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Written by Sulene - still news from Macau 

The GCX08 white team (myself and the team leaders) had the awesome privilege of spending time of fellowship with Martie and the OM staff and students in Macau.

Meeting and sharing with these servants of the Lord was a very rich experience for me.  It was HUMBLING to say the least!  And encouraging and joyous and blessed!!!& nbsp;

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What does it mean to say one is broken or to be broken? How many times have we used this term on ourselves without knowing what it entails? The Bible even makes reference to this word a couple of times. So what is it all about? Over the last 3 months, I have been praying and asking the Lord to break me and teach me what this truly means. I believe that He has revealed a small part of brokenness to me. I would like to share this with you….. In Mark 14:3 it refers to the woman breaking the...

My time in Jeffrey's Bay has come to an end!!  I am now in Johannesburg preparing to LEAVE for the 80 Days Trip!!

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Small and crooked streets path open the ways in the Medina, a true Moroccan old city. Behind every corner lies a new alley to explore and a new adventure that awaits. The streets are lined with colourful objects, food stalls billow with smoke and a new smell that urges you to taste the traditional food. The streets are filled with laughing children, running around and playing games. Behind you there's someone shouting pardon! and the next moment you are almost face to face with a donkey pulling a cart through the narrow streets. From all around you there are friendly people...

  We serve a God of perfect Love.   I've seen and tasted it these past few weeks and where I'm ,for the first time really, confronted with other religions and idols, my Lord not only seem more real to me now but my God makes so much more sense to me here...away from home. What other God makes Himself known as a Provider and Healer? What other religion's foundation is build on Love?  What other God states that His Glory is His Goodness?  What an honor we have in having part in Him.  Where other faiths are preformance based, our...

Detour So Germany was not in the original planning as a country to visit, but due to visa reasons we had to go there, the irony was that after our flights was booked Hanna, that is in J-bay but was going to visit a friend in Germany, saw that we would be landing a day after her and flying out a day after her. And since her friend that she would be visiting is involved with the Hillsong church in Germany asked if it would be possible to serve them. The friend came back to say that it would be...

  As I close my eyes I see Deborah wearing a flower dress with ribbons in her hair. She is skipping up and down the street while laughing out loud. I know this is possible, for our God is a God of miracles. Deborah is a beautiful six year old girl. Paralyzed from her hips down she has been living in a wheelchair all her life. She has to wear diapers and is 100% dependent on her mother. She's never been able to run around, play with friends, ride a bicycle or climb a tree and these are only a few...

During high school I was invited to a friends baptism. Not having grown up in a christian home, I really had no idea about what it meant, but went along anyway. At the time I remember thinking that this friend seemed to be making such a huge commitment on that day and that it would never be something I would do.  But here we are in Brazil and last Sunday I was baptized in a pool in the middle of a beautiful forest. Thinking back on this helps me to realise how far God has taken me allready in the...