http://anthony.theworldrace.org Anthony Jacobs - The World Race 2006 en-us Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:34:14 GMT 30 http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=an-altar-to-the-lord-in-the-midst-of-the-land-of-egypt http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=an-altar-to-the-lord-in-the-midst-of-the-land-of-egypt I believe in God the Father, almighty maker of heaven and earth, and Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Suffered under Pontius Pilot, He was crucified and buried. I believe what I believe in. It makes me who I am. I believe that He who suffered was crucified and buried. He ascended into heaven and on the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven where He sits at Gods mighty right hand. I believe that H Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=african-hands http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=african-hands Drifting down into Africa.  Entering into its arms.  Africa awaits with eyes wide open, and an endless landscape.                                                            Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=walking-jerusalem http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=walking-jerusalem We, as a team, were faced with a financial decision on how to get to Egypt. We had to choose between: going overland through Syria, flying to Tel Aviv, or traveling overland through and flying from Cyprus. We as a team prayed about it and felt a heart for Syria but knew we had to go thru Israel. The flight to Tel Aviv was cheaper than we had expected and arrived there late on Sunday evening. Soon after leaving the airport, we made our way to Jerusalem. There we met our hosts, a South Afri Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=on-the-move-again http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=on-the-move-again                                                                                   &nbs Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=camping-emek-beraka http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=camping-emek-beraka The past 5 weeks were filled with fun and blessings. We as a team (brown, lime & yellow) spent the first two, with the help of the local Bosnian team, creating a campsite in the middle of a valley. We had to clean out an old ruined building for the kitchen, build a coffee shop, pitch more than 40 tents and many more odd jobs. The first weekend the leaders from the churches came to pray for the camps and the long-term team. The week that followed was the yout Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=skiing-switzerland-zermatt http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=skiing-switzerland-zermatt                                                                                     & Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=jeunèssè-en-mission-la-maison http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=jeunèssè-en-mission-la-maison Youth with a mission. The House Two weeks ago I was whisked away from my friends in Ancona.  After spending a night in a station, and a day on a train I arrived in a beautiful village called Burtigny. There I spent over a week just recollecting and processing within my self. How I came to be there is that we where given time to spend in Europe. I have seen a few of the sites and decided that I needed some time out.  I called up my cousin, Lance, and Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=letting-go http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=letting-go                The time we spent in India was absolutely life  changing. My world was changed and my perspective as well. I always knew about orphans but this was the firs time I really spent time with them. Living with the kids and becoming a part of their daily lifes was a real spiritual check.               The ti Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=desert-sands http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=desert-sands     On our way to Europe we made a quick stop in the UAE, Dubai. Where we had a great time in the desert. It was if we where the kings of Arabia. Spending an afternoon driving thru the dunes, sand boarding and enjoying Arabian culture. I had the privilege of having my mom with me who enjoyed the time in the desert just as much.     Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-heart-fro-india http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-heart-fro-india   We have been here for over a week now and settling in with the kids was a great experience. Every day starts with 6am prayer where the kids, totally devoted, start their day in the presence of God. The older kids, 13-14 years, then preach out of that days scripture calling the boys to obedience. My whole perspective has been changed about the ability of kids, and what God will do with a l Sun, 14 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=thailand http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=thailand The time in Thailand was filled with people, beauty and a wonderful ocean. It was such a privilege to be able to be apart of the community and help out at the different ministries. The most striking to me of the different villages we were apart of was the openness of the people. Every village was delighted to have us there. The gypsies invited us into there homes, and we became apart of a family working at a construction site as well, I believe that the blessed time we had came right out Sat, 6 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=god-and-people http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=god-and-people The time in China just flew by and before we had time to blink we where on our way to Tibet. The time we spent in China was such a blessing praying for the people and the towns was such a privilege. We had the chance to be around the people and find out more about who they are and what is importantto them. When we werent with the people we would walk around the country to the mosques and pray and ask God to reveal His truth to these special people.      &nb Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=tibetan-ice http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=tibetan-ice Cold, it was defiantly cold but what a great time. Traveling into Tibet thru passes over 15000 ft in a frozen bus was defiantly a culture experience to enter such a place. Arriving in Tibet was like a new world the people, cars, shops you could see we werent in China any more. We kept on and went in even further then the normal missionary up to a town that has hardly ever been visited by missionaries. The People were very friendly as we spent time in the town walking around praying for the Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=island-style http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=island-style                                What a blessing after the cold after about six days of traveling we find our selves on a boat traveling to an island off the cost of Thailand were we spent three days in the village. The time there was great living at the local clinic we would go from there to different areas on the island and just spend Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=fun-and-prayer http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=fun-and-prayer                                                                     Meeting with our contact in Dang Xiang on our arrival, we were invited for a walk to one of t Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=thank-you-guatemala http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=thank-you-guatemala I just want to say a huge thank you to God and any one that had any part of our time in Guatemala. All the great people we met in Panajachel, all the supporters that made the work we did possible and to all who kept us in there prayer, thank you so much we where really blessed by them. I want to thank God for his awesome provision and all the needs that were met. We where able to do so much more than what we humanly thought possible. Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=debrief-la http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=debrief-la After a great trip up from Guatemala we arrived in LA. I think our team got there last it must have been that day we spent on the beach, but o well it was worth it. The time in LA was great, we took in the sites, went to Disneyland, saw outside the Oscars and attended a Dr Phil show all with in three days. The debrief sessions were great we had a quick insight on what we could expect in china. God also came and did a lot of reconciliation between the teams and we were all able to sta Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=hong-kong-is-big http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=hong-kong-is-big Man what a city! Touring buildings, bright lights and thousands of people every were. We had a chance to walk around and take in the sites, see our African brothers from allover do there business buying and selling clothes and stayed in the smallest room with three beds ever. Our new friends and team mates joined us in HK and we had a great time together checking out the whole city.   Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=northwest-china-here-we-come http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=northwest-china-here-we-come Two and a half days on the go sounded like fun. Early sunday morning we started out with all our stuff on our backs and made our way on foot to the bus station about one and a half km away. There we took a bus to the border were we had to jump out clear customs with all our bags jump on another bus to the town were we where to catch our train that evening. We got dropped of at this very fancy hotel were we thought that 29 people with a mountain of luggage would look very inconspicuous Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=what-a-week http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=what-a-week What a week! Well this past week was project Granny. We were told about this widow living alone in a very shoddy house. Everything was wrong so we decided, lets just go for it. We ripped of here leaking roof, cleaned off the rafters with years of soot from cooking over an open fire and started with a new roof. Inside we carried out her whole house and started to build a stove. The outside of the house needed a well deserved white wash so we went for it. The inside was completely black Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=hello-from-panajachel http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=hello-from-panajachel A great hearty hi from a most beautiful Guatemala. Situated next to the breathtaking and volcano lined lake Atitlan, my friends and I find ourselves in a peculiar little town called Panajachel, living in a wonderful house not to far from the center of town. It has been almost three weeks since we jetted out of South Africa and so much has happened that it could fill up three months. The big travel was from Huston, USA to lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Over 4000km of busses, taxis and Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=introduction http://anthony.theworldrace.org/?filename=introduction Hi, my name is Anthony Jacobs. I am twenty three and from a beautiful town at the foot of the Southern Drakensburg, Matatiele. I spent most of my time their but at the start of 2003 I felt the Lord calling me to be a part of the UCSA. It is then when I decided to give my life to the Lord. I was part of the Adventure and Outdoor Ministry where I facilitated life orientation camps for school groups. There I developed my dream to create life changing experiences for other people, and give them Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT