I was brought up as a member of the Lutheran Church. After I got married to Lydia, she invited me to join her in the Methodist church. My first visit was a fruitful one. The music was wonderful and at the end of the service there was an altar call. …
As a young man I lived a wild and sinful life. Soon I received the first warning from God in the form of a few close calls. The first was when I slipped and fell on a dirt road with my motorbike, escaping with only minor scrapes and bruises. The …
One day during August 2004 my right eye became sore and scratchy which resulted in a visit to an Optomitrist who immediately sent me to a specialist. After a few consultations he diagnosed the problem as the herpes simplex (cold sore) virus that found its way into my eye. There …
I was born with Achilles Tendons that were too short. I endured specific exercises to stretch them, wore built up shoes, but eventually in Std 4 / Grade 6 had an operation to lengthen the tendons. After three weeks in hospital and 10 weeks on crutches in plaster of Paris, …
Being obedient to Christ comes with its own challenges. Since I started my fulltime career on the Platinum Mines in 1987 I prospered by the grace of God. I earned a good salary, got regular promotions, enjoyed job satisfaction and was able to complete an Honours Degree. I always acknowledged …
In 2002 my brother and his wife died in a tragic incident. I got the phone call around midnight. At the time they were living in Margate, approximately 800km from us. Our father lives with us and I had the daunting task to inform him of his son’s passing. I …
I am a final year occupational therapy student at the University of Pretoria. We are currently busy with a community outreach project in Mamelodi where we want to build an adapted swing for children with cerebral palsy. Lizelle, my friend who I am working with, and I sent a request to …
The Kairos Prison Ministry is an amazing ministry for both the inmates and those ministering to them. I was privileged to form part of the very first Kairos team to minister to the inmates at the Rustenburg, South Africa, prison. Thirsty Christian men volunteered to present the Kairos program inside …
Some years ago, in 2008, my husband and myself were brought to our knees, after years of struggling to conceive. After this and an (almost) failure in our marriage, we fully gave our hearts and lives to Jesus @ the Alpha course and camp at our church. People prayed with …
My fiancé and I got engaged on Sunday, 1 February 2015. Now, if you knew the whole background story to this engagement and the ring, you would know that we had quite the struggle to finally get to this day! This is why I decided to research the meaning of 1 February, …
