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Author: One Year Expedition

We are the Global Challenge Teams of 2024. Committing this year to the Lord, we go out to the nations in trust and faith, trusting to see His will and His work out in the world be done. Chronicling our year so far, we wanted to share the incredible things God has in store for this year and for us as a team. From the beginning, He has been working in incredible ways, and we want to share what He’s done… Arrival… We arrived in Jeffrey’s Bay on the 7th of January. Little did we know that this was the start of a new chapter in our lives. We were welcomed into the Global...

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This was our first time in a country where Christians are openly persecuted. Christians here are thrown in jail or given a death sentence for saying the name Jesus. When you are in this situation, you find yourself asking the Lord… What does it really mean to be unashamed of the gospel? What does it look like to be a disciple of Jesus? What does it look like to take up your cross daily, or to deny yourself and follow Jesus?  Jesus said in Luke 9:23, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’ What does this mean? When Jesus first...

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Having just come from a fast-paced country, which included a lot of travelling and reflecting, we now arrived in Thailand. Here we met our wonderful host and submitted under the vision God gave him many moons ago. Our time in Thailand was surrounded by children. We engaged in environmental ministry and a good dose of intercession for the nation. This place has it all… people of all flavours from all over the world, living for all the right and wrong reasons. Unfortunately, many of Thailand’s issues concerning purity come from the genuine needs of people. The reality is the world is full...

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People in Global Challenge often talk about how adventure can lead to Life. But what does this really mean? Turkey is known for its diversity — from traditional çay (Turkish tea) to kilims (Turkish carpets), a hamam (traditional Turkish bath), their bazaars, destinations like İstanbul and Kapadokya (Cappadocia), and sweet treats like lokum (Turkish delight) and dondurma (a stretchy traditional Turkish ice cream). In Turkey, we undertook a travel challenge and the last week included a half-year debrief. Our challenge was similar to “The Amazing Race.” We had a list of locations...

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From snowy mountains in Georgia to a glimpse of beautiful green mountains in Armenia. Never getting used to the beauty that the Lord blesses us with. We were greeted by a powerful woman, our host. With amazing testimonies that the Lord has done in her life and her faith being steadfast, the Lord knew that a fresh breath and inspiring women would encourage our team to love, have patience and be obedient to what He wants to do at this ministry point.  For the next two weeks we lived as a team of 13 in a small container house. Our time here consisted of lots of love, team time & one small…...

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