I was living in the world, filled with fun, booze and anything else that went with the life of "living vida loca." Then in 1994 I moved from the Free State province to Gauteng, to Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. In 1997 I found the Lord and opened up my heart and life to Him at the Assembly of God church, then the Lighthouse [now Real Life Church - AOG], where I'm still a member. Life was great, enjoying Jesus Christ as my Saviour God and loving Lord. Then came 8th February 2001, early 7h45am.
On my way to the office I was a victim of a serious head-on collision. The wrong place at the wrong time. I had been hurt seriously and a Netcare 911 helicopter was flown out with a doctor to the accident scene. I landed up in ICU in Sunninghill Hospital and in a sedated coma for 9 days. My injuries were serious and my wife, family and relatives were traumatised when they received the news and paid me a visit in ICU. I lost 10 days of my life [not knowing what was happening...
In the two weeks after the accident I had four operations by three different surgeons, each specialising in various areas according to my injuries. Two hours after the accident, having been trapped for more thasn an hour in the wreck [the time they took to free me], friends, family, brothers/sisters in Christ started praying for me. My wife was told that my chances were 50/50 after helicopter had landed at hospital with me. It was in Johannesburg, off Rivonia street.
Fifteen days after the accident I walked out with crutches, a miracle and alive. Out of the coma and into Trauma ward for 4 days and, in this time period, 13 hours of operations as well. It took me three months to walk again and start my road to full recovery. In the next few years my marriage nearly hit the rocks, scraping just through. God had other plans... we are now married for twenty nine years and still on "honeymoon" as they say.
In 2010, November, my business collapsed due to a fraudulent partner who was arrested and I lost just about everything. Although still tough at times, my new business kicked off, Ezekiel Industries [visit Facebook page] and I have lived a good life since the beginning of this new adventure. My faith still remains in God and I will not depart from Him, but seek Him in every part of my life, the strong areas and weaknesses. He is and will always be my loving and living God. My family are all saved today. My son, daughter-inlaw and their son Dominick [two months old] are in full time ministry at our church. My daughter and grandson Declan [four years old] are in our church as well. Amen...
That's it... Below, a few pics of my wreck... Some outside damage, plus damage where I was seated behind steering wheel, driver's door remains, etc...
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