these "less-than-happy-kodak-moments" I don't always smile at the though of running out of toilet paper in countries where none is required, or mistaking an innocent bowl of noodles for another native dish. But as this journey of ours is one of the heart, let me rather take a different approach... ...
IN Global Challenge we often talk about servant leadership and what it entails. After every conversation I yet again realise how far I have yet to grow in this. The past week I had the privilege of listening to a convesation between my fathers previous colleagues about my father and his leadership. Hearing what impact servant leadership has on the people you lead made my want to live this even more. I learned that: Servant leadership is modelled, not taught. A servant leader sets an example and principles which is followed long after the leader has left. Respect is earned...
