A Giant testimony over a shake delivery.
20 May 2019
Where do I start, as it is long overdue to share this amazing story, stories by now....
My daughter said to me, as soon as she turn 16, she will show me how to move fast with Herbalife Nutrition. Short after we moved to town, she came back from school devastated that all the kids, including the teacher of business class, think Herbalife Nutrition is a pyramid scheme. I call my mentor, he said, no, Herbalife is listed on stock NYSDAQ stock exchange and MLM as subject are taught at universities.
Our positive happy attitude, of doing Herbalife Nutrition in Jeffreysbay are going to be easy, with my daughter helping me, shattered into pieces.
End of March, as we cleared out the house we build our lives for near 16 years, I was closest to break down ever, after converting our family home on the farm, back into guestshouse again.
Plans was to go to Cape Town for Herbalife Nutrition training. Something happen that felt terrible to me at the time, and I wanted to quit Herbalife there and then and changed plans to attend very special Women’s Retreat.
What a blessed event. Truly annointed and I walked out of there more healed from grieve.
So on a spiritual high, I respond to a Herbalife Nutrition enquiry, following our step by step plan, just to realize this is my daughter’s business teacher as well as netbal coach.
(I sponsored H24 CR7 & protein bars for the netball team.)
The Saturday morning I need to deliver, I felt so much fear and anxiety, physically ill almost. To deliver to the teacher who think Herbalife Nutrition is a pyramid scheme, I thought this is a trap!
Yet, we push through, late and all, but went to deliver to one of my daughter’s new school teachers.
Earlier that morning I saw a post of a divorced Mom, sharing a photo of her son being taking under the wing of a family friend, catching fish together and I thought, that’s wat we need, a kind man, someone to do stuff like that with my son.
As I arrive at the house to deliver shake order. A very tall giant of a man awaited us, clearly not interested in this Herbalife shake thing of his wife.
(In my history of doing Herbalife, I walked into some interesting situations. This reminded me very much of people, who later became our favorite customers and best friends. So no, I don’t get intimidated when a 2 meter giant of a man with strict face, letting me and my daughter in they’re house, for shake delivery and wellness assessment.)
So there I was, a week after being really spiritually uplifted, we sit down, thinking I am there for business, but we receive so much more.
(1st Holy Moment Soloko Retreat with Devine Intervention about the Broad & Narrow way. The blog about that will still be done according to God’s will.)
The teacher’s husband, Pieter said after we gotten to know each other better, he heard the Holy spirit prompting him to stay with his wife and talk with us.
We shared testimonies with each other, till he said, I need to see your son, who was waiting in the car outside, scared of the dog.
Some of the 1st things he said to my son, if he ever feels like things are too much between us women, he must call him and they can go fishing together...
After previous half an hour of serious devine Holy Spirit obedience and aligned conversation, tears well up in my eyes.
We are not very much used to religious men like this.
COMPLETE strangers to us then, I was very cautious. Many people has offered us help, but what he said, was that God is telling him to take us in under spiritual protection.
(Many offered help and then disappeared, or when I asked help, couldn’t or didn’t help. Life as a widow teach you some hard lessons very quickly.)
Then he invited us to they’re weekly cell group meetings, Connect. Of which before the 1st meeting, something terrible happen and I wondered, are we on track, is this of God or not.
Still in shock, me and my children, we walk in that night, and this giant of a man, who said the Saturday before, as we meet each other for the 1st time, this Herbalife shake thing is his wife’s thing, not his... and he proudly tell me, he is also taken the shake and already lost a considerable amount of weight. In less than a week!!!
Still in shock from insident that we just experienced on the way there, good habits kicked in and I heard myself said, I think that’s too fast, he must be careful to not go in higher body fat % and loose muscle mass.
I probably shocked them all at end of cell group, with prayer request if I must go on with Herbalife or not.
(I feel like I terribly neglecting them as clients and they are now also members of our team.)
WOW, did things happen for me since then...
I mean, I still can’t believe all!
I feel like, God, really? I was hoping for a break, a way out.
It is hard to do Herbalife.
It is a big responsibility.
Even though I love doing it so much, I will easily walk away and do something else.
So the following Saturday, at our Christian Business Women Connect meeting, came Karen and Andy in my life.
Even though our 1st meeting was on a Sunday, there truly are something devine about our paths crossing.
AMAZING, top class people!!!!
To witness what Herbalife has done so far in Karen’s life. I just think, how can I stop doing this purpose driven life through Herbalife.
Midst of all this, we we’re caught up with tremendous dramas!
We are thankful for everyone who prayed for Ruan and thankful to have been possible to go visit him often in hospital in PE and finally saw him out of hospital after 6 weeks ordeal, this morning in Tsitsikamma.
Somewhere, the cherry on the cake, a repeat client, said she is referring someone to me.
I heard and said OK, recognize the name from way back when I worked on a dairy farm office, but thought nothing is going to come of it.
(I got that blessed job, thanks to Adelé who I connected with at Women’s Mentoring, thanks to Herbalife Connection. Adelé and her husband we’re obedient to God and had to leave a comfortable and familiar life behind, for something unfamiliar and uncomfortable. There is ALWAYS so much more to the story.
God’s beautiful story!)
So the referal call me, and I said, this is how I work, Trailpack with 5 Day Challenge 1st. Not thinking, just doing the same thing over and over that I am trained to do.
Right from start, we connect over the phone and arrange to meet at they’re beach house.
Come Saturday morning, I am so nervous subconsciously, ask my daughter to please help me prepare and mention who I am meeting.
She said, Mom...., you realize she is the wife of Mr.....!
Must we check FB to make sure?
I said no, you are right, it makes sense Mr & Mrs X! Same last name, very prominent last name.
Now apart from being super wealthy successful people, there is a powerful special connection to my husband. So much so, it took my breath away.
ONE DEVINE MOMENT IN TIME!!!
Anyway, I pulled my socks up, and did a serious 5 Day Challenge, started exercising again.
Not only inspired by the privilege of these very special, sentimental connection, but Karen, Lindi, Annalie, Jenny and all the new Challengers.
Then Tracy, Daleen, Veruschka, Yolande and so many other old long time Challengers.
I think, the coolest moments are, when these spiritual angels and devinely appointed people in my life, get to meet each other. Especially at my church!!!!
It’s been difficult and it still hurts, but God is looking out for me and my children, like some people can’t believe it!
I knew it! When my husband suddenly died, I knew I need to fear nothing.
God is our Provider and Protector and He is setting us up in AMAZING service to each other.
Things aren’t perfect YET, but God are moving things together for the better for those of us who do believe.
Moral of the story.
Even when your business teacher and whole class are against Herbalife, God can change things within one school term.
Answering and justifying so many prayers of my daughter being at this specific school and class. As I felt like she went against God’s will to go to that school.
The most important lesson always,
When opportunity knocks, be prepared!
Never give up!
Be ready for where God leads you to.
Always, always stay humble!!!!
9 July 2017
What an amazing message this morning by Bradley Jones at Jeffreysbay Baptist church. I am still in awe by the message from God and to hear God's Voice again.
Difficult to explain the journey of my life so far. God is not done with my story yet too. :)
12 years ago I heard the same message as this morning, when I 1st attended Women's Mentoring, that God has never let me out of His Hand.
(I was invited to Women’s Mentoring while meeting over a shake with Hannetjie Sheppard at Oudebosch Farmstall. There I met a beautiful friend, Adéle, who’s husband also dairy farm manager and knew my husband from rugby.
This devine connection lead to another beautiful story of precious Holy Moments in time, part of the story of our lives.)
I am trying to make sense in my mind of what is going on in my life right now. FOR SURE, I want to be obedient to God.
So this morning, as we attended as guests a "foreign" church, in support of our daughter who is a leader at Holiday Club (I cried when I left her in Jbay last week doing preparations for this coming week, today it went a bit more easy to leave her in Jbay. I am proud of her, but this is really tough on our family.), I was thinking, the things we do for our children! Yet I have been greeted by so many familiar people very heartwarming in a churc we attended for the 1st time. Really SUPER proud of the choice of friends, both my children make.
However, I was at the right time and at the right place where God wanted me, us, to be.
Really difficult to share this story, but right from the start, awesomeness to meet Bradley and Vicky in real life for thr 1st time, who both me and my husband, has been on a 5 Day Challenge with them before.
Like Vicky said, it feels like we know each other already and Bradley remembering my husband also like MTB.
(The guys took the exercise challenge very serious, even though I said to my husband please be nice, Bradley is a pastor. )
It says a lot about men who support they're wives on a 5 Day Eat Clean Challenge, I have so much respect for all the couples we had the privilege of meeting through ECC.
Nothing however could prepared me for a message like what we heard this morning.
It is Godly nutrition for my starving soul. Precious word seeds that is already growing in my heart and mind, and giving me renewed faith and believe in God.
Our lives are PERFECT at the moment, yet I keep on having this feeling of something is missing.
Hearing in Feb that I have tooth absess that can be fatal if not removed by August, REALLY put some seriousness on the fact that nothing is guaranteed.
I really value each day that I am saved and alive, healthy and happy, protected and provided for.
I am not sure if they record they're church service, but eveybody needs to hear the message we heard this morning. I would like to listen to it again.
It came straight from the heart with sincerity, which made it all the more powerful.
I am excited for the new week to begin. :)
4 Julie 2018
So many thoughts to share.
Sunday a year ago, it was the last time we as family sat together, actually 1st and last time in the Baptist church Jeffreysbay, especially for our daughter, who were part of the leaders being blessed for the upcoming week of Holiday Club.
Perfect timed message of Ruth and me ending up buying the series, even before I became a widow. What a blessing that message was.
So this past Sunday, I braved going alone as widow.
Lots of memories of how a year ago I introduced my husband to Brad the pastor, who also love MTB and his wife Vickey, who we’ve been on 5 Day Couples Challenge recently.
So here I sat Sunday, looking worst ever and Vickey is just beautiful, still using Herbalife and also referring amazing, devine people to Challenge groups and all walked this journey with me past 10 months.
So as she stood up, to come and greet me. Ask me how I am, and I honestly said not well, and I bursted in tears in church.
Anyway, I got through Sunday. This time leaving my daughter more easy than previous years for the week in Jbay. At amazing new people we also met through Herbalife 5 Day Eat Clean Challenges. Also MTB connected.
My husband used to LOVE all the cool people we connected with through Herbalife.
Feels like half of Jeffreysbay and Humansdorp are on our Herbalife team. So it’s tough for me to go out now, as I feel and look terrible.
But the things we will do for our children.
So, midst of grief and flue, this was difficult to show up for Holiday Club, but we will get through this sad 1st without Bolla too.
9 July 2022
This truly is a giant long blog to, let alone a giant of testimony.
My heart is so full and there is A LOT, A LOT MORE!!!
I am in awe of God!
I can absolutely testify that:
God is good!
God is in control!
God WILL let everything work out for the best!
I am about to host a brand new 5 Day Eat Clean Challenges, with couples. Of which one is a pastor too at yet another church.
Yesterday was a super hard day for me and we experienced yet another, one of those surreal HOLY, DEVINE MOMENTS in time.
My son as witness and also in the center of attention. I treasure this moment as Mother and am privileged to be a participant and spectator of the grand scheme and Play of Life that God’s Hand is busy writing and powerfully intertwine, us humble people on earth’s lives.
I am super emotional, I don’t feel worthy, I don’t feel ready, but God is ushering me into momentum.
I need to let go of control and let God.
However, there is forever this tremendous sense of responsibility, that you only get one chance to make a first impression and you only get once chance to make someone’s first 5 Day Challenge near perfect as foundation to possible LIFECHANGING MOMENT.
It is not about me. It has never been.
Lots of jellytots rainbow colors,
LOVE,
Daisy
As I try to search for that sermon on Jeffreysbay Baptist Church FB page, low and behold, what catch my eye first!
A TIME SUCH AS THIS!
(I keep getting that message!)
As someone, a special new angel lady connection, as result of that Giant testimony over a shake deliver, as she mentioned this week.
I often ask:”Why me Lord?”, and the she said the words as I thought it and wanted to encourage her:”WHY NOT ME?”
To all the beautiful people part of the stories of our lives, all roll players in the real life drama by God’s Hand.
THANK YOU to each and everyone’s obedience to God! For your love, patience and kindness towards us.
May God bless you all!
Ps 23:6 & Rom 8:28
PS:
As always, excuse the mistakes. I have OCD, but I am not a perfectionist..
Still a work in progress.
Please contact me with any advice on how to improve. :) )
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