Week 6   In one week, the house has turned from an almost calm and peaceful home to complete chaos! Indeed it has turned into prank war central. From salting drinks, to putting honey on toilet seats, stealing deodorant, ketchup on bathroom floors and putting oil in body wash, no one is safe! After Tim … Continued

We have reached three weeks here in Mexico! We continue to be blessed by God’s grace, love and strength to power us through the week and to fulfill God’s purpose of us being here. This was our first week teaching in the school! A new, exciting experience for us all. The first day we started … Continued

Week 5 We can’t believe time is going so fast – it’s week 5 already!!? We’ve had another great week of growing as a team and getting stuck in to life here. After a much needed rest day on Monday, we enjoyed going back to the project this week. Some men from church came to … Continued

Week 4 It’s week 4 already! Time is moving too fast. This week was a productive week at the project. We made cement and placed bricks as we built an extension to the wall on the far side of the building. It involved a lot of chucking bricks up the scaffolding where certain people had … Continued

We’ve continued to be blessed by God and his people here in Mexico. The woman we had been staying with pastors a small independent church, which we attended on Sunday. She was eager to get us involved, as two of us sang in worship. Throughout the service, the Spirit moved through the congregation, as people … Continued

It has been less than two weeks here in Mexico and our team has already: seen God move incredibly, made connections with local people in the church and community, bonded with each other, and had opportunities to serve. Our first activity after orientating ourselves with the new surroundings was to visit two schools which we … Continued

First week of Argentina   After meeting at 2pm at Gatwick airport on Tuesday 28th March, the team was united, ready to spend the next 4 months with each other. It was a long Journey, flying to Madrid, to Buenos Aires, and then to Salta, and while there were delays to initial flights, we all … Continued

Bhoke Magotti had been trying to get to Mexico for a 6-month Stride placement since 2017. First, there was a long challenge to fundraise all the support she needed. Then there was a pandemic. After that, lengthy issues to do with her Tanzanian passport. It was not plain sailing. And when she finally flew out … Continued

Maribel Beyuma Chao has been on a mission her whole life, but now she has followed Jesus all the way across the world. The Christmas tree at St Hilda’s Church in Manchester only needed five meters of Christmas lights to cover it. So when 50 meters turned up, there was a bit of confusion. By … Continued