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Who said a wheelchair bound person will not be able to put up his own tent and sleep in it? Who said a wheelchair user can not get up to Cape Point without using the train? Who said a guy in a wheelchair can't minister and encourage others? Who said an adventurous road trip to Cape Town with two disable guys is impossible? It is all possible! It all started when the 22nd of April became our fixed date. We told people about the dream of going to Cape Town and started praying for the necessary funds. From a budget...

I sat in the church last night and remembered a dear memory. He left me with a smile on my face! It was the day the HeartCore team and I had to testify in a church in Richards Bay. The well trained group nearly fell down the steps as they tried to get Otto in his wheelchair on stage. At first Otto had shaky hands to introduce himself. It was after the first laugh from his audience that he nearly kept them busy for the full 10 minutes of the service we had. It is unbelievable how God can choose...

  Sarah and I were sitting on the plane and waited for the air hostess to bring the aisle-wheelchair so that we can start our two weeks holiday in South Africa. Our entry into Cape Town with 1 Time was quite impressive but the only wheelchair-friendly kombi I was able to rent, got stolen a week before our flight! The next best thing was a Toyota Condor... This was two years ago and it made me discover the need for wheelchair accessibility in South Africa and the desire to give them the same privileges we have. At first it looked...

    John Daniel Redcliff, at the age of 37, has never been outside the Port Elizabeth area. At the age of 3 polio took a bit of his independence. Now he is a man living on his own and doing so much more for himself. He embrace life to the fullest! After experimenting in many things, he realised in 1999 that the world is no fun without God and so he got baptised. His mother past away shortly after that and his father followed after her. Life was though! Our path crossed last year and the locals of Jeffreys Bay...

I still hear him struggling to breath and wonder why it is I who's sitting next to his unconscious body! The vehicle just went off the road and we were the first there. I didn't know what to expect when, in Cape Town, in January, Floyd prayed: "God will take you into a deeper level of Faith". Did it mean I have to believe in Him more or trust Him for more? During the last two weeks of CPX I was confronted with bad memories. Ivan's car went off the road next to Red Hill, were we where busy building...

 Before we left we spent time with Daniel who hosted a disabled camp for 6 disabled children and their carers. That next morning the kombi was packed and we were sent off by the GCEX staff and LXP leaders.   The trip down to Knysna, Mossel Bay and finally Cape Town were filled with a lot of stops and adventure. We witnessed our co-driver's bungee, pushed our kombi to the garage in Knysna, stayed with friends in Mossel Bay and camped in Kommetjie! The rain did not scare us off and the ironning room became our kitchen.   Marshmellows over the fire is now...

It is the second day of the new GC teams! We just came to introduce ourselves while racing our first challenge!   God bless! We shall update later! Janine, Kim, Pieter, Wessel, Sonja and Megan        

  48 People, millinons of dreams,loads of expectations and ONE misssion: to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the world...and it all starts at basecamp. basecamp started with a big bang! One of the combies broke down on the way to J-bay and some of the team members found out with a big suprise that they would be sleeping on the ground, as they forgot their mattrasses. Even though there were a few hick ups to start with, it has not bring our spirit down! So what is basecamp? Basecamp is where you go back to basics, where we get...