I still hear him struggling to breath and wonder why it is I who's sitting next to his unconscious body! The vehicle just went off the road and we were the first there. I didn't know what to expect when, in Cape Town, in January, Floyd prayed: "God will take you into a deeper level of Faith". Did it mean I have to believe in Him more or trust Him for more? During the last two weeks of CPX I was confronted with bad memories. Ivan's car went off the road next to Red Hill, were we where busy building...
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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....
How to spend Week 1 of Global Challenge.
Hi there folks- so this is my first blog and I thought I would introduce myself! Most people call me Ez, and I am from Melbourne Australia. I am 24, love God, music, travelling and doing anything outdoors, especially hiking!
There are two kinds of people in this world - those who have been to Thailand, tasted sticky rice and mango and can't get enough of it; and then those who havent tasted sticky rice and mango. It's really that simple. Trust you may be encouraged by what God
has been doing in Northbound 2011 on the road from India to Thailand!
The Nile The Pyramids The first country, the first true journey.... I realized by entering the first country that the journey has finally started. Breaking out of the habits and comfort zones would be hard but focusing on God and making Him my all will be crucial. There was so much to learn about cultures and religious practices. Where to start was on everyones mind. Learning more about the Muslim beliefs and also how to include Jesus into our stories (ISA). Personally I found Egypt very tyring because there was always a lot of people around in...
Our adventures when we did the local challenge. Fitting wetsuits. Go André, Albie, Cara and Michelle !!!!!!
My current location is surrounded by dormant volcanoes, a huge lake, taco's, Spanish guitarists and amigo's- Guatemala. For the past two weeks some of us have been building a house for a family. The family originally all stayed in a one room house and the problem comes in that the uncle and one of the daughters both have epilepsy. When the uncle has fits he becomes very violent and for this reason we built another house where he can stay. These past two weeks have been extremely tiring as we wake up early, walk about an hour to the building...
Hi everyone, this is a warm welcome from us, the lime team and the best team this year. We are part of Southbound and our members are Daniel (communication), Yolanda (food), Tarina (finances) and Elsabe (teamleader and travel). We are ready to grow this year and ready to be the refreshment to our team and to the people we willl encounter, yes everything that our colour represent. During training in Jeffreys bay one of our members, Daniel, unfortunitely had to go home eralier because of medical reasons. So the lime team will re-unite tomorrow on the airport before flying out...
So...the day has finally come(out of nowhere might I add) that I am able to fit my whole life into a backpack... At first this thought left a frown on my face but was quickly replaced with a smile and the recognition of God's sense of humour...and for the first time the phrase "less is more" actually makes sense!! It's probably the most liberating thing I've done in my whole life...and above the fear and doubt that the devil sneaks into our minds comes the undoubtable feeling of God's presence and an excitement I've never felt before!!! 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27 speaks...
Jerusalem was the highlight of my trip so far. Yes, partially for the clichéd reason that it is awesome to walk in the footstep of Jesus and to experience and see the places where "it all" happened so many years ago. Yet, is was not merely the history that touched me, but also the present of the city. There were too many great moments to be able to single out one, but I had an especially emotional experience on the Mount of Olives (which is actually a hill even my granny can climb) where we stood at the Dominus Flevit (the church built...
