25 Year Celebration

25 Year Celebration 2 OCTOBER 2025 Day 4 | Sabie Tour “Thank You, Lord, that I can live my dream.” Brother Bill shared with us that Brother Jerry used to say this at Chariots events. Today, I had a moment with the Lord on the ride back. I thought, “Wow Lord!” We are in the most beautiful environment, on the coolest bikes, with blessed relationships, living all out for Jesus, spreading the Gospel. Can it get any better than this? This is living my dream. Thinking back, I am ecstatic to think thats we can share something that we have. We are not speaking about some idea or goal. We have a relationship with the Lord and He has rewarded those who seek Him. We are living in His goodness. We went to two schools today with our entire setup, for sound and song and a Holy Spirit inspired Word. The Lord encountered the kids wonderfully. There was shouting, jumping, laughing, crying, and deep moments with the Him. Praise the Lord, that the kids could experience life and freedom even if it was only an hour. I believe it was enough to give them hope for their future. God is definitely taking the children. So I end this entry, “Thank you, Lord, that I can live my dream.” 2 OCTOBER 2025 Day 4 | Sabie Tour “Thank You, Lord, that I can live my dream.” Brother Bill shared with us that Brother Jerry used to say this at Chariots events. Today, I had a moment with the Lord on the ride back. I thought, “Wow, Lord!” We are in the most beautiful environment, on the coolest bikes, with blessed relationships, living all out for Jesus, spreading the Gospel. Can it get any better than this? This is living my dream. Thinking back, I am ecstatic to think that we can share something that we have. We are not speaking about some idea or goal. We have a relationship with the Lord, and He has rewarded those who seek Him. We are living in His goodness. We went to two schools today with our entire setup, for sound and song, and a Holy Spirit-inspired Word. The Lord encountered the kids wonderfully. There was shouting, jumping, laughing, crying, and deep moments with Him. Praise the Lord that the kids could experience life and freedom, even if it were only for an hour. I believe it was enough to give them hope for their future. God is definitely taking the children. So I end this entry, “Thank you, Lord, that I can live my dream.” Stay tuned for more to come!

Bank2Bush

Bank 2 Bush WHAT A JOURNEY What a journey! What an adventure! I thank the Lord for the incredible blessing of Bank 2 Bush.   My cycling journey started when I came to iXchange. I wasn’t a cyclist. In my Matric year, I didn’t do any exercise at all. Looking at my Strava, I saw that all my exercise activities combined for the previous year were equivalent to my first week at iXchange. At iXchange, conditioning is a major part of your journey, and this challenged me quite a bit. But the Lord strengthened and encouraged me throughout the process. Conditioning as a team helped me stay consistent and taught me the value of accountability.   When Pastor John announced that Bank 2 Bush was happening, my first thought was, “Lord, help us all.” My fitness level wasn’t anywhere near ready for something like that. But I can truly testify to the overtaking anointing of the Lord and the supernatural acceleration of my fitness. One wake-up moment for me came when I asked Matt, “Is it physically possible for me to ride the entire Banks 2 Bush, considering my background?” He chuckled and replied, “You think you have a choice?” It sounded tough at the time, but in hindsight, it perfectly embodies the spirit of B2B. The goal isn’t just to participate — it’s to finish. No matter what. Many elements tried to hinder the completion of the event, but the Lord was faithful. The Lord put it on my heart in 2021 to give Him my all. A fire for the Lord has grown in me since and I am excited for the journey that lies ahead. WHAT A JOURNEY What a journey! What an adventure! I thank the Lord for the incredible blessing of Bank 2 Bush. My cycling journey started when I came to iXchange. I wasn’t a cyclist. In my Matric year, I didn’t do any exercise at all. Looking at my Strava, I saw that all my exercise activities combined for the previous year were equivalent to my first week at iXchange. At iXchange, conditioning is a major part of your journey, and this challenged me quite a bit. But the Lord strengthened and encouraged me throughout the process. Conditioning as a team helped me stay consistent and taught me the value of accountability.  When Pastor John announced that Bank 2 Bush was happening, my first thought was, “Lord, help us all.” My fitness level wasn’t anywhere near ready for something like that. But I can truly testify to the overtaking anointing of the Lord and the supernatural acceleration of my fitness. One wake-up moment for me came when I asked Matt, “Is it physically possible for me to ride the entire Banks 2 Bush, considering my background?” He chuckled and replied, “You think you have a choice?” It sounded tough at the time, but in hindsight, it perfectly embodies the spirit of B2B. The goal isn’t just to participate — it’s to finish. No matter what. Many elements tried to hinder the completion of the event, but the Lord was faithful. Healed Knee Testimony This story started on the 11th of May. It began because of a bit of stupidity. At the halfway point of a 100km ride, my knee started to feel a little sore. At first, it was a light pain in my left knee. We were having fun, racing, and dicing, which isn’t the best for a sensitive knee. By the end of the ride, it was pretty sore, but I pushed on and rode an extra 15km to get a distance PB. Hence, the stupidity. When I got home and got off the bike, my knee was so sore that I couldn’t put weight on it. I immediately dealt with it spiritually. I prayed for it on the bike and stood in faith. I declared the Word, I pleaded the Blood, and used every spiritual response that I knew. But I didn’t apply wisdom. I continued as if nothing had happened, and it slowly got better. I decided not to ride during the week. The following Saturday, I got on the bike again. I went on a long ride, but luckily it was only to Shell and back (about 40km). By the time we got to Shell, I was in intense pain. Khayzek suggested I ride back with the slower group, the “blueberries,” which I did. This was when I reached a low point. I had a conversation with the Lord. “Lord, I’m cycling because You asked me to. I’ve been training consistently. I’ve been faithful, and now this knee is trying to steal everything that has happened up until now.” Another issue was that I started overcompensating with my other knee, which resulted in pain in both knees. At this point, I spoke to my parents about it. They (with great wisdom) suggested that I deal with the problem. So, I went to a physio, applied heat therapy, and so on. From a natural point of view, there was no way I would be able to ride Banks to Bush. But the Lord was faithful. I experienced tremendous improvement in my knee that week. But the circumstances were still very real. The Saturday before B2B, I did a short ride (about 15km), and I still experienced pain in my knee. B2B was in just two days! I held fast to my confession: “I will ride B2B pain-free, injury-free, incident-free.” Monday, May 20, 2024, B2B Day 1 It was a very chaotic morning. I was unprepared and scrambling to get everything ready and get on the bike. When we finally got going, I was all riled up. I was late, my windbreaker’s zipper had broken, my handlebars were loosened to go on the trailer, and I didn’t know how to fasten them. I had to go to the bathroom, and I couldn’t find my sunscreen or nutrition. There were many factors involved. Once we started riding, someone tried to make

Spring Valley Outreach

Spring Valley Outreach Outreach – 2024/06/18 The day started as usual. We arrived at the church at 8 as normal. We had a short staff prayer and then we were off. Every time we go to Spring Valley I get a shock of realization at how dramatically the scene changes even though it is just 5km from church. The day’s mission was to serve the community by building goalposts for the kids to play soccer and touch up on our previous construction of the jungle gym. As well as minister the Gospel to the people. After cleaning up the church property we were separated into teams. I was dealt into Oom Sid’s team, with Jade and Nkuli. It was so cool to access all of Oom Sid’s knowledge of the field and hear some cool stories.    I believe our group spoke to about 15+ people; I was directly involved in about 3 conversations. I was shocked at the language barrier, but fortunately, Nkuli was there to save the day. I led 2 people to the Lord with the help of Nkuli translating everything to Zulu. I have led a few people to the Lord, but it is always a spectacular experience. It is an instance where you can see and feel Holy Spirit working. It touched my heart that some people have never even heard about Jesus or ‘uJesu.’ Overall the day encouraged me to learn more about soul winning and to share Jesus with others. We have been given this one-of-a-kind, best gift that anyone can get and now we want to keep it to ourselves. I must/will be more willing and obedient to the leading of Holy Spirit after the outreach.   When the Bible says, “Jesus was moved with compassion.” I believe I experienced a part of that yesterday. We also did a soup kitchen and handed out food to the kids. As I was giving them half a cup of soup and one slice of bread it hit me. We were giving them one meal which was not a lot of food. We don’t know if they have food to eat that night or the next morning. The sad reality is that most people there don’t eat every day. I was close to crying when I got that realization. I said to the Lord, “Lord, how can we do more? How can I help more?” I ended with the thought that the best thing I could give them is to lead them to Jesus. Because at the end of the day, He is the only one that can help them.   I ended the day with a bit of a sore heart to see that suffering is a reality in so many people’s lives. But rather than dwell on it, we can take proactive action. Action in prayer for men to be saved, for the people of Witbank, but also to support my faith with corresponding action. To share the Gospel with boldness, and to be a billboard for the Lord (as Brother Jerry ministered). See More

Coming to iXchange

Coming to iXchange Coming to iXchange 16/01/24 In 2022, the Lord rescued us from our institutionalized thinking of education. With the help of the gift in Tannie Martie, we were liberated from performance-based systems. The day after the session with her we let Hatfield Christian Online School know that we will no longer be attending. A few weeks into the uncapped education the thought of iXchange popped into my mind. I had visited Tishri multiple times and had the desire to come. I realize that the ‘how’ question was not even really applicable to me since the IWTTC messages came and Tishri came to iXchange that it was for me. I was very bored at the time and did not realize the great opportunity that was in my hands regarding my education. In any case, the desire was brewing in me to join iXchange in 2023. When I did not receive the letter at the beginning of 2023, I was a bit heartbroken. But the Lord reassured me later in the year that my heart was pure in the matter, but my desire was a bit misplaced and thus caused a great deal of pain. But the Lord was faithful and blessed the season that I had not yet completed. In hindsight, I was not close to ready, emotionally. There was exponential growth last year. I was definitely not ready and on the plus side I finished school; now I have the opportunity to seek God fully this year. The Lord has blessed me in this transition. I did not expect it to be this easy. I believe that fasting and prayer made a difference. Side note – the Sunday before we started Tannie Mari told me that she had been praying for the new iXchangers. I can witness that the prayers really worked. So far, as I have said previously, it has been a joy