Participant Blogs

Carla: The wanderer. Keneilwe and I were the only two gringas in a room with 'round about 20 people situated in the southern part of São Paulo, Brazil. We were told it was still a very new church and that the passionate couple that God called to plant this church still required some help from the Estacion 337 elders to share some teachings during their services. They had the worship very much under control though, with a brilliant band willing to make lots of beautiful noise in the name of Jesus. After a complete worship session, a word from the...

  As I prepare for my second Zanzibar trip, I am equally excited and nervous. Excited to see the people and the island again, excited to see what God has in store for us and the people of Zanzibar, excited to once again go off to a new place and tell them the good news.  I am, however, also nervous. Nervous, because I know God planned this trip way ahead. The team leaders have been thinking and praying about returning ever since they went to Zanzibar in June 2007. I have been thinking and praying about returning since my trip there in June 2008. I know...

M I d d l e   E a s t      Egypt – ISRAEL   Global Challenge Expeditiuons work Your way 2010       I hope you enjoyed reading my blog about Israel. With this blog I want more to write what we did these past 5-6 weeks in the Middle East. After we left Australia, we spent 5 days in India where we flew from Bombay to Cairo, Egypt. We landed in Cairo, but we had no idea where and what to do the next 2 months in   Middle East, we first spent several days...

 

It all started on Wednesday morning on the 7th of March when we saw each other again for the first time after our 8 week training in Jeffrey’s Bay.  We met at OR Tambo International Airport ready for our adventure through Africa.  All except Willy who had to take the bus to Harare, Zimbabwe to, get his Ethiopian visa.  We were all filled with an overwhelming sense of excitement and maybe a bit of “Oh Lord, what am I getting myself into?”  But nevertheless, we went through customs with our bags checked in - an average of 20kg backpacks, a 5kg food bag and a guitar and we realized there is no turning back, this is it!

 

A few thougths I wrote down last year after Eugene Terre'blanches murder. I played with the idea in my mind: what if civil war broke out in SA? Where would I stand? What do I do if I have to protect myself and my family? My country is not a country. My country has a name, a president, a capital city, it’s called a country, but it is not a country.   A country is place which contains one nation of people with a common goal. When the rest of the world stands against you, attacks you, then you as...

When we arrived at the bus station in Zinder we met with Pastor Akin, a missionary from Nigeria. He had done CPx (Church Planting Experience) with me the previous year in Cape Town at All Nations. It was great to see him and his family again.   They gave us the church’s guesthouse but we spent most nights on the veranda under the stars. It was just too hot inside. Right next to the guesthouse was the main Mosque in town. It had a giant green Minaret rising up into the sky and it felt like the megaphone was pointed...

Egypt has cats, Israel has conflıct and Turkey has dogs...Yes, it is a tour around the world and through biblical significant towns, which now has become nothing more than a tourist market!   Why are we here? Seven days into Global Challenge 2009 God answered this question without me even asking it. Mat. 28:18-20. "Jesus came and told His disciples, I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptiziıng them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey...

Most of you guys following my journey by reading my blogs would know of our blog challenge that we had during the month of May. Our daily blogs could give you a glimpse of what we go through on a daily basis. This blog is about my time in Malaysia and Thailand. It is however not about the daily activities as you have already seen most of that. This blog is about what God personally taught me through all these experiences. We spent our last few days in Phuket with Tobi and his family. One of the days Tobi shared...

A weekend away with Dad, the Ultimate Trip advisor A surprise weekend away with your dad, of course you are not going to pack a change of clothes, money or your cell phone! You just jump in the car and enjoy what he has planned right? We were sent out on a Luke 10 journey, just like when Jesus sent out 72 disciples to heal the sick, tell people that the kingdom of God is near while staying at a person of peace and accepting their hospitality. At first I was shocked that we were doing this but also excited...

Many times in life we are faced with a decision that would forever alter the course of our lives. I was faced with such a decision and stepping out of the ´norm´ was harder than I thought. After five years of studies, the obvious choice would have been to pursue a ´comfortable´ path leading to a ´comfortable´ life filled with an abundance of comforts. On the other side of the spectrum, my heart had a conflicting view with that of society´s norm. I had a longing for adventure and with this longing came a fear that this would never be...