Participant Blogs

  Can you tell us which bag is which red team member's bag? TEAM MEMBERS: 1.Kim Ludick                                                                2.Megan Bruyn's           3. Albert van Eeden                                                   4. Pieter van Tonder           DIFFERENT BAGS: (A)                                                                                           (B)                               (C)                                                                                         (D)                               Example of the answer:  John Smith - A Answers will be revealed on 1st of June! No prizes to be won...sorry!

Only by a mere few seconds were the silver team able to be the first to complete the challenge in Oaxaca. At the scorching temperatures of midday in Mexico the silver team ran at least 7-8 blocks to get to the local market. We had the lovely opportunity to taste 3 different kinds of delicious Mexican chocolate as well as having to buy a very interesting local delicacy which was to be eaten at the Passeo Juarez El Llano whilst making a video recording. It was a very close call as both teams were huffing and puffing on each others...

Quick highlights of Cambodia: Noodles basically everyday for lunch or dinner in an effort to save on food money YAY noodles! Playing with children from orphanges and villages Seeing people wearing their PJ's during the day learning so much from Gods word and new ways of how to study it resting, relaxing and catching up on missed journalling   And the longer version: Ok and so by the time we were done with the challenge of Luke 10 it was very exciting to be reunited with the rest of the southbound team. In the time away I realized how much...

Zanzibar is not only a honeymoon destination, but also an island of poor people hungry and ready for the knowledge of Jesus Christ.  Zanzibar was Arab territory for centuries. They brought slavery and Islam onto the island.  Slavery was abolished, but the overwhelming influence of Islam lingered. 95 % of the population in Zanzibar is Moslem, most of them very devoted. Few women are educated, and speak only Swahili.  8-22 December a team of 10 young people will visit the island to serve and support the few Christians in Zanzibar. We will stay in a town called Bububu on the west coast....

Venezuela. A country that has been sitting on the drawing board of Distant Worlds for many months. A name that has been written on our itinerary and on our hearts. And finally, a country that we can say we have been able to share the Good News with. 

Istanbul! How cool was it to be in one city on two different continents!!!! That blew my mind! But what caught me first is how alive everything was. Driving from the airport in Asia to our guesthouse in Europe (I know.. It sounds quite cool.) I saw that this city definitely never sleeps. Buildings light up and dance, all around amazing tulip plantations show you which way to go. I was captivated by the beauty of Turkey. My heart ached at the sight of everything. I knew that this would be my favorite country! When we reached Mavi Guesthouse we...

     A whole days travel brought us safely from Cambodia across the Thai border and spirts were high as we looked forward to spending time at the ocean...Nights 1 +2 in Trat, Thailand, saw not only time off, but sleep in beds AND an AIRCON before we set off on our faith journey... what a blessing! Afert 4 days of unpredictable excitement (see Buddah's Inn), we were ready to embrace our 2 week serving ministry on Koh Chang Island, the fact that we could now take a shower was also enticing :)  Agian blesdsed with a day of rest at...

Hello Everyone!! I'm so glad to finally catch up with you after one month in South Africa! Boy, does time fly when you are having fun! Just to give you a little update on where I currently am and what I'm doing.... I'm in Jeffrey's Baii (Bay), South Africa (the most beautiful place) and I have been here for the past 3 weeks for training. We are having the best time but staying absolutely crazy busy! This is the 2nd time that I've made it to the internet cafe since I've been here. We spent the 1st week getting to...

God in everything, God in all. . .

We've been in Senegal for the last 2weeks and what a blessing and what a time of learning it has been!

 

Today we visited a remote village in the middle of the Andes mountains - people who never have or very seldom see any other people than those in their village and has never heard the gospel. What a privilege. We saw how 7-year-olds walk hours of VERY steep mountains, up and down, in the rain and in the cold just to go to school, alone. Wow. We had the awesome opportunity to give them the living word of God!!! We felt God lead us to do a drama about how we so easily make recipes of "How to pray..." Of...