A Wonderful Opportunity

I was invited to be guest speaker at a ladies monthly breakfast at Central Baptist Church in Pretoria on Saturday the 17th of April. Was really blessed to stumble upon a very personal little bus service which commutes between Polokwane and Pretoria every weekend. It was so nice to have the bus leave and arrive on time!

Leandra had invited me to speak at one of the churches monthy Saturday breakfasts. It was such a joy to be able to spend the weekend with this precious family and especially to get to know little Levi!

Leandra stole this photo of myself preparing the night before the speech! Was a bit nervous as the week before had been really emotinally draining, busy and there had been very little time for preparation! Due to the craziness of the previous week, I woke that Saturday morning with mouth ulcers. I was empty, had none of my own strength to put into the priviledge which lay before me that morning. We earnstly prayed that the Lord would step in and take over completely.

The breakfast tables had been so beautifully decorated!

After Leandra's very kind introduction, I spoke for 5 minutes and then showed a 20 minute Powerpoint Presentation, showing different stages of my life and how God had and still is smashing down what to us seems to be rock solid walls and opening doors to what many call "the impossible".

The presentation did not run all the way through smoothly, even through this we were humbly reminded by the fact that the event was not all about technology but the focus was on Christ.
After the presentation, I told the ladies that the day before, on the bus to Pretoria, I had sat next to a man who also had Cerebral Palsy but his spasms were about a 100 times worse than mine, though I could see that there was nothing intellectually wrong with him! There is always someone in a situation worse off than what we find ourselves in!

I ended by encouraging the ladies that each set of trials faced by each individual is unique to God! No trial is too small in His sight. Though my challenges are very pronounced and different, they are not more important than anyone elses set of trials. So if the Lord can bless me the way He has, He will do it for anyone who puts their trust in Him.