Participant Blogs

The truth is my friend, we are all just petals in the wind, broken off from beauty, and now scattered across the world. Whenever you feel alone, or like building up a hidden tower, remember, we will always be part of the same wildflower… Raised up in a hidden forest by a caring Gardener, to send His fragrance into a world who has lost His splendour.  "Lord, make my petal last longer… I need to save them… make me stronger!"  "But child, it was never your job to plant. Just display a glimpse of the beauty of what My hands...

Forget it! I am done! I can’t take it anymore! The honeymoon is over and the real life has begun. Why is it that there is a constant struggle? There is an unspoken struggle in life that has always been there and is so often not worked through and ignored. I am at a place, in this journey, where there is struggle. It’s struggle that’s always been there but it just hasn’t had to be worked through. Everyone no matter who they are gets irritated about something. They get hurt by the way someone says or does something, they think...

Because Africa is my place of birth I have always loved the continent, it's culture and all who live there. Yet as our journey began in Zanzibar I saw a side of my continent that I have never even thought existed. The image I had in mind of white sandy beaches and fancy hotels did not last, when we got off the ferry from Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar the picture I saw infront of me was the total opposite. As we drove through the busy streets on our way to our hosts home, I came to realise that when...

Chile - Dreams come true Surprise Waka waka .. back in 2010 Soccer world cup we watched Uruguay vs Chile. Dressed up in red white and blue we chanted CHI CHI CHI LE LE LE Viva Chile! The dream was born. I wanted to visit the chili shaped country called CHILE! 4 years later deciding which Global Challenge Journey to choose I remembered how much I wanted to go to Chile and so the decision was easy... Hidden Worlds journey to South America. We got the planned itinerary ... No Chile! Not that I could complain with 14 countries jam...

"All of us have the devine spark within us and we so desperately need the breath of God to bring us to life and light. Jesus wants to set the church on fire so the world can warm themselves around us and find light and safety. We are here on earth to be a home and a refuge for the lost and broken. But first we must learn the art of togetherness and celebration. To welcome people into the party of true freedom of finding Jesus we must first be students of that very way of life. We need to...

Once upon a time, in a land far away there lived a beautiful but cruel queen. She had a magic mirror with which she could spy on all the subjects in her land. Two of her subjects landed in trouble with her, and they were severely punished and turned into winged monsters. As revenge they decided to steal the queen's magic mirror and hide it where they hoped she would never find it. On the way they accidentally dropped it, and it shattered into a million tiny little pieces. The queen managed to find all but one very tiny little piece,...

 Some of Manchester United, Chelsea and even Brazil’s top football players met yesterday on the roof top of a six story building in Macau for an international friendly against The Global Challenge team. The game was

  Dear readers, thats the situation that most local people of the red sea face. Their income is tourism and those working in a shop, restaurant , internet cafe or hotel will face extremely long working hours 7 days a week with out a break for months.   The bible teaches us to work for six days and rest one day a week, regardless of what you believe resting is part of staying healthy.   Looking to buy food on a Friday afternoon our team members encountered that most shops where close, to realize that it is prayer time for the...

  A Journey to the true outback     About 2 months ago we as wYw were on our way to the beautiful country Australia. With so much excitement in my heart I expected big things to happen. Knowing that Australia has more or less the same culture as South Africa was huge benefit for me and for wYw as a team. Coming from a sporting family back in SA and entering a country with a very wide range of different sports created so much excitement in my heart, I was ready to learn new sports and to share and...