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Author: Emily Hart

Ten Ways My One-Year Journey Still Impacts Me Today 

It’s been almost two years since I stepped off a plane and came home from my Global Challenge One-Year Journey. Two years since the adventure ended…or so I thought. Because the funny thing about discipleship is that the fruit doesn’t always show up immediately. Sometimes it takes months. Sometimes years. Sometimes you only realise you’ve changed when life throws something at you that would’ve flattened the old version of you. So for the parents wondering whether to send their kids, the students considering applying, or anyone asking, “What does a One-Year...

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The Bishop That Broke Our Boxes

Bishop Thomas walks into the room, and all forty-three of us stand. We’ve been waiting for this moment. He’s a revered leader in the Coptic Church, known for his long walk with the Lord and deep wisdom. To our surprise, he greets us in Afrikaans, and in the 40-degree heat of Anafora, Egypt, I sit back in my chair and realise something: some of my boxes are about to be broken.  Thirty-six students and seven of us volunteers travelled to Egypt, where the Coptic Church welcomed us with remarkable generosity and care. A visit from a bishop is considered a great honour, something...

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