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Author: One Year Expedition

A Moment of Praise – part 4

Moment SixWritten by: Elijah Blake God has provided in unexplainable ways for me this year. Providing a means for me to go on this one-year journey is one of them, so I figured God had already done enough for me by allowing me to do this journey at all, but I realised my view of God’s provision was very limited at the time. God could provide for me much more than just “an experience”, but also through a reviving of my soul. Eternally more important than a year of traveling, God provided a way to show me his love in a way I had never experienced before through the many countries and...

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Israel

Israel, the holy land where bible stories come to life and suddenly the characters that we grow up reading about become real people. The events that unfolded on the soil of the holy land suddenly feel within reach. Places that were once constructed by your imagination meet your eyes and just like that the bible no longer feels like a fairy tale but rather pages with records of real people, real events, that have a real impact. God’s word seems to take on a new shape, and we have a renewed perspective of the history of our faith. This is what made Israel special. Upon arriving in Israel...

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A Moment of Praise – part 3

Moment FourWritten by: Pasha Background:On the 19th of February, our team crossed the border of Lesotho. All of us went through except for me and Germine because we didn’t have visas. We spent a lot of time trying to come to terms with the officials but nothing worked. I was so frustrated because I already spent a month in Moscow not being able to join the team in January and now, I will be separated from them again for almost two weeks.Germine and I had to come back to Ficksburg, the town bordering Lesotho.Elzke was the only one who had a connection to the border and she asked her mother...

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OY JORDAN

Jordan

Jordan was completely out of our comfort zone, and different in the best way. Since it was our first country in the Middle East, we were expecting a drastic cultural change compared to South America and East Africa – that is exactly what we experienced! The culture in Jordan proved to be more conservative than anything we had experienced before, especially considering it is a country based on Islamic beliefs…needless to say we had a lot to learn about how to best reach the people we were going to be encountering during our 3 weeks of ministry. We were blessed with briefing and...

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A Moment of Praise – part 2

Moment TwoWritten by: Alicia du Plessis God has been providing for me and the team in many different ways during the year.Our South American travel costs are not cheap at all and at one point God tested our faithfulness and willingness to listen to Him. Our travel itinerary looked as follows:Brazil to Paraguay, Bolivia to Peru and back to Brazil through the Amazon River. This required a lot of traveling and money and when traveling with 11 people things can get tricky. Our first country in South America was Brazil. The people there blessed us in abundance, we hardly touched our budget...

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