Participant Blogs

  It is our privilege to share with you the news that God has miraculously lead us to a village in the Amazon to design and help with the building of a new church building. If you’ve read my previous blog you would know exactly how this happened and how our new ministry partners in the Amazon, CONPLEI, sent us to this village for this purpose. In the small village of Philadelphia, close to the town Benjamin Constant, a thriving new indigenous Amazon Indian church is in need of a new church building, as their old one is becoming too...

Israel, the promised land, the country where Jesus walked, the place where God revealed so much of His character to us through the Israeli nation. Visiting this special place is an experience that can hardly be captured or described in mere words or pictures. It is seeing a piece of living history, a walk through the gospels. From Bethlehem where Jesus was born to Capernaum next to the sea of Galilea where Jesus ministered to Jerusalem, the city that Jesus loved. How strange and heartbreaking to see the same historic events being viewed so differently through the glasses of different...

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...

 In Revelations it says that the devil will be defeated by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.  Thus with this statement I start the hardest blog and testimony to write but also the most freeing and life giving experience.  So please read this if you long for change and long for God to change your life because this story shows of God's grace and His love to never leave nor forsake us.   This testimony I write about myself and what God broke down in my time spend in Guatemala.  During our time in Guatemala...

"But it's my last one..."  Yip, the day has arrived, it is the 31st of May and the last day of our blogging challenge. For us the day started at 5am at Tobi's house.  Everyone packed his belongings and we had some delicious oats to fill us before leaving for the bus station.  We all said our goodbyes and it was a privilege to be able to bless Tobi and his family with a prayer.  We enjoyed our stay tremendously and Welman found  his long lost sister, Pinky... the evidence was in the hair. Welman and Pinky.  Pang looking happy....

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;...

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

 

Okay so a long time have passed since I have send any letter, things have been a little bit rough for me as a leader the last month or so. I knew it’s going to be difficult and tough leading a team but this is a new kind of tough.

It’s tough spiritually and emotionally, it kind of crept in unnoticed, very subtle at first.

Then suddenly boom!

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...

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....